Social Search by Glystn for Claude and other AI assistants
TikTok MCP server
Search what creators say in TikTok videos from inside your AI assistant: counts, trends, exact quotes and creators for any topic.
What it is
An MCP server that searches TikTok
Glystn’s MCP server gives Claude and other AI assistants a way to search public TikTok videos: the words creators say on camera, the captions, and the views, likes and shares behind each video. You add one URL, sign in with a Glystn account, and ask in plain words.
MCP (Model Context Protocol) is the open standard AI assistants use to reach outside tools. Glystn runs as a remote MCP server, so there is nothing to install or host.
- Videos
- The transcript of what is said, the caption, and views, likes, comment counts, shares and saves. Every TikTok video carries a view count.
- Creators
- Bio, follower count, the country they are based in, their usual views and likes, and their own videos, so a shortlist can be compared and read before you reach out.
- Counts over time
- How many videos and creators mention a word or phrase, by month or week, which is how you tell a lasting trend from a one-week spike. Coverage is thin before November 2025.
- Trends inside a topic
- A trend board groups the videos about a topic into ranked trends, with the videos and creators behind each one.
What it does not do
It reads public posts. It does not run an account.
- It reads public videos only. It does not see private accounts, direct messages, LIVE streams or the text of comments.
- It never signs in to TikTok. It cannot post, schedule, comment, follow or manage an account, and it does not need your TikTok password.
- It has no TikTok Shop sales data and no ads data. It tells you what creators say and how their videos did.
- It is not a TikTok API and is not made by or affiliated with TikTok or ByteDance. Glystn is an independent company that reads public videos.
Example questions
What you can ask about TikTok
You do not name tools or write queries. Ask the way you would ask an analyst, and say what you want back. These work as written, with your own brands in place of Acme, Globex and Initech.
Testing a trend
“Is cold plunge content still growing on TikTok or was it a spike? Show the months and the biggest videos.”
A month-by-month count of videos and creators, and the videos behind the biggest months.
Usually runs: Count keyword mentions, Find posts by keyword
Posting this week
“What hooks do the most-viewed TikTok meal prep videos open with right now? Write me three in that style.”
The videos doing best right now, their opening lines quoted and linked, and three new hooks in the same style.
Usually runs: Find posts by keyword
Hearing the customer
“What do people on TikTok say they dislike about their air fryer? Ten exact quotes with links.”
Ten things people said on camera, each quoted word for word with a link to the video.
Usually runs: Find posts by keyword, Find posts by meaning
Finding creators
“Find UK TikTok creators under 100k followers who review budget skincare, and show their usual views.”
A shortlist with followers, usual views and the video that matched for each creator.
Usually runs: Find creators by what they post
Mapping a category
“Map the trends inside running shoe videos on TikTok over the last 90 days.”
The topic’s videos grouped into ranked trends, with the videos behind each one. A board takes 1 to 5 minutes.
Usually runs: Start a trend board, Read trend boards
Set up
Add the server, sign in, ask
Setup takes about a minute and there is no key to copy. If you do not have a Glystn account yet, create one free first (100 credits to start), then sign in to the connector with the same email. To search only TikTok, say so in your question: the same server also covers Instagram.
Server URL
https://app.glystn.com/api/mcp- 1Open Customize → Connectors and choose Add custom connector.
- 2Name it Glystn and paste the server URL. Leave the OAuth fields empty.
- 3Click Connect and sign in with your Glystn account.
- 4In a chat, turn Glystn on under + → Connectors and ask your question.
On Claude Team and Enterprise plans, an Owner adds the connector for the organization first.
Tool calls draw from your Glystn credits and are unlimited on unlimited plans.
Troubleshooting, privacy and every tool’s details are in the full setup guide.
Tools
20 tools your assistant can use
Your assistant picks the tools itself while it works on your question. No tool posts, messages or changes anything on TikTok.
- Size a topic
- Count keyword mentions, Compare mentions side by side
- Find posts
- Find posts by keyword, Find posts by meaning, Get posts by link, Find posts like one post
- Find and compare creators
- Find creators by what they post, Find creators by bio, Find a creator by name or handle, Compare creator stats (up to 20), Get one creator's posts, Get one creator's location
- Save and vet creator lists
- Save a creator list, Vet a saved creator list, Get a creator list and its vetting results
- Map trends
- Compare brands head to head, Get Glystn's weekly trends, Start a trend board, Read trend boards
- Your account
- Get credit balance
What each one does is on the tools list.
Questions
TikTok MCP server FAQ
- Is this an official TikTok MCP server?
- No. TikTok and ByteDance do not make it. It is Glystn’s MCP server, which searches public TikTok videos that Glystn has read and transcribed. It is a research tool, not a way to run a TikTok account.
- Can it post or schedule TikTok videos?
- No. No tool posts, messages, comments or changes anything on TikTok. The server only reads public videos and creator profiles, and saves lists and trend boards you ask for to your own Glystn account.
- Do I need to connect my TikTok account?
- No. You sign in with a Glystn account. Glystn never asks for a TikTok login.
- Does it cover TikTok Shop or ad performance?
- No. It covers what creators say in public videos and each video’s views, likes, shares and saves. It has no sales, Shop or ads data.
- How is this different from searching hashtags or sounds?
- Most of what is said in a TikTok video never appears in its caption or hashtags. Glystn transcribes the audio, so a search finds every video where a creator says the words out loud, and can quote them.
- Which AI assistants does it work with?
- Claude on the web, desktop and mobile, Claude Code, and any other client that supports remote MCP servers over Streamable HTTP. Clients that cannot sign in can use an API key.
- What does it cost?
- A Glystn account is free to start and comes with 100 credits. A search, a count or a creator lookup costs 1 credit, a trend board costs 10, and checking your balance is free. A call that fails is refunded.
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