# Volume MCP: the social media marketing MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor

Updated 2026-11-08. Page: https://tryvolume.app/mcp

The Volume MCP is a remote MCP server (https://app.tryvolume.app/api/mcp) that connects Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code and Codex to Volume (tryvolume.app). It gives your AI agent more than 70 tools for short-form social media marketing: search the Volume Library of TikTok and Instagram posts and Meta ads that beat their account's average, by niche; eight social tools for live data from TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit and more; a slideshow editor that uses your brand kit; and scheduling to TikTok. It signs in with your Volume account, with no API key, and comes with the Core and Pro plans, which start with a 3-day free trial.

- Server address: https://app.tryvolume.app/api/mcp
- Works with: Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code and Codex
- Sign-in: your Volume account (OAuth), no API key
- Plans: Core ($29.99 a month) and Pro ($69.99 a month), both with a 3-day free trial

## What your agent can do

- **Find what's working.** Posts, formats and Meta ads beating their usual, by niche, from the Library.
- **Read any post or account.** Live data from TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit and more: posts, comments, ads, trends.
- **Build the slideshow.** From a template or from scratch, with your brand kit, in your Volume editor.
- **Schedule it.** Straight to your TikTok accounts. For Instagram, a link that opens the slides on your phone.

## A whole post in four messages

1. Research: "What's working for fitness apps on TikTok this week? Show me the covers."
2. Look closer: "Pull our top competitor's last 20 posts and tell me which ones beat their average, and why."
3. Make it: "Make our version of the best one as a slideshow with our brand kit. Render it and show me."
4. Post it: "Schedule it to our TikTok for 6 PM tomorrow."

## Every tool, in plain words

You never call these yourself: your agent picks the right ones from what you ask.

### The Library

Posts that beat their own account's average views, the formats behind them and the Meta ads brands keep running, in 19 niches, updated daily.

- `search_library`: Search posts, formats and ads by niche, platform, type or words, with the covers in the chat
- `whats_new`: What came into the Library since you last looked
- `find_working_formats`: TikTok slideshow formats performing now, to build from
- `save_to_library`: Save a post, format or ad to your saved list
- `request_library_addition`: Ask us to add a brand or creator

Try: "What hooks are working in golf this week?"

1,000 Library searches a day on Core and Pro.

### Social tools

Live data from the major platforms, for the research the Library doesn't cover.

- `read_ads`: What any brand is running on Meta, Google, LinkedIn or TikTok
- `read_post_details`: The caption, numbers or transcript of any post
- `read_account`: A competitor's recent posts, and which ones beat their average
- `trending`: What's trending on TikTok by country, plus Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts
- `read_comments`: What people say in the comments, and on Reddit, to turn into hooks
- `find_creators`: Creators by niche, for UGC or affiliates
- `shop_research`: What's selling on TikTok Shop
- `search_social`: One search across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, Pinterest and more

Try: "What are people complaining about in r/golf this month? Turn the top three into hooks."

Trials get 50 calls. Core includes 1,000 a month and Pro 3,000. A repeat of the same request within a few hours, or a call that fails, doesn't count.

### Copy a format from a link

Paste any TikTok, Instagram or X post, or an account, and your agent studies it.

- `read_post`: Open a post from its link and look at every slide
- `read_profile`: Open an account and list its recent posts

Try: "Recreate the format of this post for our app: <link>"

### Build slideshows

Everything happens in your Volume editor, so you can watch, take over or change anything by hand.

- `list_templates`: Templates that already work, with their covers
- `create_slideshow`: Start a slideshow from a template or from scratch
- `edit_slideshow`: Write and rewrite slides, move layers, change the look
- `render_slideshow`: Look at the slides exactly as you'll see them, to check the layout
- `duplicate_slideshow`: Make another version for a different audience
- `generate_image`: Make an AI image, saved to your Media
- `search_photos`: Licensed stock photos
- `upload_image`: Add your own images, logos and screenshots
- `remove_background`: Take the flat background off a product shot, icon or logo

Try: "Make a 6-slide carousel about our launch. Render it and show me before you say it's done."

### Post and share

Scheduling is TikTok only. For Instagram, a share link opens the slides on your phone, ready to post.

- `get_posting_options`: Your connected TikTok accounts and what each allows
- `schedule_post`: Schedule a slideshow to a TikTok account at a time you pick
- `list_scheduled_posts`: What's going out, and when
- `cancel_scheduled_post`: Take a post off the schedule
- `get_share_link`: A link you open on your phone to post it yourself
- `export_slideshow`: A zip of the slides as full-size images

Try: "Schedule this to our TikTok for 9 AM tomorrow, and the second version for Thursday."

### Your brand and memory

Tell it once. Every session, teammate and agent after that follows it.

- `get_brand_kit`: Your colors, fonts and logos, used on every slide
- `update_brand_kit`: Change your brand colors and fonts
- `remember`: Save a lasting preference, like "no emojis in captions"
- `get_memory`: What it knows about your brand, audience and past work
- `save_template`: Turn a slideshow you like into your own template
- `get_usage`: How much of your plan is left this month

Try: "Remember: we never use emojis in captions, and our audience is new golfers."

## What each plan includes

| | Core | Pro |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Library searches from your agent | 1,000 a day | 1,000 a day |
| Social tool calls | 1,000 a month | 3,000 a month |
| Posts | 60 a month | 300 a month |
| AI image credits | 100 a month | 400 a month |
| Price | $29.99 a month | $69.99 a month |

Trials get 50 social tool calls in total.

## How to connect

Claude Code:

```
claude mcp add -s user -t http volume https://app.tryvolume.app/api/mcp
```

1. Run the command in a terminal. It adds Volume to every project, not just this folder.
2. Start Claude Code and run `/mcp`, pick `volume`, and choose Authenticate. A browser tab opens: click Connect.
3. Open a slideshow in Volume, then ask: "Use Volume to make an Instagram carousel about my product. Render it and show me before you say it is done."

Claude:

```
https://app.tryvolume.app/api/mcp
```

1. In claude.ai or the desktop app: Settings, Connectors, `Add custom connector`.
2. Name it `Volume`, paste the URL above, and add it.
3. Click Connect on it. A Volume tab opens: click Connect.
4. Open a slideshow in Volume, then ask: "Use Volume to make an Instagram carousel about my product. Render it and show me before you say it is done."

ChatGPT:

```
https://app.tryvolume.app/api/mcp
```

1. Settings, Apps and Connectors, Advanced settings: turn on `Developer mode`.
2. Back in Apps and Connectors, choose Create. Name it `Volume`, paste the URL above, and leave Authentication on `OAuth`.
3. Create it, then click Connect in the Volume tab that opens.
4. Open a slideshow in Volume, then ask: "Use Volume to make an Instagram carousel about my product. Render it and show me before you say it is done."

Cursor:

```
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "volume": {
      "url": "https://app.tryvolume.app/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

1. Add this to `~/.cursor/mcp.json` (or Settings, MCP, Add new server).
2. In Settings, MCP, Volume shows `Needs login`. Click it, then click Connect in the tab that opens.
3. Open a slideshow in Volume, then ask: "Use Volume to make an Instagram carousel about my product. Render it and show me before you say it is done."

Codex:

```
codex mcp add volume --url https://app.tryvolume.app/api/mcp
```

1. Run the command in a terminal.
2. Then run `codex mcp login volume` and click Connect in the tab that opens.
3. Open a slideshow in Volume, then ask: "Use Volume to make an Instagram carousel about my product. Render it and show me before you say it is done."

## Questions

### What is the Volume MCP?

The Volume MCP is a remote MCP server (https://app.tryvolume.app/api/mcp) that connects Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code and Codex to Volume (tryvolume.app). It gives your AI agent more than 70 tools for short-form social media marketing: search the Volume Library of TikTok and Instagram posts and Meta ads that beat their account's average, by niche; eight social tools for live data from TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit and more; a slideshow editor that uses your brand kit; and scheduling to TikTok. It signs in with your Volume account, with no API key, and comes with the Core and Pro plans, which start with a 3-day free trial.

### What's the Volume MCP server URL?

https://app.tryvolume.app/api/mcp. Add it as a custom connector in Claude or ChatGPT, or to your MCP settings in Cursor, Claude Code or Codex, then sign in with your Volume account. There is no API key to copy.

### Which MCP server finds viral TikTok and Instagram content?

Volume's. Its search_library tool finds TikTok and Instagram posts that beat their own account's average views, by niche, with the format and hook behind each, plus Meta ads brands keep running. Its social tools add live data: what's trending, any account's recent posts, comments and Reddit threads, and ads on Meta, Google, LinkedIn and TikTok.

### Can Claude or ChatGPT make and schedule TikTok slideshows?

Yes, with Volume connected. Your agent builds the slideshow in your Volume editor from a template or from scratch, with your brand kit, renders it to check the layout, and schedules it to a connected TikTok account. Instagram scheduling isn't available: a share link opens the slides on your phone, ready to post.

### Is the Volume MCP free?

No. It comes with Core ($29.99 a month) and Pro ($69.99 a month), and both start with a 3-day free trial. The What's working pages at tryvolume.app/working are free to read without an account.

### How do I add Volume to Claude Code or Codex?

In Claude Code, run "claude mcp add -s user -t http volume https://app.tryvolume.app/api/mcp", then run /mcp and authenticate. In Codex, run "codex mcp add volume --url https://app.tryvolume.app/api/mcp", then "codex mcp login volume".

### Which AI tools work with Volume?

Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code and Codex. Volume connects to them through MCP, a standard way for AI tools to work inside other apps.

### How do I connect my agent?

Click Connect your agent in Volume, pick your tool and follow the steps. For a full walkthrough, read our guide.

### Do I need to know how to code?

No. In Claude or ChatGPT, you add Volume as a connector in settings, then ask for what you want in plain English.

### Can my agent search the Library?

Yes, on Core and Pro, free trial included. Ask things like "what hooks are working in golf" or "show me Sparrow Golf's ads", and it searches posts, formats and ads and shows the covers in the chat. Core and Pro get 1,000 searches a day.

### What are the social tools?

Eight tools that let your agent read live data from the major social platforms: Ads: what any brand is running on Meta, Google, LinkedIn or TikTok. Post details: the caption, numbers or transcript of any post. Account: a competitor's recent posts and which ones beat their average. Trending: what's trending on TikTok by country, plus Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts. Comments and Reddit: what people say and complain about, to turn into hooks. Find creators: creators by niche, for UGC or affiliates. Shop research: what's selling on TikTok Shop. Search: one search across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, Pinterest and more.

### How many social tool calls do I get?

Trials get 50 in total. Core includes 1,000 calls a month and Pro includes 3,000, counted from your billing date. Asking for the exact same thing again within a few hours doesn't count, and neither does a call that fails.

### What happens when I run out of calls?

Your agent tells you what it couldn't do and gives you the upgrade link. It still shows you similar examples from the Library, so you're never stuck.

### What can my agent do in Volume?

It can search the Library and use the social tools for research, then build slideshows from a template or from scratch. It can write or rewrite any slide and apply your brand colors, fonts and logos. It can add images from your Media, Volume's stock photos or AI. It renders the slides to check the layout, can make another version for a different audience, and can schedule finished slideshows to your TikTok accounts.

### Can I copy a format I saw on TikTok or Instagram?

Yes. Open it in the Library and press Make this in Volume, or paste the post's link into your AI tool and ask it to recreate the format with Volume.

### Can I edit what my agent makes?

Everything is fully editable. Change it by hand in the editor, or tell your agent what to change and watch the slides update.

Start a 3-day free trial: https://app.tryvolume.app/welcome?from=library&intent=mcp