How to Connect Claude to LinkedIn

Can Claude connect to LinkedIn?

Yes, through a connector. Claude supports connectors built on the Model Context Protocol (MCP), and a connector gives Claude tools such as "draft a post" or "schedule a post". Postel's connector is the one for posting: it writes, schedules and publishes your LinkedIn posts.

Before you start:

• LinkedIn's own connector is for job listings, not posts. LinkedIn Hiring Pro drafts and posts one free job listing; it doesn't write, schedule or publish posts to your feed. Connectors for posts are third-party (checked October 30, 2026).
• What Claude can do depends on the connector. A publishing connector lets Claude write and schedule your posts. It does not let Claude read your feed or message people.
• Be careful with scraping connectors. Some LinkedIn MCP servers work by driving your logged-in browser session. LinkedIn's User Agreement prohibits automated access, and the authors of those tools warn that accounts can be restricted.

Postel's connector publishes through LinkedIn's official API, with the permission you grant on LinkedIn's consent screen. If you came for LinkedIn Ads reports or automated messages, those need other tools; this guide is about getting your posts out.

This guide covers the Claude apps and Claude Code. Using ChatGPT? Follow how to connect ChatGPT to LinkedIn. Setting up Cursor or VS Code, or want every tool the server has? See the LinkedIn MCP server page.

How to connect Claude to LinkedIn on the web and desktop

Step 1: Create a Postel account and connect LinkedIn

Sign up for Postel, open Settings > Channels and connect your LinkedIn profile. LinkedIn asks you to approve the connection on its own consent screen.

Step 2: Add Postel from Claude's connector directory

Open Postel in Claude's connector directory and click Connect. Once it's added, it works in chat and in Cowork. To add it by hand instead, open Customize > Connectors, click + Add, choose Add custom connector and enter https://www.postel.app/api/mcp.

Step 3: Sign in to Postel

A Postel window opens. Sign in, approve access, and the connector is ready. Claude never sees your LinkedIn password; Postel holds the LinkedIn connection.

Step 4: Turn the connector on in a chat

In a chat, click + at the lower left, open Connectors and switch Postel on. (Menu names from Anthropic's connector guide, checked October 30, 2026.)

Step 5: Ask Claude for a LinkedIn post

Try "Draft a LinkedIn post about what we shipped this week." Claude calls Postel, which writes the post in your voice and saves it as a draft. Ask for changes, then tell Claude when to schedule it.

How to use it in Claude Cowork

Cowork uses the same connectors as chat, so there's nothing else to install. Start a task such as "Read my notes from this week and draft three LinkedIn posts for Monday, Wednesday and Friday." Cowork writes the drafts, Postel saves them in your calendar, and Claude asks you before it schedules anything.

Which Claude plans can add a connector?

Custom connectors work on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans. The free plan is limited to one custom connector. On Team and Enterprise plans an owner adds the connector under Organization settings > Connectors, and members then connect to it from Customize > Connectors. See Anthropic's guide to custom connectors.

How to connect Claude Code to LinkedIn

Install the Postel plugin, which adds the server and a writing skill:

/plugin marketplace add robinfaraj/postel-mcp
/plugin install postel@postel

Or add the server on its own:

claude mcp add --transport http postel \
  https://www.postel.app/api/mcp

Run /mcp in a Claude Code session and finish the sign-in in your browser. To make the server available in every project, add --scope user.

You can also authenticate with an API key instead of signing in:

claude mcp add --transport http postel \
  https://www.postel.app/api/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer pstl_YOUR_API_KEY"

Create the key in Postel under Settings > API Keys.

What to ask Claude

• "Draft a LinkedIn post about what I learned hiring our first engineer."
• "Make the opening two lines stronger and cut it to 1,000 characters."
• "Turn these meeting notes into a LinkedIn post: [paste notes]."
• "What do I have scheduled on LinkedIn next week?"
• "Schedule this for Wednesday at 8:30am London time, with the signup link in the first comment."
• "Turn this week's notes into three LinkedIn posts for Monday, Wednesday and Friday."

Claude asks for your approval before it runs a tool that schedules or publishes, unless you have chosen to always allow it. Research is the exception: it can run connector tools without asking, so switch off Postel's schedule and publish tools before you use it.

What Claude can and cannot do on LinkedIn this way

Is a connector worth it over copy and paste?

If you post every week, the connector saves you the copying, the pasting and the scheduling. Drafts start in your voice, and each post lands in your Postel calendar next to your posts for X, Bluesky, Mastodon, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok, where you can still edit it before it goes out.

Postel writes the post for you, runs hosted and publishes through LinkedIn's official API. The open-source LinkedIn servers on GitHub either drive your logged-in browser or need a LinkedIn developer app you register yourself, and the ones we checked don't write posts. The LinkedIn MCP server comparison has the details.

Frequently asked questions

Does Claude have an official LinkedIn connector?

For jobs, yes; for posts, no. As of October 30, 2026, LinkedIn's own connector in Claude's directory, LinkedIn Hiring Pro, drafts and posts one free job listing; it doesn't write, schedule or publish posts to your feed. The connectors there that write or schedule posts are third-party tools. You can add any remote MCP server, including Postel's, as a custom connector.

Can Claude post to LinkedIn automatically?

Claude can schedule and publish LinkedIn posts through a connector with publishing access, such as Postel. By default Claude asks you to approve each tool call that schedules or publishes. Research is the exception: it can run connector tools without asking, so switch off Postel's schedule and publish tools before you use it.

Is it safe to connect Claude to my LinkedIn account?

With Postel, Claude never gets your LinkedIn password or cookies. Postel publishes through LinkedIn's official API using the permission you grant on LinkedIn's consent screen, and you can revoke it at any time in your LinkedIn settings.

Does it work in Claude Cowork?

Yes. Cowork uses the connectors you added in Claude, so once Postel is connected, a Cowork task can draft LinkedIn posts and save them to Postel. Scheduling and publishing still wait for your approval.

Can Claude read my LinkedIn messages or feed?

Not through Postel. The connector covers writing, scheduling and publishing your own posts.

Does this work with ChatGPT or Cursor too?

Yes. Postel's server works with any MCP client that supports remote servers with OAuth or a bearer token, including ChatGPT and Cursor. In ChatGPT, custom servers that can post need a Business, Enterprise or Edu plan; see how to connect ChatGPT to LinkedIn. The LinkedIn MCP server page has setup for Cursor, VS Code and Windsurf.

Can Claude post to a LinkedIn company Page?

Not yet. Posting as a company Page is built and has been submitted to LinkedIn for review. Until LinkedIn approves it, posts go to your personal profile.

Can Claude post to X too?

Yes. The same connector posts to X, LinkedIn, Bluesky, Mastodon, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok. See how to connect Claude to X.

What does it cost?

$1 for 7 days, then from $29 a month. Cancel anytime. The connector is included in every plan. When Postel's AI writes a post it uses 1 AI credit; when Claude writes the text and Postel only saves it, no credits are used.