What is the Vayne MCP server?

MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open standard that lets AI assistants use external tools. The Vayne MCP server exposes every Vayne API feature — Sales Navigator scraping, profile and company scraping, job and post scraping, reverse email lookup, and email & phone enrichment — as tools your AI agent can call. You chat; the agent runs the pipeline.

Which AI agents and apps work with the Vayne MCP?

Any MCP-compatible client. Vayne ships copy-paste setup for Claude.ai (web), Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, and the Claude Agent SDK, and works with other clients such as Goose, Cline, or OpenCode: point them at the server URL with your API token in the Authorization header.

What do I need to use the MCP?

A Vayne plan that includes API access — Starter or above. That's it: the MCP is included with the API at no extra cost. Grab your API key from API Settings, or connect from claude.ai and simply sign in to Vayne when prompted (OAuth, no key handling).

Does the MCP cost extra credits?

No. MCP actions consume exactly the same credits as the web app and the API: scraping credits for searches, scrapes, and lookups; enrichment credits for email & phone enrichment. Your agent can check both balances at any time and confirms the cost before spending.

Can my agent really build Sales Navigator searches?

Yes — and it's an MCP exclusive. The agent translates plain-English targeting into a real Sales Navigator search using LinkedIn's own filters: job titles with boolean logic, seniority, function, industry, geography, headcount, and more, each with include and exclude support. It then estimates the number of results for free, so you only scrape once you like the numbers.

How do I push scraped data to Clay or my CRM?

Two ways. Ask the agent to fetch the finished export and post it as JSON to your Clay or Bitscale webhook, or attach a webhook URL to the job itself so Vayne delivers results automatically on completion. For CRMs, the agent can re-scrape a list of profile URLs and push the refreshed data to HubSpot, Attio, or Pipedrive.

Do I need a LinkedIn account?

Only for Sales Navigator scraping, which uses the LinkedIn session connected to your Vayne account — your agent can even check that connection's status with a dedicated tool. Profile & company scraping, post scraping, job scraping, reverse lookup, and enrichment run fully in the cloud with no LinkedIn account required.

What's the difference between the Vayne API and the MCP?

Same platform, same features, same credits. The API is for code you write; the MCP is for AI agents acting on your behalf — and it adds agent-only extras like the natural-language Sales Navigator search builder plus industry, location, and company lookups that help the agent target accurately.

How do I install the Vayne MCP server?

From your Vayne dashboard, open MCP Setup on any feature page. You'll find the server URL and one-click copy configurations for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, and the Claude Agent SDK — each snippet just needs your API key. Connection details, the full tool list, and troubleshooting live in the MCP documentation on this site.

Vayne MCP Server: Scrape LinkedIn With Your AI Agent

Connect Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible agent to Vayne and run every API feature from a chat: build Sales Navigator searches, scrape profiles and companies, find emails and phone numbers, and push fresh data straight to Clay, your CRM, or any GTM tool.

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Every Vayne API feature, exposed as 30+ MCP tools
Works with Claude, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent
No extra cost — same credits as the web app and API
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How to connect Vayne to your AI agent in 3 simple steps

Illustration of an AI agent's code window connected to Vayne's MCP integration nodes

Connect Vayne to your agent

Be on a plan with API access (Starter and above), open MCP Setup in your Vayne dashboard, and copy the ready-made configuration for your client — Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, or the Claude Agent SDK. On claude.ai, just add the server URL as a custom connector and sign in: no API key to handle.

Sales Navigator search with lead filters built automatically by an AI agent through the Vayne MCP

Ask for leads in plain English

Describe your target — 'CFOs and VPs of Finance at chemical manufacturers in North America with 800+ employees.' Your agent turns it into a real Sales Navigator search and estimates how many profiles it will return, before a single credit is spent.

Scraped LinkedIn data exported from the cloud as a spreadsheet, ready to download or push to a webhook

Scrape and deliver anywhere

Approve the search and your agent creates the scraping order, monitors progress on its own, and fetches the results — then downloads the CSV or pushes the data as JSON to Clay, your CRM, or any webhook you give it.

Chat-built Sales Navigator searches.

Build complex Sales Navigator searches by chatting

An MCP exclusive on top of the regular API: describe your ICP in plain English and your agent assembles a real Sales Navigator URL from LinkedIn's own filters, then asks Vayne for a result estimate. You only scrape once you like the numbers — estimates are free.

Lead searches

Target people with the full Sales Navigator filter set — your agent translates plain English into LinkedIn's internal filter codes.

Job titles with boolean logic, e.g. (VP OR head of) AND finance
Seniority, function, headcount, industry, geography, current company
Include and exclude values on every filter

Account searches

Target companies first — filter the market down to a list of accounts worth scraping.

Headcount, headquarters, industry, annual revenue
Signals like hiring on LinkedIn, follower count, or Fortune ranking
Free-text keywords on top of the structured filters

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Vayne dashboard listing Sales Navigator scraping orders with live progress and lead counts

Complete API coverage.

Every Vayne feature, one connection

The MCP wraps the entire Vayne API in 30+ tools your agent can call — the same features you use in the dashboard, now available mid-conversation.

Find & scrape

Sales Navigator scraping — up to 20,000 results per search
Profile & company scraping — instant for one URL, batch for lists
Post engagement — every liker and commenter on a post
LinkedIn job search and job scraping

Enrich & match

Email & phone enrichment (contact finder)
Reverse email lookup — from a B2B email to the LinkedIn profile
Find people by company and job title

Monitor & control

Credit balances and daily scraping limits
LinkedIn connection status
Order history, progress, and CSV exports

Two credit pools, zero surprises

Scraping credits fund searches, scrapes, and lookups; enrichment credits fund email and phone enrichment. Your agent can check both balances at any time and confirm the cost before spending. Full tool list in the MCP documentation.

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Fresh data for your GTM stack.

Push fresh LinkedIn data to Clay, your CRM, or any webhook

Data is only useful where your workflows live. Once a scrape finishes, your agent can format the results and deliver them wherever you work — no CSV juggling, no manual imports.

Three ways to move the data:

GTM platforms like Clay & Bitscale

Ask your agent to send scraped profiles as JSON to your Clay or Bitscale webhook — tables fill up automatically with fresh Sales Navigator data, one table per client or campaign.

CRM refresh

Paste a list of LinkedIn profile URLs and let the agent batch re-scrape them, then push the refreshed job titles and companies to HubSpot, Attio, Pipedrive, or any CRM your agent can reach.

Completion webhooks

Attach an HTTPS webhook to a job and Vayne delivers the results the moment it finishes. A brand-new destination needs a one-click email approval the first time — so a prompt can never quietly redirect your data.

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End-to-end agent workflow.

From one prompt to a populated Clay table

The exact workflow from the demo video. Run it every Monday and most of your list-building happens without you.

1
Describe your ICP

CFOs and VPs of Finance, chemical manufacturers, North America, 800+ employees — one sentence to your agent is enough.

Chat with your agent
2
Build & estimate

The agent assembles the Sales Navigator search and estimates the result count — free, before any credit is spent.

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3
Scrape

The agent launches the order, checks progress on its own, and pulls the clean, deduplicated export when it's done.

You stay hands-off
4
Deliver

CSV download, JSON to your Clay or Bitscale webhook, or a refreshed CRM — enriched with emails and phone numbers if you ask.

See the MCP docs

Who uses the Vayne MCP

Anywhere lead generation is repetitive, an agent with Vayne tools can take over the busywork.

Founders & sales teams

Run weekly list-building from a terminal: describe the ICP once, then re-run the same loop every Monday — scrape, enrich, and push to outreach while you sell.

Outbound & GTM agencies

Manage one Clay table per client and let your agent keep each one topped up with fresh Sales Navigator data — batch after batch, without opening LinkedIn.

RevOps & CRM owners

Keep the CRM honest: paste a list of LinkedIn URLs, batch re-scrape them, and update titles, companies, and career moves in HubSpot, Attio, or Pipedrive.

Developers & AI builders

Ship lead-gen features inside your own agents with the Claude Agent SDK — Vayne handles the LinkedIn data layer, your agent handles the logic.

Powerful for agents, safe for your account

30+

MCP tools

The full Vayne API surface, plus MCP-only search builders

extra cost

Included with API access — same credits as the web app

auth methods

API token or OAuth sign-in, revocable anytime

5 / 15 min

order throttle

Caps how many scraping orders an agent can launch

Every paid tool is guarded: your agent sees credit costs and remaining balances before launching anything, scraping orders are throttled to 5 per 15 minutes, orders larger than your available credits are refused, and webhook deliveries to a never-seen destination wait for your one-click email approval. Rotate your API token or revoke OAuth access at any time from your Vayne account.

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- Great for building qualitative prospecting lists on LinkedIn! Coupled with “Linked Helper” it saves me a lot of time.
  
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- Vayne saves me a lot of time with the ability to scrape 2500+ profiles and export scheduling. Perfect for my SDR team and sales people.
  
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Frequently asked questions about the Vayne MCP server

What is the Vayne MCP server?: MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open standard that lets AI assistants use external tools. The Vayne MCP server exposes every Vayne API feature — Sales Navigator scraping, profile and company scraping, job and post scraping, reverse email lookup, and email & phone enrichment — as tools your AI agent can call. You chat; the agent runs the pipeline.
Which AI agents and apps work with the Vayne MCP?: Any MCP-compatible client. Vayne ships copy-paste setup for Claude.ai (web), Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, and the Claude Agent SDK, and works with other clients such as Goose, Cline, or OpenCode: point them at the server URL with your API token in the Authorization header.
What do I need to use the MCP?: A Vayne plan that includes API access — Starter or above. That's it: the MCP is included with the API at no extra cost. Grab your API key from API Settings, or connect from claude.ai and simply sign in to Vayne when prompted (OAuth, no key handling).
Does the MCP cost extra credits?: No. MCP actions consume exactly the same credits as the web app and the API: scraping credits for searches, scrapes, and lookups; enrichment credits for email & phone enrichment. Your agent can check both balances at any time and confirms the cost before spending.
Can my agent really build Sales Navigator searches?: Yes — and it's an MCP exclusive. The agent translates plain-English targeting into a real Sales Navigator search using LinkedIn's own filters: job titles with boolean logic, seniority, function, industry, geography, headcount, and more, each with include and exclude support. It then estimates the number of results for free, so you only scrape once you like the numbers.
How do I push scraped data to Clay or my CRM?: Two ways. Ask the agent to fetch the finished export and post it as JSON to your Clay or Bitscale webhook, or attach a webhook URL to the job itself so Vayne delivers results automatically on completion. For CRMs, the agent can re-scrape a list of profile URLs and push the refreshed data to HubSpot, Attio, or Pipedrive.
Is it safe to let an AI agent spend my credits?: The MCP is built defensively. Paid tools surface their cost and your remaining balance so the agent confirms before spending, scraping orders are throttled to 5 per 15 minutes, orders larger than your available credits are refused, and webhook deliveries to a never-seen destination are held until you approve them via a one-click email.
Do I need a LinkedIn account?: Only for Sales Navigator scraping, which uses the LinkedIn session connected to your Vayne account — your agent can even check that connection's status with a dedicated tool. Profile & company scraping, post scraping, job scraping, reverse lookup, and enrichment run fully in the cloud with no LinkedIn account required.
What's the difference between the Vayne API and the MCP?: Same platform, same features, same credits. The API is for code you write; the MCP is for AI agents acting on your behalf — and it adds agent-only extras like the natural-language Sales Navigator search builder plus industry, location, and company lookups that help the agent target accurately.
How do I install the Vayne MCP server?: From your Vayne dashboard, open MCP Setup on any feature page. You'll find the server URL and one-click copy configurations for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, and the Claude Agent SDK — each snippet just needs your API key. Connection details, the full tool list, and troubleshooting live in the MCP documentation on this site.

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