What is Linkedin Mcp Friday

LinkedIn MCP Friday is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server designed for scraping LinkedIn profile and company data.

Use cases

Use cases include extracting professional profiles for recruitment, analyzing company data for market insights, and gathering competitive intelligence from LinkedIn.

How to use

To use LinkedIn MCP Friday, install the dependencies using ‘npm install’, configure your environment variables by copying ‘.env.example’ to ‘.env’ and adding your LinkedIn API key. Start the server with ‘npx ts-node src/server.ts’ and make API calls to scrape profiles or analyze companies.

Key features

Key features include profile scraping from LinkedIn URLs, company analysis from LinkedIn company pages, error handling, input validation, and environment variable configuration.

Where to use

LinkedIn MCP Friday can be used in data analysis, recruitment, marketing research, and any application that requires LinkedIn data extraction.

FridayData MCP Server

A powerful Model Context Protocol (MCP) server providing access to LinkedIn scraping, web search, and website data extraction capabilities.

Overview

This MCP server exposes three key endpoints through a simple API interface:

1. LinkedIn Profile Scraping (/profile) - Extract structured data from LinkedIn profiles
2. LinkedIn Company Analysis (/analyze-company) - Gather insights from company pages
3. Website Information Extraction (/extract) - Extract custom data from any website
4. Web Search (/search) - Perform location-aware web searches

Get started by obtaining your API key from Friday Data.

Key Features

• LinkedIn Profile Scraping:

  • Full profile data in JSON format
  • 60 second timeout per request
  • Error handling with detailed messages
  • Automatic response validation

• LinkedIn Company Analysis:

  • POST request to /analyze-company
  • Company insights in structured format
  • Configurable timeout settings
  • Comprehensive error reporting

• Website Data Extraction:

  • Custom schema support
  • Flexible query parameters
  • JSON response format
  • Built-in timeout protection

• Web Search Capabilities:

  • Location-based searching (default: US)
  • Configurable result count (1-100)
  • Structured JSON responses
  • Robust error handling

Technical Details

• All endpoints require X-API-KEY header
• Responses are in JSON format
• 60 second timeout on all requests
• Automatic request abortion on timeout
• Full error stack traces in development

Quick Start

1. Get your API key from Friday Data

Setup

Add this to your MCP client configuration:

{
  "friday_data_mcp": {
    "name": "Friday Data MCP",
    "command": "npx",
    "args": [
      "fridaydata-mcp"
    ],
    "env": {
      "FRIDAY_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY"
    },
    "capabilities": {
      "tools": true,
      "resources": false,
      "prompts": false,
      "sampling": false
    }
  }
}