MCPModel Context Protocol

Social Intelligence
Inside Your AI Tools

Connect Virlo to Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, and any MCP client. Ask questions in natural language, get real-time data from TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram. 49 tools, zero setup code.

Opens Virlo in the Claude directory — connect it to Claude Desktop, claude.ai, or Claude Code in one click. No API key needed.

Transport: HTTPAuth: Bearer tokenProtocol: MCPPay as you go
claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "virlo": {
      "url": "https://dev.virlo.ai/api/mcp/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer virlo_tkn_***"
      }
    }
  }
}

// Then just ask Claude:
// "What's trending on TikTok right now?"
// "Look up @charlidamelio's engagement rate"
// "Find skincare videos with 100K+ views"
49
MCP tools
7
Tool categories
4
Platforms covered
4
Guided prompts

What is MCP?

The Model Context Protocol is an open standard that lets AI assistants connect to external tools and data sources. Instead of copy-pasting data into prompts, your AI can call Virlo directly — searching trends, looking up creators, and analyzing videos in real time.

No code required

Add a JSON config, restart your app. That's it. No SDK, no API calls, no webhooks.

Natural language

Ask "what's trending in skincare?" and your AI picks the right Virlo tool automatically.

Same data, smarter

All 49 Virlo tools available. Same data as the REST API, but your AI reasons over it for you.

49 tools. One config.

Trend analytics, content research agents, creator & sound intelligence, audience demographics, and long-term tracking. All accessible through natural language.

Analytics

Trends & hashtags

Trending topics, momentum-ranked emerging trends, hashtag rankings, and daily video digests across TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram. Reads are instant.

get_trendsget_trends_digestget_emerging_trendsget_trending_videossearch_hashtagsget_hashtag_performance

Content Research Agents

One-shot & recurring

Research any niche — one-shot or on a schedule. Videos, Meta ads, rising creators, AI analysis, and trends. Draft keywords with suggest_keywords (free), then create with an intent.

suggest_keywordssearch_keywordsget_keyword_search_resultscreate_niche_monitorget_niche_monitor_dataupdate_niche_monitor

Satellite

Creator, video & sound intel

Drop in a handle, video, sound, or hashtag. Get full profiles, analytics, AI category, outlier detection, and audience enrichment. Batch up to 25 creators.

lookup_creatorbatch_lookup_creatorsanalyze_videolookup_soundlookup_hashtagget_satellite_run

Tracking

Long-term monitoring

Watch any creator or video over time. Each cycle stores a metric snapshot and ships an AI report on what changed — plus posting cadence and per-post metrics.

track_creatortrack_videoget_tracking_reportlist_creator_postsget_posting_cadenceupdate_tracking_settings

Audience

Demographics & geography

Age, gender, language, and top countries/cities for a creator’s engaged audience (commenters, not raw followers). Cache-first — charged only on a miss.

get_creator_audience_demographicsget_creator_audience_geographyrefresh_creator_audience

Sounds

Audio intelligence

Trending and breakout audio, fuzzy title search, adoption velocity, usage history, and a creator’s full sound catalog across TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube.

get_trending_soundsget_breakout_soundssearch_soundsget_sound_detailsget_sound_videosget_creator_sounds

Utility

Jobs & account

Poll any async job (agents, Satellite, batch, post collect) and check your remaining balance and per-tool credit pricing. Always free.

check_job_statusget_credit_balance

Setup in 60 seconds

Pick your client, paste the config, restart. Virlo’s 49 tools are instantly available to your AI assistant.

Read the full setup guide
1
Get your API key

Sign up at dev.virlo.ai and generate a virlo_tkn_ key.

2
Add the config

Paste the JSON config into your AI client's MCP settings.

3
Start asking questions

Your AI now has real-time access to social media intelligence.

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "virlo": {
      "url": "https://dev.virlo.ai/api/mcp/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer virlo_tkn_YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

For a detailed walkthrough, read our MCP setup guide.

Just ask

No API calls, no parameters, no documentation to read. Ask your AI assistant in plain English.

Example prompts

What are the top trending topics on TikTok right now?

get_trends_digest

Look up @charlidamelio on TikTok and show me her engagement rate

lookup_creator

Search for "skincare routine" videos across TikTok and Instagram

search_keywords

What hashtags are trending in the fitness niche?

search_hashtags

Track this TikTok video and notify me when it hits 1M views

track_video

Set up a daily monitor for "AI tools" content on TikTok

create_niche_monitor

Guided workflows

Four pre-built prompts chain multiple tools into a full research flow — just name the prompt.

full_niche_analysis

One-shot research → review videos, outliers & trends → deep-dive top creators → set up a recurring monitor.

creator_deep_dive

Look up a creator, analyze content patterns, and optionally start tracking them.

trend_scout

Emerging trends + digest, top viral videos, breakout sounds, and rising hashtags in one report.

genre_monitor

Spin up a recurring monitor and surface sounds, hashtags, outliers & benchmarks for a genre.

What you can build

From quick trend checks to automated research pipelines. Let your AI do the heavy lifting. Explore all features.

Trend Research

Ask Claude to find trending topics in your niche. Get real-time data from TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram without leaving your editor.

Competitor Analysis

Look up any creator's stats, engagement rates, and top-performing content. Compare strategies across platforms in a single conversation.

Content Planning

Search hashtags, discover viral hooks, and identify content gaps. Let AI analyze the data and suggest content ideas based on what's working.

Niche Monitoring

Set up automated scrapers that collect videos on a schedule. Check in anytime and ask Claude to summarize what's new in your market.

Performance Tracking

Track specific videos and creators over time. Ask Claude to flag growth spikes, engagement drops, or viral moments as they happen.

Hashtag Intelligence

Search 500K+ hashtags with view counts and usage data. Find the right hashtags for your content across TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram.

Same pricing as the API

MCP uses the same pay-as-you-go credits as Virlo’s REST API. No extra charge for using MCP. Start with $10.

Credit costs per tool call
Hashtag lookups$0.05search_hashtags, get_hashtag_performance
Trends & digests$0.25get_trends, get_emerging_trends, get_trending_videos
Sounds$0.05–$0.25get_trending_sounds, search_sounds, get_sound_videos
Keyword research$0.50search_keywords · suggest_keywords is free
Recurring monitor$0.50create_niche_monitor + each run
Satellite lookup$0.50lookup_creator, analyze_video
Tracking$0.25track_creator, track_video (per cycle)
Audience refresh$0.50refresh_creator_audience (on cache miss)
Data readsFreeresult reads, lists, reports, balance

Works with your tools

Any MCP-compatible client works. Here are the ones we support out of the box.

Claude Desktop
Anthropic's desktop app
claude.ai
Claude on the web
Claude Cowork
Anthropic's agent workspace
Claude Code
CLI for developers
Cursor
AI-native code editor
VS Code
With Copilot Chat
Windsurf
Agentic IDE by Codeium
Any MCP client
Open standard

Claude Desktop, claude.ai, and Claude Code connect via one-click OAuth — sign in to Virlo when prompted and a key is minted for you automatically. Cursor, VS Code, and Windsurf use a virlo_tkn_ API key from your dashboard.

Social intelligence, meet AI.

Add Virlo to your AI workflow in under a minute. 49 tools, real-time data, zero boilerplate.

New to MCP? Read our step-by-step setup guide or check out the developer docs.