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How to Scrape LinkedIn Data With Claude via MCP

Connect LinkFinder AI to Claude once, then scrape LinkedIn profiles, company pages, emails, and employee lists just by asking — no dashboard, no copy-pasting between tabs.

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Full walkthrough: scraping LinkedIn with LinkFinder AI's MCP connector · Powered by guidde

The usual LinkedIn scraping workflow means switching tabs — open LinkFinder AI, paste a URL, copy the result, switch back to wherever you're actually working. MCP (Model Context Protocol) removes that switch entirely: connect LinkFinder AI to Claude once, and every lookup after that happens right inside the conversation.

This guide covers the one-time connector setup, then two kinds of requests you can make once it's live: scraping a single profile or company page, and chaining follow-up questions — emails, employee lists — without leaving the conversation.

1

Connect LinkFinder AI to Claude via MCP

A one-time setup — after this, every LinkedIn lookup happens inside your Claude conversation.

1

Create a free LinkFinder AI account

Go to linkfinderai.com and start a free trial — no card required.

Access the LinkFinder AI website Start a free trial account
2

Copy your MCP URL

In your dashboard, open the "API & MCP" tab and copy the MCP URL — your API key is already included in it.

Open the API and MCP section Copy the MCP URL
3

Open Claude's Connectors settings

In Claude, go to your profile, then Settings, then Connectors.

Open Claude's settings menu Open the Connectors section
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Add LinkFinder AI as a custom connector

Click "Add", choose "Add a custom connector", name it "LinkFinder AI", paste your MCP URL, and click "Add".

Enter LinkFinder AI as the connector name Paste the MCP server URL LinkFinder AI connector added to Claude
Keep your MCP URL private — it has your API key baked in. Treat it like a password.
2

Scrape a LinkedIn profile or company with a prompt

Once the connector is live, just describe what you want in plain English.

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Scrape a person's LinkedIn profile

Try a prompt like "scrape Bill Gates' LinkedIn profile with LinkFinder AI MCP" — Claude calls the connector and returns the full profile data in the chat.

Enter a LinkedIn profile scraping prompt View the returned LinkedIn profile data
2

Scrape a company's LinkedIn page

Ask for a company instead — for example, "scrape Microsoft's LinkedIn company page" — and get back the same structured data in the conversation.

Enter a company scraping prompt View the returned company data
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Go further: emails and employee lists in the same conversation

The connector isn't limited to profile scraping — chain follow-up requests without starting over.

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Find an email from the same conversation

Follow up with something like "now find Bill Gates' email address" — Claude reuses the context and returns the verified email.

Ask for a follow-up email lookup View the found email address
2

List employees by seniority at a company

Try "find 10 employees who are C-suite at Tesla" — Claude pulls a filtered employee list straight from the company's LinkedIn page.

Enter a seniority-filtered employee query View the returned C-suite employee list
Each tool call still uses credits, the same as calling the API directly — the connector changes how you make the request, not what it costs.

Tips for getting the most out of the connector

Be specific in your prompt

Name the exact person, company, or LinkedIn URL and what you want back — "scrape [name]'s LinkedIn profile" works better than a vague ask.

Chain follow-ups in one conversation

Claude keeps context, so you can go from a profile scrape to an email lookup to an employee list without repeating who or what company you mean.

Treat your MCP URL like a secret

It has your API key embedded in it — don't paste it into a shared doc or public repo. Reset your API key in your dashboard if it ever leaks.

Watch your credit usage

Every tool call costs credits just like the API. If you're chaining several lookups per conversation, keep an eye on your balance.

Frequently Asked Questions

It's a Model Context Protocol (MCP) connector that lets Claude call LinkFinder AI's enrichment tools directly inside a conversation — no separate dashboard, no copy-pasting between tabs.
No. You copy your MCP URL from the API & MCP tab in LinkFinder AI and paste it into Claude's Connectors settings as a custom connector. No code required.
Anything LinkFinder AI's API supports, phrased as a normal request — scrape a LinkedIn profile or company page, find someone's email, or list employees at a company by seniority, and Claude runs the lookup and hands back the result in the conversation.
Yes. Each tool call Claude makes through the MCP connector uses credits the same way a direct API request would — the connector is a different way to call the same enrichment engine, not a separate free tier.
Yes. Create a free LinkFinder AI account to get your MCP URL and free credits to test the connector before upgrading.

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