A side-by-side look at the HeyLead — Autonomous LinkedIn SDR and Linkdapi The Best Linkedin Professional Data API MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose HeyLead — Autonomous LinkedIn SDR for social media work as a local process; choose Linkdapi The Best Linkedin Professional Data API for social media. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
setup_profile, generate_icp, icp.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | L Linkdapi The Best Linkedin Professional Data API | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Social Media | Social Media |
| Quality signal | 55/100 · Good | 37/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Not confirmed yet |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | — |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 9 | — |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 35 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View HeyLead — Autonomous LinkedIn SDR | View Linkdapi The Best Linkedin Professional Data API |
setup_profileConnects LinkedIn and analyzes your writing style into a voice signaturegenerate_icpGenerates a rich Ideal Customer Profile with buyer personasicpPreviews which LinkedIn profiles a saved ICP matches, without creating a campaignprofile_signalsCompiles a targeting request (country ties, interests) into LinkedIn recall queries and profile-evidence scoringcreate_campaignCreates an outreach campaign (as a draft) from a natural language descriptiongenerate_and_sendGenerates a personalized LinkedIn message and sends itcheck_repliesChecks for new replies across campaigns, classifies sentiment, surfaces hot leadsbook_meetingPuts an agreed call on your Google Calendar and sends the prospect an inviteshow_statusYour dashboard — campaigns, stats, hot leads, account health. Links to the matching heylead.dev/dashboard page and, on hosted accounts, attaches a snapshot cardsend_messageSends follow-ups and replies to prospectssend_emailSends email via a connected Unipile mailbox (Gmail/Outlook). Never Mail.app.engage_prospectComments on, reacts to, follows, or endorses a prospect to build trustNo tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
{
"mcpServers": {
"heylead-autonomous-linkedin-sdr-2": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"heylead"
]
}
}
}
No confirmed install command for Linkdapi The Best Linkedin Professional Data API yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.