LinkedIn Post Generator MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that automates generating professional LinkedIn post drafts from YouTube videos. This tool streamlines content

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What is the LinkedIn Post Generator MCP server?

LinkedIn Post Generator MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on LinkedIn Post Generator directly instead of describing what you should do. A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that automates generating professional LinkedIn post drafts from YouTube videos. This tool streamlines content repurposing by extracting transcripts from YouTube videos, summarizing the content, and.

What you get

  • YouTube Transcript Extraction — Automatically extract transcripts from any YouTube video
  • Content Summarization — Generate concise summaries with customizable tone and target audience
  • LinkedIn Post Generation — Create professional LinkedIn posts with customizable style and tone
  • All-in-One Workflow — Go from YouTube URL to LinkedIn post in a single operation
  • Customization Options — Adjust tone, audience, word count, and more to match your personal brand
  • MCP Integration — Works seamlessly with AI assistants that support the Model Context Protocol

Setting it up

Installation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at @smithery/cli on npm and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.

What the assistant can call

Once LinkedIn Post Generator is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:

  • Tool — set_api_keys
  • Purpose — Configure your API keys
  • Parameters — - openaiApiKey: Your OpenAI API key (required)
  • youtubeApiKey — Your YouTube API key (optional)
  • Documentation — By contributing to this project, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under the project's MIT License

Configuration and credentials

You will need 5 environment variables: OPENAI_API_KEY, YOUTUBE_API_KEY, YOUR_SMITHERY_API_KEY, YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY, YOUR_YOUTUBE_API_KEY. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.

Before you rely on it

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • Missing credentials fail quietly in some clients — if no tools show up, check the environment block first.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the linkedin post generator mcp server does with a few real requests.

Choosing this one

Among the AI and media services options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. LinkedIn Post Generator's toolset — Tool, Purpose, Parameters and 2 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by NvkAnirudh; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
Toolset_api_keys
PurposeConfigure your API keys
Parameters- openaiApiKey: Your OpenAI API key (required)
youtubeApiKeyYour YouTube API key (optional)
DocumentationBy contributing to this project, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under the project's MIT License.

How to install the LinkedIn Post Generator MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "linkedin-post-generator": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@smithery/cli"],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "YOUTUBE_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "YOUR_SMITHERY_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "YOUR_YOUTUBE_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
OPENAI_API_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
YOUTUBE_API_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
YOUR_SMITHERY_API_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
YOUR_YOUTUBE_API_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes

Example prompts to try

  • Use LinkedIn Post Generator to Tool.
  • Use LinkedIn Post Generator to Purpose.
  • Use LinkedIn Post Generator to Parameters.

Frequently asked questions

It connects LinkedIn Post Generator to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 5 tools (Tool, Purpose, Parameters, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with LinkedIn Post Generator directly.