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AI Agents & MCP · 20265 min read·Updated 2026-11-04

Connecting LinkedInDataAPI to Claude Desktop & Cursor via Model Context Protocol (MCP)

Let your AI coding assistant or executive research agent enrich companies, look up founders, and inspect hiring velocity directly inside your chat prompt.

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$0.40–$1.00 / 1K Profiles & Companies · $0.08–$0.20 / 1K Search Leads · 100% No-Cookie

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Claude Desktop & Cursor MCP Configuration

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# Verify your API key before launching Claude Desktop
import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.linkedindataapi.com/v1/stats",
    headers={"x-api-key": "b2b_live_your_api_key"},
)
print(res.json())

Key Engineering Takeaways (TL;DR)

  • ✓Exposes all LinkedInDataAPI capabilities (`enrich_person`, `enrich_company`, `search_decision_makers`, `search_hiring_signals`, `get_executive_posts`) as native MCP tools.
  • ✓Zero browser sessions or cookies required—authenticates purely via your `LINKEDINDATAAPI_KEY` environment variable.
  • ✓Works out of the box with Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, and OpenAI Agents SDK.

1. Add LinkedInDataAPI to `claude_desktop_config.json`

Paste the following configuration block into your Claude Desktop or Cursor MCP settings file and replace `b2b_live_your_api_key` with your key from /dashboard.

Claude Desktop & Cursor MCP Configuration

Configure the LinkedInDataAPI MCP server or test the REST endpoint directly:

curl "https://api.linkedindataapi.com/v1/profile?username=satyanadella" \
  -H "x-api-key: b2b_live_your_api_key"

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Verify real-time latency, enrichment unit math & JSON schema

2,000 profiles/day
1,000 companies/day
10,000 items/day
HTTP Calls/Day
3,400
Up to 600 RPM
Hot Cache Latency
~14 ms p50
PostgreSQL 16 + Redis
Cookie Risk
0 Cookies
No li_at required
Estimated Monthly Pipeline Cost (30 Days)
$59.70/ mo with Business bonus ($150.00 base rate)
Daily consumption: 50,000 Credits ($5.00/day)
LinkedInDataAPI (with volume bonus):$59.70 / mo
Proxycurl / Clearbit ($20+ / 1K):$6300.00 / mo
Failed / 404 request fee:$0.00 (0 Credits)
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Frequently Asked Questions

Does the MCP server consume the same unified credits?
Yes. Every tool call invoked by Claude or Cursor uses your standard account balance (10 Credits per profile/company, 2 Credits per search item).

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