TikTok MCP in Claude: add it as a connector (Desktop, web and mobile)

Give Claude all of TikTok. Add TokConnect as a custom connector and Claude can see what people search, watch, say and buy: videos, creators, comments, transcripts, hashtags, sounds, search demand and TikTok Shop sales. No API key, and it works on the Free plan.

1. Open Connectors. In Claude Desktop or on claude.ai, go to Customize → Connectors, press + Add, then Add custom connector.
2. Add TokConnect. Name it TokConnect, paste https://mcp.tokconnect.com/mcp, press Continue, keep the sign-in settings Claude detects, then press Add.
3. Sign in. Continue with Google and press Allow. In a chat, press + → Connectors, turn TokConnect on and ask, for example, "What protein powder is selling on TikTok Shop this month, and which creators sell it?"

With TokConnect connected, Claude answers TikTok questions with real numbers on the desktop app, claude.ai and the mobile apps at once.

Every plan, Free included, gets all 34 tools. Free gives 50 credits once, one credit pays for one lookup and failed lookups cost nothing. Paid plans start at $34.99 a month billed yearly ($49 billed monthly), with 500 credits a month on Starter.

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How to add the TikTok MCP to Claude Desktop

1. Open Connectors. In Claude Desktop or on claude.ai, go to Customize → Connectors (claude.ai/customize/connectors).
2. Add a custom connector. Press + Add, then Add custom connector.
3. Name it and paste the URL. Enter TokConnect as the name and https://mcp.tokconnect.com/mcp as the remote MCP server URL, then press Continue.
4. Check the sign-in settings. Claude shows the authentication settings it detected. Keep sign-in on (Sign in now or Sign in when needed). If you change the OAuth client, pick Register automatically, which is the dynamic client registration TokConnect supports, not Use your own OAuth client. Leave Request headers empty for this route. Press Continue, then Add.
5. Sign in. A TokConnect page opens: continue with Google, then press Allow.
6. Switch it on in a chat. In a conversation, press + → Connectors and turn on TokConnect, then try the test prompt further down this page.

Step 3 is one paste with the helper: Open the Add to Claude helper

What you can ask once connected

Ask in plain words. No tool names needed.

Which Claude plans can add a custom connector?

All of them, with a limit on Free and an extra step on Team and Enterprise.

Free: one custom connector. Pro and Max: yes, you add it. Team and Enterprise: an owner adds it under Organization settings → Connectors (Add, Custom, Web), then each member presses Connect under Customize → Connectors.

Source: Get started with custom connectors using remote MCP (Claude Help Center), checked 5 October 2026. The article says custom connectors work on claude.ai, Claude Desktop, Cowork and the mobile apps.

On Team and Enterprise, each person still signs in with their own Google account on the sign-in page. Usage counts against whichever TokConnect account approves the connection.

Setup details: what happens when you press Allow

The steps on this page follow Anthropic's custom connectors article, checked 5 October 2026, and use its wording for Claude's screens. TokConnect tested its OAuth sign-in end to end on 28 September 2026, with a script acting as the client and a real TikTok request. Test notes.

Claude signs in with OAuth 2.1, in four steps:

1. On its first call without credentials, the server answers with a pointer to its sign-in service at app.tokconnect.com.
2. Claude reads that service's settings and registers itself.
3. Claude opens the consent page, where you continue with Google and press Allow.
4. Claude gets a token. PKCE is required, so the approval only works for the Claude session that asked for it.

No key sits in a config file. Claude holds a token tied to your account, and it uses the same TokConnect account as your API key and the research agent.

To see or cut the link, open Connected apps on app.tokconnect.com/mcp. Claude shows up there after you press Allow, and Disconnect ends its access at once. Removing the connector under Customize → Connectors tidies up the Claude side.

OAuth 2.1 with PKCE is what the MCP authorization spec asks remote servers to use, which is why Claude and ChatGPT can both sign in to TokConnect the same way.

Your first TikTok MCP call in Claude Desktop

With TokConnect switched on in the chat, ask a small question first. It proves the whole chain works.

The same autocomplete question returned this:

{
  "count": 3,
  "suggestions": [
    { "text": "protein" },
    { "text": "protein for gym" },
    { "text": "protein recipes" }
  ]
}

Data: TikTok autocomplete via TokConnect, pulled 19 September 2026. Open the snapshot. Autocomplete is live, so your third line may differ.

A working connection lists TokConnect's full tool set: 34 tools. The TikTok MCP guide explains each one, and our comparison of TikTok MCP servers shows how the set compares with other servers.

Once that works, ask a real question. Here is what TikTok users typed about Claude itself in the 7 days to 5 October 2026. Eight of the 20 results were typed searches, and the six biggest are below; the rest were TikTok's topic groups, several about unrelated characters named Claude.

Errors and fixes

For a stuck connection, remove the connector in Claude, press Disconnect under Connected apps on app.tokconnect.com, and add it again from step 1. The same steps work for ChatGPT, and Claude Code takes a key in one terminal command.

Alternative: use your API key instead of sign-in

Anthropic's add screen now has a Request headers step for servers that take a fixed key. If you would rather use the key from your API key page, turn sign-in off and add one header: name Authorization, value Bearer YOUR_TOKCONNECT_KEY. Claude sends it on every request. This route follows Anthropic's description; the sign-in route above needs no key at all.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tokconnect": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://mcp.tokconnect.com/mcp",
        "--transport", "http-only",
        "--header", "Authorization:${AUTH_HEADER}"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AUTH_HEADER": "Bearer YOUR_TOKCONNECT_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

How we got these numbers

Setup facts come from Anthropic's custom connectors article and the MCP quickstart for Claude Desktop, both read on 5 October 2026. Since our 28 September read, Anthropic's article had changed the add flow (Name and URL, then Authentication, OAuth client and Request headers) and added request headers for fixed API keys; the plans and the one-connector limit on Free were unchanged. TokConnect's OAuth flow was tested end to end with a script on 28 September 2026; the Claude screens follow Anthropic's article.

The TikTok figures come from one Creator Search Insights topic search for "claude ai" (20 topics) made through TokConnect on 5 October 2026. Searches are TikTok's global count for the last 7 days; videos are those TikTok matched to the topic. We left out TikTok's topic groups (5,000,000 or more, or 1,000,000 or more with a first daily reading under 5% of the last) and the two smallest typed searches, "website claude ai" (15,904) and "cara setting claude ai" (1,499), from the table. The autocomplete example is from 19 September 2026. Data: Claude searches, autocomplete call, tool catalog, 21 October 2026.