LinkedIn MCP by GTM API¶

The first production-grade, ban-resistant LinkedIn MCP server. Managed by GTM API, this server handles the entire anti-bot stack - rotating residential IPs, browser fingerprinting, session management, and CAPTCHA solving - so your AI agent can focus on LinkedIn actions, not infrastructure.

What It Does¶

Search: Find people and companies on LinkedIn with filters (industry, role, location, company size)
Connect: Send connection requests with personalized notes
Message: Send InMail and direct messages through LinkedIn Messaging
Enrich: Pull full profile data, company pages, and relationship graphs
Track: Monitor profile views, post engagement, and connection acceptance rates

Why It Matters for Operators¶

Before this MCP, AI-driven LinkedIn outreach meant: 1. Human copies a lead list from Apollo/ZoomInfo 2. Human logs into LinkedIn and manually connects/messages 3. Human tracks responses in a CRM 4. Human follows up

Now: AI agent searches LinkedIn → enriches with Apollo.io data → sends connection request → follows up with message → logs to CRM - all in one workflow.

Setup¶

Prerequisites¶

GTM API account (sign up at gtmapi.com)
API key from GTM API dashboard

Claude Desktop¶

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "linkedin-gtm": {
      "type": "streamable-http",
      "url": "https://api.gtmapi.com/mcp/linkedin",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_GTM_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor / VS Code¶

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "linkedin-gtm": {
      "type": "streamable-http",
      "url": "https://api.gtmapi.com/mcp/linkedin",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_GTM_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Hermes Agent¶

# ~/.hermes/config.yaml
mcp_servers:
  linkedin-gtm:
    type: streamable-http
    url: https://api.gtmapi.com/mcp/linkedin
    headers:
      Authorization: "Bearer ${GTM_API_KEY}"

Tools¶

Tool	Description
`search_people`	Search LinkedIn profiles by keyword, title, company, location
`get_profile`	Get full profile details by LinkedIn URL or profile ID
`send_connection_request`	Send a connection request with optional note
`send_message`	Send a direct message to a 1st-degree connection
`get_messages`	Retrieve recent conversation threads
`search_companies`	Search company pages by name, industry, size
`get_company`	Get full company page details
`enrich_email`	Find LinkedIn profile from email address
`get_network_graph`	Get mutual connections and relationship paths
`check_connection_status`	Check connection degree to any profile

Pricing¶

Tier	Price	Includes
Starter	Free	100 searches/month, 50 connection requests
Growth	$49/mo	1,000 searches, 500 connection requests, messaging
Scale	$199/mo	10,000 searches, 5,000 connection requests, enrichment
Enterprise	Custom	Unlimited, dedicated IP pool, priority support

Anti-Ban Architecture¶

GTM API's infrastructure includes: - Rotating residential IPs: 50K+ IPs across 195 countries - no datacenter IP blocks - Browser fingerprinting: Real Chrome fingerprints with consistent WebGL, canvas, and font profiles - Session management: Persistent sessions with human-like activity patterns (random delays, scroll behavior) - CAPTCHA solving: Automatic FunCaptcha and reCAPTCHA resolution - Rate limiting: Intelligent backoff based on LinkedIn's current enforcement posture

This is why they achieve <1% ban rate across 20,000+ accounts - operators don't need to understand any of this. The AI agent just calls tools.

Use Cases¶

B2B Lead Generation¶

Agent: "Find VP of Engineering at Series B SaaS companies in the Bay Area with 50-200 employees who posted about AI in the last month"
→ search_people → enrich with Apollo.io → send_connection_request → follow up with message

Competitive Research¶

Agent: "Who are the top salespeople at [competitor] and what are they posting about?"
→ search_people at competitor → get_profile for each → analyze recent posts

Investor Outreach¶

Agent: "Find partners at AI-focused VC firms who invested in devtools in the last 12 months"
→ search_people by title "Partner" at VC firms → get_profile → cross-reference portfolio

Talent Sourcing¶

Agent: "Find ML engineers at FAANG companies who contribute to PyTorch on GitHub"
→ search_people → get_profile → cross-reference with GitHub activity

Integration with CorpusIQ¶

CorpusIQ is the connector layer that lets AI assistants read the systems a business already runs on - accounting, payments, CRM, email, files and analytics - and answer with the source named. It is read-only by design: it retrieves data and never writes to, or acts in, a connected system, which is what makes it safe to point at live accounts.

This page is part of the CorpusIQ directory, the reference we maintain for the MCP server and agent-skill ecosystem. Run alongside CorpusIQ, a third-party server like this one can be combined with a company's own business data in a single answer.

See what CorpusIQ connects

Limitations¶

Not for scraping at scale: GTM API enforces fair-use limits. This is for relationship-building, not data mining.
LinkedIn's terms of service: Automated LinkedIn activity carries risk. GTM API's managed infrastructure mitigates this, but operators should understand compliance implications.
1st-degree messaging only: send_message requires an existing connection. For cold outreach, use send_connection_request with a note first.