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LinkedIn for VS Code

io.github.johannsenlum/linkedin-api-mcp

Read LinkedIn profiles, companies, jobs and messages via your own browser session

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install LinkedIn in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "linkedin-cookie",
      "description": "LINKEDIN_COOKIE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "linkedin-headless",
      "description": "LINKEDIN_HEADLESS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "linkedin-min-interval",
      "description": "LINKEDIN_MIN_INTERVAL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "linkedin-max-per-hour",
      "description": "LINKEDIN_MAX_PER_HOUR",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "linkedin-api-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "linkedin-api-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "LINKEDIN_COOKIE": "${input:linkedin-cookie}",
        "LINKEDIN_HEADLESS": "${input:linkedin-headless}",
        "LINKEDIN_MIN_INTERVAL": "${input:linkedin-min-interval}",
        "LINKEDIN_MAX_PER_HOUR": "${input:linkedin-max-per-hour}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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