XCut AI – Viral Content Research MCP Server

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XCut AI – Viral Content Research is answering right now. Last checked 9 min ago. It exposes 39 tools.

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

Uptime history 52 hours of history

52 hours agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

92 of 92 checks

Tools

read from the server

490 ms

Response time

average over 24h

open, no key

Access

streamable-http

What changed 4

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 10 October 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

10 Oct 4 tools changed the parameters they ask for xcut_find_outliers, xcut_profile_analytics, xcut_search_viral and 1 more

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check XCut AI – Viral Content Research every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 9 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

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

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

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

~/.codex/config.toml

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

.cursor/mcp.json

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

.vscode/mcp.json

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

Available tools 39

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

xcut

xcut_add_note

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 library and topic search are in English. Free; no sign-in. Do not use for formats, script structures or platform facts (use xcut_get_playbook) or for a finished caption (use xcut_write_caption).

xcut_find_outliers

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 credit per post. Longer runs return a `job_id` for xcut_get_job. Do not use for a full metrics table (use xcut_profile_analytics) or for a topic across many accounts (use xcut_search_viral).

xcut_generate_image

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 10 credits per image. Do not use for images unrelated to the user's content or marketing.

xcut_get_account

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

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_outliers or xcut_search_viral).

xcut_get_breakouts

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

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 (use xcut_get_content).

xcut_get_content

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. Do not use to list a canvas (use xcut_get_canvas).

xcut_get_job

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

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 beat-by-beat video formats with timings, storytelling and retention principles, hook families, paid-ad frameworks and platform facts including documented myths and hashtag limits. Free; no sign-in. Describe the goal in plain English with platform and format. Do not use for hook templates (use xcut_find_hooks).

xcut_hook_ideas

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 signed-in XcutAI tools. Do not use for writing unrelated to social media or marketing content.

xcut_import_meta_ad

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 12 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

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 user's "From AI apps" canvas. 2 credits plus transcription (a few credits for a short video). Returns a `job_id`; xcut_get_job returns the transcript when done. Do not use for website links (use xcut_import_website) or Meta Ad Library links (use xcut_import_meta_ad).

xcut_import_profile

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 credit per post plus transcription. Returns a `job_id` while the profile is read. Do not use just to rank posts (use xcut_find_outliers).

xcut_import_website

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. 1 credit. Returns a short preview. Do not use for social media post links (use xcut_import_post).

xcut_list_calendar

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

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

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 the signed-in XcutAI tools. Do not use for writing unrelated to social media or marketing content.

xcut_profile_analytics

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_id` for xcut_get_job. Do not use to find standout posts (use xcut_find_outliers).

xcut_repurpose_content

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 content.

xcut_rewrite_bio

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 content.

xcut_run_playbook

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 is roughly 30-60 credits). Longer runs return a `job_id`. Do not use for a single custom request (use xcut_write_content).

xcut_save_memory

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 instructions that apply only to the current request.

xcut_scan_watchlist

Use this when the user wants fresh breakouts now instead of waiting for the daily scan. Rescans the accounts on their XcutAI watchlist; allowed once an hour; costs 1 credit per account. Set `estimate` to true to get the cost without scanning. Do not use to read the latest results (use xcut_get_breakouts).

xcut_search_viral

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, engagement, links and captions, plus `next_cursor` for more. 2 credits per page (cached pages free). Do not use for general web or news search, or for one profile's outliers versus its own normal (use xcut_find_outliers).

xcut_update_calendar_post

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

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

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 unrelated to social media or marketing content.

xcut_write_content

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 their canvas. Pick `agent` for the platform, or auto. Token-billed (typically 10-40 credits). Longer turns return a `job_id`. Do not use for writing unrelated to the user's social media or marketing content.

xcut_youtube_titles

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.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://mcp.xcut.ai/mcp	streamable-http	answering	423 ms	9 min ago

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XCut AI – Viral Content Research — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can XCut AI – Viral Content Research do?

It exposes 39 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: xcut_add_note, xcut_add_to_calendar, xcut_analyze_script, xcut_audit_content, xcut_check_niche, xcut_competitor_gaps and 33 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is XCut AI – Viral Content Research working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 92 of 92 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 490 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect XCut AI – Viral Content Research?

Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does XCut AI – Viral Content Research need an API key?

No. XCut AI – Viral Content Research completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 39 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is XCut AI – Viral Content Research?

It answers our handshake in 490 ms on average, which is faster than 26% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.