LinkedIn API

LinkedIn API

horizondatawave

Connects AI systems to LinkedIn's API for searching profiles, managing connections, and sending messages. Supports sales prospecting, recruitment, and professional networking workflows.

Bridges AI systems with LinkedIn's API for searching users, retrieving profiles, accessing posts, managing connections, and sending messages to support sales prospecting, recruitment, and professional networking workflows.

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What it does

  • Search LinkedIn users and companies
  • Retrieve detailed LinkedIn profiles
  • Access LinkedIn posts and content
  • Manage LinkedIn connections
  • Send LinkedIn messages
  • Extract profile data for lead generation

Best for

Sales teams doing prospect researchRecruiters sourcing candidatesMarketing teams building contact listsBusiness development professionals
OAuth authentication supportPart of 65+ tool suiteRemote MCP server available

About LinkedIn API

LinkedIn API is a community-built MCP server published by horizondatawave that provides AI assistants with tools and capabilities via the Model Context Protocol. Bridge AI with the LinkedIn API to auto connect, manage profiles, and integrate with Pipedrive for powerful prospecting and networking. It is categorized under search web.

How to install

You can install LinkedIn API in your AI client of choice. Use the install panel on this page to get one-click setup for Cursor, Claude Desktop, VS Code, and other MCP-compatible clients. This server runs locally on your machine via the stdio transport.

License

LinkedIn API is released under the MIT license. This is a permissive open-source license, meaning you can freely use, modify, and distribute the software.

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🌐 Anysite MCP Server

Agent-First Web Scraping Infrastructure via Model Context Protocol

Connect your AI agents to real-time data from LinkedIn, Instagram, Reddit, Twitter, and any website through a single MCP server.

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🚀 Quick Start📖 Documentation🐦 Twitter


💎 MCP Unlimited Plan

Unlimited access to all 65+ Anysite MCP tools for just $30/month - perfect for AI agents and automation.

Get unlimited requests through Remote MCP Server with no request limits. Ideal for Claude Desktop, Cursor, n8n, and any MCP-compatible client.

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Available integrations:


🎯 What is Anysite MCP Server?

Anysite MCP Server is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) implementation that gives AI agents direct access to web data through platform-specific APIs. Unlike traditional web scrapers, Anysite provides:

  • 🔒 OAuth Authentication - Secure, one-click connection for Claude Desktop and other MCP clients
  • 🌐 Multi-Platform Support - LinkedIn, Instagram, Reddit, Twitter, and custom web parsing
  • 🤖 Agent-First Design - Built specifically for AI agents with structured data formats
  • 🔄 Self-Healing APIs - Auto-recovery from platform changes and rate limits
  • ⚡ Real-Time Data - Fresh data extraction without stale caches

Perfect for: AI research, lead generation, market intelligence, content monitoring, competitive analysis


⚡ Key Features

🎪 Supported Platforms

PlatformSearchProfilesPostsCommentsDMsAnalytics
LinkedIn
Instagram
Reddit⚠️
Twitter/X⚠️⚠️
Any Website-----

🛠️ Core Capabilities

  • Advanced Search & Filtering - Find people by title, company, location, education, skills
  • Bulk Data Extraction - Extract thousands of profiles, posts, or comments in one request
  • Network Analysis - Map connections, followers, engagement patterns
  • Content Monitoring - Track posts, comments, reactions in real-time
  • Account Management - Send messages, connection requests, post comments (LinkedIn)
  • Smart Web Parsing - Extract structured data from any website using CSS selectors

🔐 Enterprise-Grade Features

  • Rate Limit Management - Automatic backoff and retry with exponential delays
  • Proxy Rotation - Built-in proxy support for high-volume requests
  • Error Recovery - Self-healing mechanisms for platform changes
  • Usage Analytics - Track API consumption and costs
  • Team Management - Multi-user accounts with role-based access

🚀 Quick Start

Option 1: Remote MCP with OAuth (Recommended)

Perfect for Claude Desktop, Cline, Cursor, Windsurf, and other MCP clients that support OAuth.

Step 1: Get Your OAuth URL

  1. Sign up at app.anysite.io (100 free credits included)
  2. Navigate to MCP Server Integration
  3. Copy your OAuth URL: https://mcp.anysite.io/

Step 2: Add to Your MCP Client

Claude Desktop (Click to expand)
  1. Open Claude DesktopSettingsConnectors
  2. Click Add Custom Connector
  3. Fill in:
    • Name: Anysite MCP
    • OAuth URL: https://mcp.anysite.io/
  4. Click AddConnectAllow Access

📖 Detailed Claude Desktop Setup Guide

Cline / Cursor / Windsurf

Add to your MCP configuration file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "anysite": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@anysite/mcp"],
      "env": {
        "ANYSITE_OAUTH_URL": "https://mcp.anysite.io/mcp"
      }
    }
  }
}

Configuration file locations:

  • Cline: .cline/mcp_settings.json
  • Cursor: .cursor/mcp_config.json
  • Windsurf: .windsurf/mcp_config.json

Step 3: Verify Connection

Ask your AI agent:

What MCP tools do you have access to?

Expected response should include:

  • search_linkedin_users
  • get_linkedin_profile
  • get_instagram_user
  • search_reddit_posts
  • duckduckgo_search
  • search_youtube_videos
  • parse_webpage
  • ... and 65+ more tools

Option 2: Local MCP Server (For Development)

Perfect for testing, development, custom integrations.

Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/anysiteio/anysite-mcp-server.git
cd anysite-mcp-server

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build the project
npm run build

Configuration

Create .env file:

ANYSITE_ACCESS_TOKEN=your_access_token
ANYSITE_ACCOUNT_ID=your_account_id

Get your credentials from app.anysite.io

Run Server

npm start

Connect to MCP Client

Add to your MCP configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "anysite-local": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/anysite-mcp-server/build/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "ANYSITE_ACCESS_TOKEN": "your_token",
        "ANYSITE_ACCOUNT_ID": "your_account_id"
      }
    }
  }
}

🎮 Usage Examples

LinkedIn: Find Decision Makers

Find me 10 CTOs at AI companies in San Francisco

The MCP server will:

  1. Search LinkedIn users with title="CTO", company_keywords="AI", location="San Francisco"
  2. Return structured profiles with name, headline, company, location
  3. Provide direct LinkedIn URLs for each profile

Instagram: Monitor Brand Mentions

Get the latest 20 Instagram posts mentioning @yourbrand

Reddit: Analyze Discussions

Search Reddit for posts about "LLM agents" in the last week,
sorted by top engagement

Multi-Platform Research

1. Find the LinkedIn profile of John Doe at Company X
2. Get his recent posts and engagement metrics
3. Find his Twitter profile and latest tweets
4. Cross-reference with Instagram presence

📖 Documentation

📚 Full Documentation

🔧 Tool Categories (65+ Total)

Web Search (1 tool)
  • duckduckgo_search - Web search powered by DuckDuckGo (up to 20 results)
Y Combinator (3 tools)
  • get_yc_company - Get comprehensive YC company information by slug
  • search_yc_companies - Search YC companies with filters (batch, status, industry)
  • search_yc_founders - Search YC founders by name, company, batch, industry
YouTube (3 tools)
  • search_youtube_videos - Search YouTube videos by query
  • get_youtube_video - Get detailed video information by ID or URL
  • get_youtube_video_subtitles - Extract video subtitles with timestamps
SEC (2 tools)
  • search_sec_companies - Search SEC EDGAR filings with advanced filters
  • get_sec_document - Retrieve full SEC document content by URL
LinkedIn Tools (35 tools)

Search & Discovery (11 tools)

  • search_linkedin_users - Advanced user search with 10+ filters
  • linkedin_sales_navigator_search_users - Sales Navigator advanced search
  • search_linkedin_companies - Search companies with advanced filters
  • search_linkedin_educations - Search educational institutions for filtering
  • search_linkedin_industries - Search industries for filtering
  • search_linkedin_locations - Search locations for filtering
  • search_linkedin_jobs - Search job postings with filters
  • find_linkedin_user_email - Find users by email address
  • get_linkedin_user_email_db - Get email from internal database (up to 10 profiles)
  • get_linkedin_google_company - Find companies via Google search
  • get_linkedin_company - Company details lookup

User Profiles & Details (12 tools)

  • get_linkedin_profile - Full profile with experience, education, skills
  • get_linkedin_user_posts - User's post history
  • get_linkedin_user_comments - User's comment history
  • get_linkedin_user_reactions - Posts user reacted to
  • get_linkedin_user_endorsers - Skill endorsers
  • get_linkedin_user_certificates - Professional certificates
  • get_linkedin_user_education - Education history
  • get_linkedin_user_experience - Work experience details
  • get_linkedin_user_skills - Skills and endorsements
  • get_linkedin_user_honors - Awards and honors
  • get_linkedin_user_patents - Patent information
  • get_linkedin_user_languages - Language proficiencies

Company Information (4 tools)

  • get_linkedin_company_employee_stats - Employee statistics
  • get_linkedin_company_employees - Employee list with filters
  • get_linkedin_company_posts - Company updates
  • `get_linkedin_management_company_

README truncated. View full README on GitHub.

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