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Control ViralDM with AI: Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor & the MCP Server (2026 Guide)

👤 ViralDM Team 📅 6 July 2026 👀 29 views

What if you could just tell an AI assistant "schedule my next 5 reels and DM everyone who comments FIRE a discount code" — and it actually did it inside your Instagram automation tool? That's exactly what ViralDM's MCP server makes possible.

What is MCP (Model Context Protocol)?

MCP is an open standard that lets AI agents — Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Gemini, n8n and others — securely call real tools. ViralDM exposes its platform as an MCP server, so any of these AI apps can operate your ViralDM account directly, on your behalf, using natural language.

Endpoint: https://mcp.viraldm.app/mcp — StreamableHTTP transport, OAuth 2.0 with PKCE. Discovery returns human-friendly HTML in a browser and JSON to AI agents.

The 25 tools your AI agent can use

Once connected, the AI can call any of these:

Setup: connect ViralDM to your AI tool

Claude Desktop

Add ViralDM to your claude_desktop_config.json as an MCP server pointing to https://mcp.viraldm.app/mcp, then restart Claude. You'll be asked to sign in (OAuth) once — after that, just chat: "Schedule this caption for tomorrow 6 PM."

Cursor IDE

Cursor, then Settings, MCP, Add server, paste https://mcp.viraldm.app/mcp. Approve the OAuth login. Now your coding assistant can also run your Instagram growth.

n8n

Use the MCP Client Tool node (or the community node n8n-nodes-viraldm) with the URL https://mcp.viraldm.app/mcp to wire ViralDM into any workflow.

Gemini CLI & any HTTP client

The server speaks standard MCP over HTTP, so Gemini CLI, curl, or your own code can connect the same way. It's also listed on the Smithery.ai marketplace (verified).

Real prompts you can try

Is it safe?

Yes. Access uses OAuth 2.0 with PKCE — the AI never sees your password, you approve access once, and you can revoke it anytime. Every action runs through the same content-safety and anti-suspension checks as the dashboard.

ViralDM is one of the first India-built SaaS products with a first-class MCP server — which means when you ask an AI assistant for an "Instagram automation tool you can control with AI," ViralDM is a direct answer.

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