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MCP is how Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT, and similar clients use your Connect account as tools — posts, media, social accounts, sets, webhooks, logs.
The agent signs in with OAuth (mcp:use). An API key on this URL returns 403. Keys are for REST only. Revoke assistants under Settings → MCP.

Add a client

Cursor 1.0+. In the project root, .cursor/mcp.json:
Open MCP settings → Connect next to trypost-connect → approve in the browser. Then: List my Connect social accounts.
Append --scope user to share it across projects. The first tool call opens the Connect sign-in.
Customize → ConnectorsAdd custom connector. Name TryPost Connect, URL https://connect.trypost.it/mcp. Leave Client ID / Secret empty. Enable the connector on the chat + menu before asking it to post.
Requires Pro/Plus/Business (or similar) and Developer mode on the web. Create a connector: name TryPost Connect, URL https://connect.trypost.it/mcp, authentication OAuth, no client id/secret. In a new chat, turn on Developer mode and the connector.

How an agent should work

  1. List connected social accounts.
  2. Ask for the format catalog (list-content-types-tool) — valid types and media caps. REST has no catalog; the platform pages are the other source.
  3. For Pinterest or Discord, list boards or channels first.
  4. Request an upload slot, put the file, then pass that public URL. External URLs are rejected. There is no attach-from-URL tool and no asset library.
  5. Create a draft. Preview if you want.
  6. Publish now, or schedule.
Connecting a new network is still a browser flow. The agent cannot start OAuth.

What the tools cover

Create-post may omit which accounts to target (every connected identity is added, disabled until you enable rows). REST create requires at least one. Update cannot jump straight to “publishing” — that is publish-post-tool.

If it fails

OAuth worked; the account lost app access. Open connect.trypost.it, subscribe, reconnect.
The session expired or the token was revoked. Run the client’s Connect flow again.
The client sent an API key. Remove any Authorization header from the MCP config.