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XCut AI – Viral Content Research Official

ai.xcut/xcutai

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

Find viral posts, outliers, hooks and ads on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Facebook, then write.

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At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

xcut.ai (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

39

Token cost

About 11,173 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http xcutai https://mcp.xcut.ai/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.xcutai]
url = "https://mcp.xcut.ai/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"xcutai":{"httpUrl":"https://mcp.xcut.ai/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"xcutai":{"url":"https://mcp.xcut.ai/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"xcutai":{"type":"http","url":"https://mcp.xcut.ai/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add xcutai https://mcp.xcut.ai/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"xcutai","server_url":"https://mcp.xcut.ai/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"xcutai","server_url":"https://mcp.xcut.ai/mcp"}

Tools

• xcut_add_note ~264 tokens
  Use this when the user wants a script, hook list, plan or other text saved to XcutAI. Accepts Markdown; with no canvas named it goes to the user's "From AI apps" canvas. Free. Do not use for calendar posts (use xcut_add_to_calendar).
• xcut_add_to_calendar ~567 tokens
  Use this when the user wants a planned post saved to their XcutAI content calendar: title, platform, type, date, and optionally caption and hashtags. Saved as a draft unless a status is given. Free. Do not use to publish: XcutAI never posts to social media.
• xcut_analyze_script ~168 tokens
  Use this when the user wants a script scored on its hook, pacing, retention risk and CTA. Free; no sign-in. Output is generic: for work based on the user's own posts, canvases or brand, use the signed-in XcutAI tools. Do not use for writing unrelated to social media or marketing content.
• xcut_audit_content ~238 tokens
  Use this when the user wants a consistency check across 3 to 10 of their past titles or captions. Free; no sign-in. Output is generic: for work based on the user's own posts, canvases or brand, use the signed-in XcutAI tools. Do not use for writing unrelated to social media or marketing content.
• xcut_check_niche ~176 tokens
  Use this when the user wants to know whether a niche is viable before committing to it. Free; no sign-in. Output is generic: for work based on the user's own posts, canvases or brand, use the signed-in XcutAI tools. Do not use for writing unrelated to social media or marketing content.
• xcut_competitor_gaps ~216 tokens
  Use this when the user wants content gaps versus named competitors in their niche. Free; no sign-in. Output is generic: for work based on the user's own posts, canvases or brand, use the signed-in XcutAI tools. Do not use for writing unrelated to social media or marketing content.
• xcut_create_canvas ~145 tokens
  Use this when the user asks for a new, separate XcutAI canvas for a project, client or campaign. Returns its id. Free. Do not use just to import or write: those tools pick a canvas automatically.
• xcut_delete_calendar_post Deletes data · ~139 tokens
  Use this when the user explicitly asks to remove a post from their XcutAI content calendar. Do not use to reschedule or edit (use xcut_update_calendar_post).
• xcut_delete_memory Deletes data · ~181 tokens
  Use this when the user asks to remove a saved brand memory fact from XcutAI. Needs the fact's id from xcut_get_brand. Do not use to change a fact (use xcut_update_memory).
• xcut_find_hooks ~338 tokens
  Use this when the user wants hooks, opening lines or first sentences for a post, Reel, TikTok, Short, YouTube video or ad. Returns proven hook templates matched to the topic, from XcutAI's library of about 1,000 hooks taken from posts that performed, each with slots for the user's subject. The libra
• xcut_find_outliers ~381 tokens
  Use this when the user asks which of a creator's, competitor's or their own posts performed best or beat the account's normal, or what works for an account before writing. Scores the latest 20, 30, 50 or 100 posts against that account's own median and says by how much each beat it. About 1-2 credits
• xcut_generate_image ~333 tokens
  Use this when the user wants a social media image made or edited: post graphic, carousel slide, thumbnail or ad visual, from a prompt and optional reference image links. Needs the Starter plan or higher; about 14 credits per image. Do not use for images unrelated to the user's content or marketing.
• xcut_get_account ~112 tokens
  Use this when the user asks about their XcutAI plan, credit balance, monthly allowance, next refill date or trial, or before starting an import or analysis that costs credits. Free. Do not use for usage history (that is in XcutAI Settings, not available here).
• xcut_get_brand ~192 tokens
  Use this when you are about to write for the user's brand and need its voice, niche, audience and offer, or the user asks what XcutAI knows about their brand. Returns the canvas's brand profile and saved memory facts with ids. Free. Do not use for public creators the user does not own (use xcut_find
• xcut_get_breakouts ~162 tokens
  Use this when the user asks what is breaking out or trending in their own niche right now: XcutAI's breakout alerts from the accounts on their watchlist, plus trending keywords, from the last scan. Free. Do not use for a topic or creator outside their watchlist (use xcut_search_viral).
• xcut_get_canvas ~322 tokens
  Use this when the user asks what is on one of their XcutAI canvases: its items (imported posts, notes, chats, groups, Meta ads, analytics tables, websites, media) with ids, counts by type and short previews. Filter with `item_type`; paginate with `offset`. Free. Do not use to read an item in full (u
• xcut_get_content ~278 tokens
  Use this when you need the full content of an item on the user's XcutAI canvas, by canvas id and item id (from xcut_get_canvas): a post or video's transcript and stats, a note, a chat's messages (paginate with `before`), a website's text, an analytics table, a Meta ad, or a group's contents. Free. D
• xcut_get_job ~158 tokens
  Use this when another XcutAI tool returned a `job_id`: it returns status `running` with a suggested wait, or the finished result (outlier analysis, profile analytics, imports with their transcript, agent replies). Free. Do not use without a `job_id` from an XcutAI tool.
• xcut_get_playbook ~379 tokens
  Use this when the user asks how to structure a Reel, TikTok, Short, YouTube video, carousel, caption, content plan, offer or ad, or how a platform's algorithm, hashtags or profile setup work. Call it before writing so the answer follows formats that performed. Returns a short summary of each matchin
• xcut_hook_ideas ~270 tokens
  Use this when the user wants 10 new hook variations written for their niche and topic on YouTube, TikTok or Instagram. For proven hook templates from posts that performed, use xcut_find_hooks. Free; no sign-in. Output is generic: for work based on the user's own posts, canvases or brand, use the sig
• xcut_import_meta_ad ~250 tokens
  Use this when the user shares a Meta Ad Library link (facebook.com/ads/library) and wants the ad's copy, media and video transcript to study or remix. Holds up to 18 credits and charges the real cost. May return a `job_id` for xcut_get_job. Do not use for organic Facebook posts (use xcut_import_post
• xcut_import_post ~318 tokens
  Use this when the user shares an Instagram, TikTok, YouTube or Facebook post or video link and wants its transcript, a breakdown of why it worked, or their own version of it. XcutAI transcribes the video and reads the caption, visuals and stats. Don't ask which canvas: with none named it goes to the
• xcut_import_profile ~339 tokens
  Use this when the user wants to study a creator's or brand's recent posts in depth (Instagram, TikTok, YouTube or Facebook): it adds them to a canvas as a group and transcribes and analyses each. About 1-15 credits plus transcription. Returns a `job_id` while the profile is read. Do not use just to
• xcut_import_website ~233 tokens
  Use this when the user shares a web page (product page, landing page, article) to use as context for writing their content. XcutAI reads the page and stores its text on a canvas. Up to about 3 credits. Returns a short preview. Do not use for social media post links (use xcut_import_post).
• xcut_list_calendar ~303 tokens
  Use this when the user asks what content is planned or scheduled: posts on their XcutAI content calendar between two dates, optionally for one canvas, with status (draft, in review, approved, scheduled, published). Free. Do not use for posts already live on social media (use xcut_profile_analytics).
• xcut_list_canvases ~194 tokens
  Use this when you need a canvas id or the user asks what XcutAI canvases (projects) they have, including ones shared with them, newest first. Free. Do not call it just to import a post or write: those tools use the user's "From AI apps" canvas when no canvas is named.
• xcut_posting_plan ~338 tokens
  Use this when the user wants a posting plan drafted from a niche, posting frequency and content pillars. It is a text plan only; to put posts on the user's XcutAI calendar use xcut_add_to_calendar. Free; no sign-in. Output is generic: for work based on the user's own posts, canvases or brand, use th
• xcut_profile_analytics ~396 tokens
  Use this when the user wants an account's per-post metrics (views, likes, comments, shares, engagement) over the last N posts or days, for a performance review or to compare accounts on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube or Facebook. Credit cost depends on platform and post count. Longer runs return a `job_
• xcut_repurpose_content ~221 tokens
  Use this when the user wants one piece of content turned into TikTok, Reel, LinkedIn, X and email angles. Free; no sign-in. Output is generic: for work based on the user's own posts, canvases or brand, use the signed-in XcutAI tools. Do not use for writing unrelated to social media or marketing cont
• xcut_rewrite_bio ~262 tokens
  Use this when the user wants their profile bio rewritten for Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, X or LinkedIn. Free; no sign-in. Output is generic: for work based on the user's own posts, canvases or brand, use the signed-in XcutAI tools. Do not use for writing unrelated to social media or marketing conten
• xcut_run_playbook ~515 tokens
  Use this when the user wants a ready-made content deliverable from what is on their canvas: a month or week content plan, 25 hooks, 3 scripts, breakout remix, competitor teardown or benchmark, prospect audit, ad-angle gap map, ad creatives, carousel or thumbnail concepts. Token-billed (a month plan
• xcut_save_memory ~340 tokens
  Use this when the user states a lasting fact about their brand (voice, audience, offer, constraint, posting schedule) so every XcutAI agent uses it from now on. Adds a new fact; never changes or removes one. Free. Do not use to change an existing fact (use xcut_update_memory) or for one-off instruct
• xcut_scan_watchlist ~168 tokens
  Use this when the user wants fresh breakouts now instead of waiting for the next scheduled scan. Rescans the accounts on their XcutAI watchlist; allowed once an hour; about 1 credit or less. Set `estimate` to true to get the cost without scanning. Do not use to read the latest results (use xcut_get_
• xcut_search_viral ~450 tokens
  Use this when the user asks what is going viral, trending or performing right now on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube or Facebook for a topic or niche, what a creator posts that works, or what ads run in the Meta Ad Library. `mode` is keyword (a topic) or profile (an account). Returns posts with views, en
• xcut_update_calendar_post ~522 tokens
  Use this when the user wants to change a post on their XcutAI calendar: date, caption, hashtags, title, type or status (for example mark it approved). Only the fields given change; their old values are not kept. Free. Do not use to publish: XcutAI never posts to social media.
• xcut_update_memory ~351 tokens
  Use this when the user asks to change a saved brand memory fact. Replaces that fact's text and category (the old text is not kept). Needs the fact's id from xcut_get_brand. Free. Do not use to add a new fact (use xcut_save_memory).
• xcut_write_caption ~274 tokens
  Use this when the user wants a finished caption (hook, body, CTA and hashtags) for an Instagram, TikTok or YouTube Shorts post from a short concept. Free; no sign-in. Output is generic: for work based on the user's own posts, canvases or brand, use the signed-in XcutAI tools. Do not use for writing
• xcut_write_content ~475 tokens
  Use this when the user wants XcutAI's agents to write for their brand: Reels, TikTok and Shorts scripts, YouTube scripts, Facebook posts, Meta ad copy, hooks, captions or plans, using their brand memory, imported posts and XcutAI's library of formats that performed. The conversation is saved to thei
• xcut_youtube_titles ~205 tokens
  Use this when the user wants YouTube title options, with thumbnail ideas, for a video topic. Free; no sign-in. Output is generic: for work based on the user's own posts, canvases or brand, use the signed-in XcutAI tools. Do not use for writing unrelated to social media or marketing content.

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