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

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.