# What is a LinkedIn MCP server?

Source: https://finchreach.com/blog/what-is-a-linkedin-mcp-server
Published 2026-10-28 by Finchreach team. Tags: mcp, linkedin.

A LinkedIn MCP server lets an AI assistant such as Claude or ChatGPT read and act on your LinkedIn. What it does, and why approval matters.

## The short answer

MCP (Model Context Protocol) is a standard plug that lets AI apps use outside tools. A LinkedIn MCP server is one of those tools: once your assistant is connected to it, the assistant can read your LinkedIn and, if you allow it, act there for you.

Finchreach is a remote LinkedIn MCP server at `https://mcp.finchreach.com/mcp`. Your assistant can read your feed, notifications and messages, search LinkedIn, and draft text posts, direct messages and connection invitations. Every one of those writes waits in your [approval queue](https://finchreach.com/approvals) until you approve it.

## Why approval matters

An assistant can misread a request or be steered by text it reads. Keeping a person between the draft and LinkedIn means nothing goes out in your name that you have not seen. It also keeps the pace yours.

> Automating a personal LinkedIn account carries risk under LinkedIn’s User Agreement. Approval lowers it; nothing removes it.

## Get started

Follow the [quickstart](https://finchreach.com/docs), or the [Claude Code setup](https://finchreach.com/integrations/claude-code).