Can Claude do LinkedIn outreach?

Yes, with an MCP server. HeyLead is an MCP server that gives Claude Code and Claude Desktop tools to find prospects on LinkedIn, write connection requests and messages in the voice of your own LinkedIn posts, follow up and handle replies. Connect the remote MCP server at https://heylead.dev/mcp and sign in in your browser.

Does HeyLead work in Claude Cowork or as a claude.ai connector?

Yes. Add https://heylead.dev/mcp as a custom connector, click Connect and sign in in your browser. Enable HeyLead in your conversation. Custom connector availability depends on your Claude plan and organization settings.

LinkedIn outreach from Claude

Last updated 6 October 2026

Claude can run your LinkedIn outreach once it has the tools. HeyLead is an MCP server that gives it them: find the right people, write to them in the voice of your own LinkedIn posts, follow up, handle replies.

Connect HeyLead

Paste this into Claude Code or your AI chat:

Set up HeyLead using https://heylead.dev/llms.txt

Your AI will follow the setup for your client. The hosted connection needs no Python, uv or API key.

Claude Code terminal

claude mcp add --transport http --scope user heylead https://heylead.dev/mcp

Open /mcp, select HeyLead, and follow the browser sign-in. If HeyLead is not listed, start a new session and open /mcp again.

Claude Code desktop, without the CLI

If claude is not on PATH, paste the setup prompt above into the Code tab. Your agent can add the remote server to your Claude Code configuration without installing a CLI. It must preserve your existing settings. Start a new session, then sign in through /mcp.

Claude Desktop chat, Cowork and claude.ai

Works in claude.ai as a custom connector. The server URL:

https://heylead.dev/mcp

Open Customize → Connectors, click + Add and choose Add custom connector.
Name it HeyLead, paste https://heylead.dev/mcp as the MCP server URL and click Continue. On the dialog's second screen, leave Sign in now selected and finish it.
Sign in with Google, then click Connect on HeyLead's page.
In a chat, open + → Connectors and switch HeyLead on.

If Add custom connector is unavailable, check your Claude plan or ask your workspace administrator.

Cursor

Add this to .cursor/mcp.json, merging it with existing servers, then connect and sign in:

{"mcpServers":{"heylead":{"url":"https://heylead.dev/mcp"}}}

Finish and verify

Sign in with Google when your client opens HeyLead in the browser.
Connect LinkedIn in the dashboard.
Ask your AI: “Show my HeyLead status.” It should call show_status and report your workspace, even if you have no campaigns yet.
Describe your product and audience, and ask for a draft campaign. Review it before asking HeyLead to launch.

A saved server configuration is only the first step. Setup is verified when HeyLead answers a tool call. If sign-in fails or tools do not appear, follow the troubleshooting steps.

Then just ask

"Find me heads of engineering at Series A fintech startups in London."
"Show me the prospects before anything goes out."
"Launch it."
"Who replied this week, and what did they say?"
"Pause everything."

create_campaign saves a draft and sends nothing. Outreach starts only when you say launch. HeyLead sends from your own LinkedIn account at a human pace: at most 20 invitations a day and 100 a week on a free LinkedIn account (more on Premium or Sales Navigator: a newly connected paid account starts at 20 a day and doubles each week up to its limit), Monday to Friday 08:00 to 22:00 in your time zone, minutes apart. It backs off when LinkedIn pushes back and resumes on its own. You can pause any campaign at any time.

Also works in

Claude Cowork, Cursor, ChatGPT, VS Code and any other MCP client that speaks remote Streamable HTTP with OAuth. See the MCP server page.