LinkedIn vs watchtower
LinkedIn is an MCP server published by stickerdaniel. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). watchtower is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Connor Lagana. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-14. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  LinkedIn | |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:c437eb638f80 Forks (GitHub): 674 Stars (GitHub): 3 859 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace connorlagana/watchtower | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.0 No figure published Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | watchtower | |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 3 859 | No figure on GitHub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 674 | No figure on GitHub |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (stickerdaniel/linkedin-mcp-server:1.4.0) | Remote server (watchtower.lat/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 6 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 2, secrets among them: 1 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 2 |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/stickerdaniel/linkedin-mcp-server | github.com/connorlagana/watchtower |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-14 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | not checked yet |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.
What each says it does
This MCP server allows Claude and other AI assistants to access your LinkedIn. Scrape LinkedIn profiles and companies, get your recommended jobs, and perform job searches. Set your li_at LinkedIn cookie to use this server.
watchtower
Tech job alerts for Claude: describe the job once and get only the new postings that match, from 1,000+ tech company and startup job boards.
How to run each
LinkedIn As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --env "LINKEDIN_COOKIE=<YOUR_LINKEDIN_COOKIE>" --transport stdio linkedin-mcp-server -- docker run -i --rm -e LINKEDIN_COOKIE stickerdaniel/linkedin-mcp-server:1.4.0Requires: LINKEDIN_COOKIE (secret)
watchtower As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add connorlagana/watchtower
/plugin install watchtower@watchtowerCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of watchtower publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of watchtower publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: LinkedIn · What it can do: watchtower · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.