The full upstream README, mirrored here for reference. Install config, tool schemas, adoption signals, and an original overview live on the Curviate MCP listing page.
LinkedIn actions for AI agents, as MCP tools. One hosted URL, nothing to install.
Point any MCP client that speaks remote Streamable HTTP at one URL:
Sign in with OAuth where the client offers it, otherwise send your Curviate API key as an Authorization: Bearer header. Your agent then has LinkedIn search, messaging, posts and connection requests as native tools. Sales Navigator and Recruiter tools are off by default and switch on per workspace, and they answer only for a connected account that holds the product: see Toolsets.
You need a Curviate workspace and one connected LinkedIn account. Full walkthrough: MCP quickstart.
OAuth:
Then run /mcp in Claude Code, select curviate, choose Authenticate, and approve access in the browser.
API key:
Your shell expands $CURVIATE_API_KEY when you run that command, so the key itself lands in Claude Code's config file. Prefer the OAuth path above unless you need a key.
Check either setup with claude mcp list: curviate reads Connected.
Details and caveats: docs.curviate.com/reference/mcp/client-setup#claude-code
OAuth:
Codex prints an authorization URL. Open it, sign in to Curviate, and approve access. To sign in again later, run codex mcp login curviate.
API key, read from the environment each time Codex connects:
Check with codex mcp list.
Details and caveats: docs.curviate.com/reference/mcp/client-setup#codex
OAuth:
Then start gemini, run /mcp auth curviate, open the printed URL, sign in to Curviate, and approve access.
API key:
Keep the single quotes: Gemini CLI stores ${CURVIATE_API_KEY} as written and fills it from the environment when it connects, so the key stays out of the settings file.
Check with gemini mcp list: curviate reads Connected. Gemini CLI will not start MCP servers in a folder you have not trusted, where the server reads Disabled instead.
Details and caveats: docs.curviate.com/reference/mcp/client-setup#gemini-cli
Any client that speaks remote Streamable HTTP can connect. Try OAuth with the bare URL first, then the Authorization: Bearer header. A client that connects but fails tool calls with 401 is usually sending the header only on connect: see Troubleshooting.
| Method | Use it when |
|---|---|
| OAuth 2.1 | The client supports it. Always the first choice: no key leaves the dashboard, and you revoke the client on its own under Settings, Authorized applications. |
Authorization: Bearer cvt_live_YOUR_KEY | The client can set a header but has no OAuth, or runs unattended. |
?token=cvt_live_YOUR_KEY | Last resort, for a client that can set no header. The header wins if a request carries both. |
Your API key is a full-access workspace credential: anyone holding it can act on every LinkedIn account in the workspace. Create, rotate and revoke it from the key chip in the dashboard top bar, keep it in an environment variable, and reference the variable from the client config rather than the literal key.
Full rules: Authentication.
| MCP quickstart | Connect a client and make a first call |
| Client setup | Per-client commands and UI paths |
| Authentication | OAuth, the Bearer header, and ?token= |
| Toolsets | Which tools your client sees, and how to turn more on |
| Errors and limits | The error shape, rate limits, safety limits |
| Troubleshooting | 401s, a missing tool, a dropped session |
| curviate.com | What Curviate is |
| CLI | The same actions from a terminal or a shell script |
| TypeScript SDK | The same actions from your own code |
MIT. See LICENSE.