Connection Guide

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Publish text posts, link posts, and image posts to your personal profile or Company Page — directly from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected AI.

Step 1 of 3

Create a LinkedIn Developer App

LinkedIn requires you to create a Developer App to authenticate PF Create. You’ll need a LinkedIn account and a verified LinkedIn Company Page — LinkedIn requires all apps to be associated with a company page, even for personal use. If you don’t have one, create a free Company Page first.

Go to LinkedIn Developer Portal

Go to linkedin.com/developers and sign in. Click Create app.

Name your app and link it to your Company Page

Give your app a name (e.g. “PF Create”), associate it with your Company Page, agree to the terms, and click Create app. You need a Company Page to create an app — create one free if you don’t have one.

Verify your Company Page

In your app dashboard, click Verify next to your Company Page. Copy the verification URL and visit it as the page owner to authorise the association.

Add “Sign In with LinkedIn using OpenID Connect” in the Products tab

In the Products tab, add Sign In with LinkedIn using OpenID Connect. This is the only product required — it enables the OAuth scopes PF Create needs.

Add the redirect URL and copy your Client ID

In the Auth tab, add the following Redirect URL exactly as shown: https://user.pfcreate.ca/profile/services/. Then copy your Client ID.

All done!

Step 2 of 3

Connect your app in PF Create

Go to Services in your portal

Enter your Client ID and save

Click Edit next to the LinkedIn App section, enter your Client ID from the LinkedIn Developer Portal, and save.

Click “Connect with LinkedIn” and authorise

Click Connect with LinkedIn. LinkedIn will ask you to authorise the following permissions: openid, profile, email, and w_member_social (personal posting). Once approved, status changes to “Connected”.

Optional: add your Company Page Org ID for company posting

To post to a Company Page, click Edit again and enter your Company Page Org ID. Find it in the URL when viewing your page admin: linkedin.com/company/12345678/admin/. Once saved, reconnect — PF Create will request the additional w_organization_social and r_organization_social scopes automatically.

All done!

Step 3 of 3

Try your first post

Once connected, just ask your AI in plain language. PF Create handles the LinkedIn API call automatically.

Example prompts

“Post to my LinkedIn: [your message]”
“Draft a LinkedIn post about [topic] for my approval”
“Share this blog post to my LinkedIn with a summary”
“Post this to our Company Page: [message]”
“What were the stats on my last 5 LinkedIn posts?”

Troubleshooting

Connection not working?

Problem	Fix
Status shows “Not connected” after authorising	Make sure you entered the Client ID before clicking Connect, and that the redirect URL in your LinkedIn app is exactly https://user.pfcreate.ca/profile/services/ with the trailing slash.
Token has expired	Tokens last 60 days. Go to Services in your portal and click Connect with LinkedIn again to re-authenticate.
Can’t post to Company Page	Make sure you’ve added your Company Page Org ID in the Edit dialog and reconnected. PF Create adds the organisation scopes automatically when an Org ID is present.
403 error on company page posts	Your LinkedIn account needs admin access to the Company Page. Check your role at linkedin.com/company/[your-page]/admin/. Also confirm the Org ID is correct.
Redirect URL mismatch error	The redirect URL in your LinkedIn Developer App must be exactly: https://user.pfcreate.ca/profile/services/ — including the trailing slash. Copy and paste it rather than typing it.

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