LinkedIn publishes no MCP server, so every option here is third-party, and none removes the risk to your account: LinkedIn's User Agreement prohibits bots that message people or add contacts. For a sales team in Claude, OXYGEN finds leads and runs LinkedIn in the cloud under daily limits, with an approval before a sequence starts, at $34 a month per account. HeyReach suits many senders, Unipile and Linked API suit builders, and Composio posts through LinkedIn's official API.
By Tim Scheuer, Co-founder of Oxygen · Checked October 19, 2026
A LinkedIn MCP server lets an AI agent such as Claude or Codex search people, read profiles and the inbox, send invites and messages, or post. LinkedIn's own API opens only sign-in and posting to every developer; Sales Navigator data needs partner approval, there is no messaging permission, and LinkedIn's API terms forbid using the APIs to automate posting. So the servers below reach LinkedIn in one of four ways: the official API (posting only, as on Composio and Zapier), a session the vendor holds in its cloud, a browser on your own machine signed in as you, or a scraper that uses no account. Compare what each sends, how it connects, how it limits risk, who hosts it, and its price. LinkedIn's User Agreement prohibits bots, scraping and automated methods that add contacts, and its help center says accounts using such tools risk restriction.
| Tool | What it does on LinkedIn | How it connects | Account-risk posture | Hosting | Price | Starts at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 OXYGENAgentic marketing and sales platform | Finds leads; sends visits, invites, messages, InMail, follows, likes and comments | Your LinkedIn account connected in OXYGEN's cloud; no browser extension | Daily and weekly limits per account; approval before a sequence sends; no proxy | Hosted MCP server with OAuth, plus a CLI | $34 a month per account; plans from $49 | Free plan; paid from $49 a month, plus $34 a month per LinkedIn account |
 HeyReachLinkedIn automation with an MCP server | Manages campaigns and leads, reads and answers the inbox; no people search | Accounts run in HeyReach's cloud; MCP URL with the key embedded | Static residential proxy per account; freezes at 200 actions a day | Hosted by HeyReach | $79 per sender a month on Growth; MCP included | Growth $79 per sender a month ($63 yearly); Agency $999 for 25 senders |
 UnipileLinkedIn API provider with a hosted MCP server | Search incl. Sales Navigator, profiles, invites, messages, InMail, posts | Hosted sign-in; Unipile holds the LinkedIn session; API key header | Built-in proxy and quota handling; says it does not lift LinkedIn's rules | Hosted by Unipile | €49 a month for 10 accounts, then €5 each | €49 a month for up to 10 accounts, then €5 per account; 7-day free trial |
 Linked APICloud-browser LinkedIn API with an MCP server | Search, profiles, inbox, messages, invites, reactions, comments, posts | A cloud browser per account; tokens in the MCP URL | Residential IP from your region, human pace, caps per action | Hosted at mcp.linkedapi.io, or run locally with npx | €69 a seat a month, €49 yearly; Sales Navigator from €99 | Core €69 a seat a month (€49 yearly); Plus with Sales Navigator €99 (€74 yearly) |
 linkedin-mcp-serverOpen-source LinkedIn MCP server | Search, profiles, feed, inbox; sends messages and connection requests | A local browser with your session, or cookies imported from it | Confirms before a message; FAQ warns of restriction or ban | Self-run with uvx, Docker or a Claude Desktop bundle | Free | Free, open source (Apache-2.0) |
 ComposioIntegration platform with a LinkedIn toolkit | Posts, comments, own profile, company pages and stats; no search or messages | LinkedIn OAuth, Composio's managed app or your own | Uses LinkedIn's sign-in and posting permissions; shared app is rate limited | Hosted by Composio | Free up to 100,000 calls a month; Pro from $29 | Free Hobby plan with 100,000 tool calls a month; Pro from $29 a month |
 ApifyScraping platform with a LinkedIn MCP server | Reads profiles, work history, company details, emails; sends nothing | No LinkedIn login; Apify OAuth or API token | No sender account involved; listing silent on LinkedIn's terms | Hosted at mcp.apify.com, or run locally with npx | $10 per 1,000 profiles; $5 free usage a month | Profile scraper $10 per 1,000 profiles; free plan includes $5 of usage a month |
OXYGEN Agentic marketing and sales platformBest for: Sales teams that want Claude to find prospects, draft messages and run LinkedIn next to email in one sequence, with approvals before sends.
OXYGEN runs LinkedIn in the cloud with no browser extension: profile visits, invites, messages, InMail, follows, likes and comments, at $34 a month per connected account. Your agent reaches it through the hosted MCP server at oxygen-agent.com/mcp or the CLI. It finds leads through data providers and free LinkedIn signals such as profile viewers and post reactions, writes drafts, and enrolls leads into a sequence. Enrolling never sends; starting a sequence needs an approval and a cap on live sends, and each account works within daily and weekly limits.
HeyReach LinkedIn automation with an MCP serverBest for: Agencies and teams running many LinkedIn senders that want Claude to manage campaigns and answer replies.
HeyReach's MCP server sits on its LinkedIn automation app, which gives each account a static residential proxy and freezes an account at 200 actions a day. HeyReach says the server launches campaigns, drafts messages, reports on performance and acts on warm leads. Its API, which the tools draw on, adds leads to lists and campaigns, starts and pauses campaigns, and reads and answers the inbox; it has no LinkedIn people search. You connect with a workspace URL that carries the MCP key, and the server comes with every plan.
Unipile LinkedIn API provider with a hosted MCP serverBest for: Developers building a LinkedIn feature with a coding agent, who want search, messaging and invites behind one key.
Unipile exposes 119 LinkedIn operations through a hosted MCP server built for coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex and Cursor. It covers people, company, post and job search, Sales Navigator and Recruiter search on the user's seat, profiles, invites, messages, InMail and posting. Each user links LinkedIn through Unipile's hosted sign-in, and Unipile holds the session. Unipile says the server does not lift LinkedIn's rules or promise volume, and tells builders to treat a rate limit as a stop and trigger sends from user actions, not loops.
Linked API Cloud-browser LinkedIn API with an MCP serverBest for: Individual reps and small teams that want Claude to search, read and message on LinkedIn from one account each.
Linked API runs each LinkedIn account in its own cloud browser and exposes it through an MCP server at mcp.linkedapi.io. Its tools search people and companies, read profiles, the feed and the inbox, send messages and connection requests, react, comment and post; Sales Navigator search and messages come on the Plus plan. Linked API says it keeps a stable residential IP from your region, acts at a human pace, and stops at the caps you set for each action type. It calls itself an unofficial LinkedIn MCP server.
linkedin-mcp-server Open-source LinkedIn MCP serverBest for: Technical users who want a free server on their own machine to read LinkedIn and send the odd message from Claude.
stickerdaniel/linkedin-mcp-server is the most-starred open-source option, with about 3,900 GitHub stars under the Apache-2.0 license. It drives a browser on your machine with your own LinkedIn session, signed in once or imported from your browser's cookies. Its tools search people, companies, jobs and posts, read profiles, company pages, the feed and the inbox, send a message after confirmation and send connection requests. Its FAQ says LinkedIn's User Agreement prohibits automated access, accounts can be restricted or banned, and there is no guarantee of account safety.
Composio Integration platform with a LinkedIn toolkitBest for: Teams that want Claude to draft and publish LinkedIn posts and comments through LinkedIn's own sign-in.
Composio's LinkedIn toolkit gives an agent 25 tools over OAuth, served through Composio's hosted MCP server. The tools create, comment on and delete posts, read your own profile, company info and page statistics, and list reactions. It has no people search and no messaging: the person tool needs an ID you already have. Composio's managed sign-in requests LinkedIn's posting permission, and its shared OAuth app has strict rate limits, so Composio recommends your own LinkedIn app for production.
Apify Scraping platform with a LinkedIn MCP serverBest for: Researchers who want Claude to pull profile data, emails and company details for a list of LinkedIn URLs.
Apify's LinkedIn MCP server connects an agent to a profile scraper on Apify's platform. You pass LinkedIn profile URLs and get back profiles, work history, company details and, where found, emails and mobile numbers. It needs no LinkedIn cookies or login, only an Apify account, through OAuth at mcp.apify.com or an API token. It reads only: it sends no messages or invites. The listing makes no statement about LinkedIn's terms, which prohibit scraping profiles.
| If you need | Pick |
|---|---|
| Prospect and run LinkedIn outreach from Claude, with an approval before anything sends | OXYGEN |
| Manage existing LinkedIn campaigns across many senders from chat | HeyReach |
| Build your own LinkedIn feature with search, messages and Sales Navigator | Unipile |
| Search and message on LinkedIn from Claude, one account at a time | Linked API |
| A free server on your own machine for your own account | linkedin-mcp-server |
| Publish posts and comments through LinkedIn's official sign-in | Composio |
| Profile data and emails for a list of LinkedIn URLs, without a login | Apify |
No. LinkedIn publishes no MCP server for Claude. Its API opens sign-in and Share on LinkedIn, which posts, comments and likes as a member, to every developer; Sales Navigator, marketing and talent data need partner approval, and there is no open messaging permission. Every server that searches people or sends messages works through a session, a browser or a scraper instead, and all of them are third-party.
Yes. LinkedIn's User Agreement prohibits bots, scraping and automated methods that add contacts, and its help center says members who use such tools risk having accounts restricted or shut down. No server removes that risk. Vendors lower it in different ways: HeyReach freezes an account at 200 actions a day, Linked API stops at caps you set, OXYGEN applies daily and weekly limits and asks before a sequence sends, and stickerdaniel's server confirms before a message.
Yes, with the right server. OXYGEN finds leads through data providers and LinkedIn signals, drafts messages and enrolls leads into a sequence that starts only after an approval. Linked API and Unipile search LinkedIn directly and send messages, Linked API as ready tools in Claude and Unipile for developers. HeyReach manages campaigns but has no people search, and Composio and Apify cannot send messages.
Add the vendor's MCP URL in Claude under Settings, Connectors, Add custom connector, then sign in or paste the key. OXYGEN connects with OAuth at oxygen-agent.com/mcp; HeyReach gives each workspace a URL with its key inside; Linked API puts two tokens in its URL. In Claude Code, use claude mcp add. A self-run server such as stickerdaniel's installs on your machine with uvx or as a Claude Desktop bundle.
It stays inside what LinkedIn's API allows, which lowers the risk, but that is little for sales. LinkedIn's open permissions cover sign-in and posting, so Composio and Zapier can publish posts and comments and read your own profile, but cannot search people or send messages. LinkedIn's API terms also forbid using the APIs to automate posting or to generate mass messages, so even posting has rules.
A hosted server runs in the vendor's cloud, keeps working when laptops close and serves several reps; OXYGEN, HeyReach, Unipile, Linked API, Composio and Apify are hosted. A self-run server such as stickerdaniel's is free, but it runs on one machine with one person's session, stops when the machine does, and nobody is accountable when LinkedIn changes its pages. For a team, hosted is easier to run and to audit.
Most charge per LinkedIn account. HeyReach Growth is $79 a sender a month, Linked API Core €69 a seat (€49 yearly), and Unipile €49 a month for up to 10 accounts. Composio's free tier covers 100,000 tool calls a month, Apify charges $10 per 1,000 profiles, and the open-source server is free. OXYGEN charges $34 a month per account on plans from $49.
We make OXYGEN, so it comes first and you should read this as an interested list. The other tools are the ones teams compare most often when they pick a LinkedIn MCP server. Each one is described from its own website, pricing page and docs, checked on the dates below; OXYGEN's facts and prices come from the product and its live price list. Prices are the cheapest self-serve plan each vendor lists.
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