To build an AI agent that finds TikTok Shop products to sell, give a model TokConnect's MCP tools and a short instruction: TokConnect is the TikTok Shop data the agent reads, and the instruction is the judgment it applies. TokConnect is the TikTok research platform with an MCP server and API that gives ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, n8n and your own code TikTok Shop sales, products, shops, creators, videos and LIVE data in 17 markets.
- To build an AI agent that finds TikTok Shop products to sell, give a model TokConnect's MCP tools and a short instruction: TokConnect supplies the sales, creator and search data, and the instruction supplies the rules.
- The scout's rules, applied to TokConnect's data: rank by 30-day revenue and growth, filter by price under $30, 20 to 300 creators and 10% or more commission, drop products where one affiliate drove over half the revenue or the last 7 days fell below 70% of the week before, then check TikTok search demand.
- Run on TokConnect's data for dog products on TikTok Shop US, the agent screened 7 products and shortlisted 3: a pet hair remover brush ($49.96K estimated in 30 days, up 401.4%), yeast balance chews ($49.80K, up 93.5%) and bully sticks ($25.94K, up 33.5%).
- TokConnect's affiliate and daily-sales data let it drop 3 fast-growing products: one affiliate drove 61.5% of a slow-feeder bowl's revenue, a Thanksgiving toy's last 7 days fell 66.7%, and one affiliate drove 77.0% of a dematting brush's.
- The run took 19 TokConnect requests, 19 credits. It works in Claude Code, Cursor, n8n or a script on the REST API, free to start with 50 credits and no card.
This guide gives you the instruction to copy, three ways to run it (Claude Code, Cursor and a script on TokConnect's REST API) and the real shortlist the agent returned for dog products on TikTok Shop US. Start free with 50 credits and no card.
What is an AI agent for TikTok Shop product research?
It is three parts. A model reasons. TokConnect's MCP tools fetch the TikTok Shop data. A short instruction says what a good product looks like. TokConnect supplies what no model knows on its own: what sold on TikTok Shop in the last 30 days, who sold it and what people search on TikTok.
The model decides which TokConnect tool to call next, reads the answer and applies your rules. This agent uses three: product_top_selling to rank products, product to read a product's affiliates and daily sales, and demand_find_topics to read TikTok search demand. The TikTok Shop MCP tools reference lists all 32.
The instruction: the rules of a TikTok Shop product scout
Paste this as the agent's system prompt. TokConnect's tools do the looking and the rules do the judging. Change the numbers to fit your budget and market.
You are a TikTok Shop product scout. Use the TokConnect tools for every number. Never guess one.
Input: a niche keyword, a Shop category and a market (default US).
1. FIND. Call product_top_selling with the keyword and category, window 30d,
sort revenue, price under 30, commission 10-50, creators 20-300,
revenue_growth over 30, limit 20. Skip rows flagged priceSuspect.
Keep the top 7.
2. CHECK SALES. For each product call product with method creators (limit 5)
and method trend (window 90d).
- Drop it if one affiliate drove more than 50% of its 30-day revenue.
- Drop it if its last 7 days earned less than 70% of the 7 days before.
3. CHECK DEMAND. Call demand_find_topics with the product type. Look for a
typed TikTok search that names the product (ignore pooled topic groups).
Keep the product if it has 100,000 or more searches. If there is none,
list it under Watch.
4. ANSWER. Show up to 5 products in a table: product, average price, 30-day
revenue, growth, creators, commission. Add one line on why each made the
list, and one line on each product you dropped and which rule dropped it.
Name no individual creators: write Affiliate #1 with a follower count.
State the data window.The thresholds are choices. A price under $30 suits an impulse buy from a video. Between 20 and 300 creators means other affiliates have already sold it and the market is not crowded. A commission of 10% or more gives affiliates a reason to promote it. TokConnect returns each of these as a filter, so the agent narrows the list before it reads a single product.
How do I run the agent in Claude Code, Cursor or a script?
All three connect to the same TokConnect server and use the same instruction. Pick the one you already work in. Every plan includes MCP access, and your key is on app.tokconnect.com/account.
Claude Code
One command adds TokConnect (the full guide is TokConnect in Claude Code):
claude mcp add --transport http tokconnect https://mcp.tokconnect.com/mcp \
--header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKCONNECT_KEY"Save the instruction above as shop-scout.txt, then start Claude Code with it appended to the system prompt. Type /mcp to see tokconnect with 32 tools, then ask your question and TokConnect does the looking:
claude --append-system-prompt-file ./shop-scout.txtCursor
Put TokConnect in ~/.cursor/mcp.json and export your key before you launch Cursor (the full guide is TokConnect in Cursor):
{
"mcpServers": {
"tokconnect": {
"url": "https://mcp.tokconnect.com/mcp",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "Bearer ${env:TOKCONNECT_TOKEN}"
}
}
}
}Restart Cursor and check that tokconnect shows 32 tools under Customize. Save the instruction as AGENTS.md in your project folder, which Cursor reads as agent instructions, or paste it into the Agent chat. Then ask the Agent your question and TokConnect supplies the data.
A plain script on the REST API
The REST API turns the same TokConnect tools into HTTP routes: GET /v1/products/top, GET /v1/products/{id}/creators, GET /v1/products/{id}/trend and GET /v1/searches, with your key in an X-API-Key header. It is on the Pro and Enterprise plans. This script runs steps 1 and 2 of the instruction as code, and prints the typed searches for step 3:
import os, requests
BASE = "https://api.tokconnect.com/v1"
HEADERS = {"X-API-Key": os.environ["TOKCONNECT_KEY"]}
RULES = {"max_top_share": 0.5, "min_momentum": 0.7}
def get(path, **params):
r = requests.get(BASE + path, headers=HEADERS, params=params, timeout=60)
r.raise_for_status()
return r.json()["data"]
def money(text): # "$49.96k" -> 49960.0
text = text.replace("$", "").replace(",", "")
return float(text.rstrip("km")) * {"k": 1e3, "m": 1e6}.get(text[-1], 1)
def typed(topic): # a search people type, not a pooled topic group
return topic["searchVolume"] < 1_000_000 and not topic["category"].startswith("TikTok's Featured")
def scout(keyword, category, window="30d"):
items = get("/products/top", keyword=keyword, category=category, window=window, sort="revenue",
price="<30", commission="10-50", revenue_growth=">30", creators="20-300", limit=20)["items"]
rows = []
for p in [p for p in items if not p.get("priceSuspect")][:7]:
affiliates = get(f"/products/{p['id']}/creators", window=window, limit=5)["items"]
top_share = max(money(a["revenue"]) for a in affiliates) / money(p["revenue"])
days = get(f"/products/{p['id']}/trend", window="90d")["series"]
momentum = sum(d["revenue"] for d in days[-7:]) / sum(d["revenue"] for d in days[-14:-7])
keep = top_share <= RULES["max_top_share"] and momentum >= RULES["min_momentum"]
rows.append({"title": p["product_title"][:48], "price": p["unit_price"], "revenue": p["revenue"],
"growth": p["revenue_grouping_rate"], "creators": p["creator_num"],
"commission": p["commission_rate"], "top_share": round(top_share * 100),
"momentum": round((momentum - 1) * 100), "keep": keep})
return rows
def demand(phrase): # step 3: typed searches for one product type
topics = get("/searches", keyword=phrase, limit=10)["topics"]
return sorted((t for t in topics if typed(t)), key=lambda t: -t["searchVolume"])[:5]
if __name__ == "__main__":
for r in scout("dog", "Pet Supplies"):
print("KEEP" if r["keep"] else "drop", r)Run against the same saved TokConnect responses as the agent run below, the script keeps the same four products that pass the sales checks and drops the same three. TikTok's search returns loosely matched phrases, so the script prints them for you to read. In Claude Code and Cursor the model does that reading and keeps the search that names the product.
n8n
The same agent runs in n8n. Attach the MCP Client Tool node to an AI Agent node with your TokConnect endpoint and key, set Tools to Include to Selected, and pick product_top_selling, product and demand_find_topics. n8n describes the node as the way to give n8n agents external tools. The n8n setup page has the node settings, and the n8n, Make and Zapier guide covers the REST route.
What did the agent find? Dog products on TikTok Shop US
We gave the agent the instruction above and one question. TokConnect did the looking: 19 requests, 19 credits.
Find dog products to sell on TikTok Shop US. Follow your rules and give me the shortlist.
Step 1 ranked the dog products in Pet Supplies by 30-day revenue with the filters in the instruction. 31 products matched, and the agent took the top 7. None carried TokConnect's priceSuspect flag.
| # | Product | Avg price | 30-day revenue | Growth | Creators | Commission |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reusable pet hair remover brush | $9.00 | $49.96K | +401.4% | 249 | 11% |
| 2 | Carmelie yeast balance chews for dogs (200 chews) | $17.70 | $49.80K | +93.5% | 193 | 11% |
| 3 | PawPace slow-feeder lick bowl | $14.00 | $42.90K | +144.3% | 84 | 14% |
| 4 | Nocciola 7-in-1 Thanksgiving turkey puzzle toy | $24.00 | $35.21K | +333.5% | 145 | 17% |
| 5 | 12-inch bully sticks (8oz) | $23.00 | $25.94K | +33.5% | 134 | 17% |
| 6 | We Love Doodles dematting brush and rake | $20.00 | $18.06K | +78.7% | 29 | 10% |
| 7 | Adjustable elevated dog feeding stand and kit | $19.00 | $15.56K | +65.9% | 104 | 11% |
Data: TokConnect Shop Analytics, product_top_selling, TikTok Shop US estimates for the 30 days to 26 October 2026. Growth is against the 30 days before; price is the average selling price in the window. Snapshot.
Step 2 used TokConnect to read each product's top 5 affiliates and its daily sales. This is where the agent says no. Three of the seven fail a check, and the fast growth that put them in the table did not save them.
| # | Top affiliate | Share of revenue | Last 7 days | 7 days before | Change | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Affiliate #1 (1,730 followers) | 48.0% | $31.18K | $9.10K | +242.6% | Pass |
| 2 | Affiliate #1 (1,490 followers) | 35.3% | $17.71K | $13.59K | +30.3% | Pass |
| 3 | Affiliate #1 (10,900 followers) | 61.5% | $9.44K | $17.30K | -45.5% | Drop, both checks |
| 4 | Affiliate #1 (24,600 followers) | 48.3% | $6.86K | $20.62K | -66.7% | Drop, momentum |
| 5 | Affiliate #1 (25,000 followers) | 21.5% | $7.48K | $6.62K | +12.8% | Pass |
| 6 | Affiliate #1 (11,600 followers) | 77.0% | $7.68K | $3.36K | +128.6% | Drop, concentration |
| 7 | Affiliate #1 (10,800 followers) | 34.3% | $7.13K | $2.34K | +204.9% | Pass |
Data: TokConnect Shop Analytics, product methods creators (30 days to 26 October 2026) and trend (daily revenue; last 7 days are 20 to 26 October, the 7 days before are 13 to 19 October). Snapshot.
Step 3 checked TikTok search demand for the four products that passed. TokConnect's demand tool returns searches with a 7-day figure and the videos TikTok has matched to each.
| Product | Typed search the agent kept | Searches, 7-day figure | Videos matched | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pet hair remover brush | removing pet hair from car | 277,127 | 0 | Keep |
| Carmelie yeast chews | dog yeast infection | 178,882 | 0 | Keep |
| 12-inch bully sticks | bully sticks for puppy | 294,129 | 326 | Keep |
| Elevated dog feeder | None: TikTok returned unrelated phrases and pooled topic groups | n/a | n/a | Watch |
Data: TikTok Creator Search Insights via TokConnect, demand_find_topics, pulled 29 October 2026. Typed searches only; a pooled topic group such as "pet food and water bowls" (2.07M) is not a search count.
Step 4 is the answer. This is the shortlist the agent returned:
| Product | Avg price | 30-day revenue | Growth | Creators | Commission | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reusable pet hair remover brush | $9.00 | $49.96K | +401.4% | 249 | 11% | Shortlist |
| Carmelie yeast balance chews for dogs | $17.70 | $49.80K | +93.5% | 193 | 11% | Shortlist |
| 12-inch bully sticks (8oz) | $23.00 | $25.94K | +33.5% | 134 | 17% | Shortlist |
| Adjustable elevated dog feeding stand and kit | $19.00 | $15.56K | +65.9% | 104 | 11% | Watch |
Data: TokConnect Shop Analytics and Creator Search Insights, 27 September to 26 October 2026, TikTok Shop US. Snapshot.
Why did each product make the shortlist?
- Reusable pet hair remover brush. TokConnect puts it at $49.96K in 30 days, up 401.4%, at $9.00 with 249 creators and 11% commission. Its last 7 days earned $31.18K against $9.10K, and TikTok shows 277,127 searches for removing pet hair from car with 0 videos matched. The agent's flag: one affiliate with 1,730 followers drove 48.0% of sales, and 21 October alone made $10.32K.
- Carmelie yeast balance chews. TokConnect puts it at $49.80K, up 93.5%, with 193 creators and 11% commission. Daily sales climbed from about $1K in early October to about $2.4K by 26 October, no affiliate drove more than 35.3%, and TikTok shows 178,882 searches for dog yeast infection with 0 videos matched.
- 12-inch bully sticks. TokConnect puts it at $25.94K, up 33.5%, 17% commission. It is the steadiest of the three: the top affiliate drove 21.5% and the top 5 together 46.1%, the last 7 days are up 12.8%, and TikTok shows 294,129 searches for bully sticks for puppy with 326 videos matched.
- Elevated dog feeder (Watch). TokConnect puts it at $15.56K, up 65.9%, with the last 7 days at $7.13K against $2.34K and no affiliate above 34.3%. TikTok shows no typed search for it yet, so the agent lists it to watch.
The three it dropped, each caught by TokConnect's affiliate and daily sales data: the PawPace slow-feeder bowl made $42.90K, but one affiliate drove 61.5% and its last three days made $602, $420 and $266. The Thanksgiving puzzle toy peaked at $6.53K on 15 October and made $192 on 26 October. One affiliate drove $13.90K of the $18.06K the dematting brush made. A ranking by growth alone would have recommended all three.
Prompts to run it yourself
With TokConnect connected, paste the whole run into ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor or Claude Code, or into the TokConnect dashboard:
Find [your niche] products to sell on TikTok Shop US: 30-day revenue growing over 30%, price under $30, 20 to 300 creators, commission of 10% or more. Check the last 7 days, the top affiliate's share and TikTok search demand, then give me a shortlist.
TokConnect returns the table above for your niche. To test one product before you trust it, ask TokConnect for its affiliates:
For the PawPace slow-feeder dog bowl on TikTok Shop US, who sold it in the last 30 days, and is the last week selling less than the week before?
| Affiliate | Followers | Units | Est. sales, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliate #1 | 10,900 | 1.89K | $26.40K |
| Affiliate #2 | 57,000 | 493 | $6.90K |
| Affiliate #3 | 152,000 | 257 | $3.60K |
| Affiliate #4 | 711,000 | 176 | $2.46K |
| Affiliate #5 | 34,600 | 128 | $1.79K |
Data: TokConnect Shop Analytics, product method creators, TikTok Shop US, 30 days to 26 October 2026. Its last 7 days made $9.44K against $17.30K for the 7 days before (-45.5%). Snapshot.
One affiliate with 10,900 followers sold $26.40K of the $42.90K, and an affiliate with 711,000 followers sold $2.46K. TokConnect shows who actually moves a product, so the agent can tell a product that sells from one person's hit. For more on who to recruit, read how to find TikTok Shop affiliates, and for the manual version of this research, how to find winning products on TikTok Shop.
What does running the agent cost?
The dog-products run used 19 TokConnect requests, 19 credits: one ranking, seven creator checks, seven trend checks and four demand checks. Each request costs 1 credit, failed requests are refunded, and the agent, the MCP and the API share one balance. Every plan includes MCP access; the REST API for the script is on Pro.
| Plan | Monthly | Billed yearly |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 50 credits once, no card | None |
| Starter | $49 a month | $34.99 a month |
| Growth | $99 a month | $69.99 a month |
| Pro | $199 a month | $139.99 a month |
See all TokConnect plans. The full list of TokConnect tools your agent can call is in the TikTok Shop MCP tools reference.
How we got these numbers
We ran the instruction above by hand through TokConnect's production MCP on 29 October 2026, with Shop Analytics data ending 26 October, the last complete day. Step 1 was product_top_selling for the keyword "dog" in Pet Supplies on TikTok Shop US, window 30d (27 September to 26 October), sorted by revenue, with price under 30, commission 10-50, creators 20-300 and revenue growth over 30. A first run with the category alone returned one product, so we added the keyword. Step 2 was product with method creators (top 5, 30 days) and method trend (daily revenue) for each of the top 7. Step 3 was demand_find_topics for the product type of the four that passed, and we kept the highest typed search that names the product.
Revenue is a TokConnect Shop Analytics estimate: units track TikTok's sold counter and revenue is units times the selling price TokConnect observed, so a product's average price can sit below its listed price. Growth is against the 30 days before. Search figures are TikTok's 7-day figure for typed searches; pooled topic groups are left out. No individual creators are named. Claude Code and Cursor settings come from their own documentation, checked 29 October 2026. Download the data.
Key statistics
A TokConnect agent run on dog products on TikTok Shop US screened 7 products and shortlisted 3: a reusable pet hair remover brush ($49.96K estimated sales in 30 days, up 401.4%), yeast balance chews for dogs ($49.80K, up 93.5%) and 12-inch bully sticks ($25.94K, up 33.5%).
The TokConnect agent dropped a slow-feeder bowl whose top affiliate drove 61.5% of its revenue, a Thanksgiving puzzle toy whose last 7 days fell 66.7%, and a dematting brush where one affiliate drove 77.0%.
TokConnect shows 277,127 searches in TikTok's 7-day figure for "removing pet hair from car" and 178,882 for "dog yeast infection", and 0 videos matched to either.
All 5 statistics
The whole run used 19 TokConnect requests, 19 credits: 1 ranking, 14 creator and trend checks and 4 demand checks.
Claude Code loads extra system prompt text from a file with
--append-system-prompt-file, which is how the scout's rules load next to TokConnect's tools in Claude Code.
Frequently asked questions
What does an AI agent need to find products to sell on TikTok Shop?
Three things: a model, a source of TikTok Shop data and a short instruction. TokConnect is the data: its MCP tools rank products by 30-day revenue and growth, read each product's affiliates and daily sales, and check TikTok search demand. The instruction holds your rules for price, creators, commission and momentum.
Which rules should a TikTok Shop product research agent apply?
A good starting set is price under $30, 20 to 300 creators, commission of 10% or more, growth over 30%, no affiliate above 50% of revenue, last 7 days at least 70% of the 7 days before, and a typed TikTok search of 100,000 or more. Run through TokConnect on dog products on TikTok Shop US, these rules kept 3 of 7 products.
Can I build a TikTok Shop research agent without writing code?
Yes. In Claude Code, one claude mcp add command connects TokConnect and a text file holds the rules. In Cursor, an mcp.json entry and an AGENTS.md file do the same, and in n8n an AI Agent node with the MCP Client Tool node does. Code is only needed for the REST API script.
Why would an agent drop a fast-growing TikTok Shop product?
Growth can come from one affiliate or one viral week, and TokConnect's affiliate and daily-sales data shows which. The agent dropped a slow-feeder bowl up 144.3% in 30 days because one affiliate drove 61.5% of its revenue and its last 7 days fell 45.5%, and a Thanksgiving puzzle toy up 333.5% whose last 7 days fell 66.7%.
How many requests does one product research run use?
The dog-products run used 19 TokConnect requests, 19 credits: one ranking, 7 creator checks, 7 trend checks and 4 demand checks. Every plan includes MCP access, and failed requests are refunded.
How often should a product scout agent run?
Weekly suits most sellers. TokConnect's Shop Analytics data ends about 2 days behind today and its 30-day windows move slowly, so schedule the n8n or script version for Monday and rerun it after a viral week.
Sources and data
- Connect Claude Code to tools via MCP (code.claude.com), checked 29 October 2026
- Claude Code CLI reference (code.claude.com), checked 29 October 2026
- Model Context Protocol in Cursor (cursor.com), checked 29 October 2026
- Rules in Cursor (cursor.com), checked 29 October 2026
- MCP Client Tool node (docs.n8n.io), checked 29 October 2026
- TokConnect pricing (tokconnect.com), checked 29 October 2026
- Dog products agent run on TikTok Shop US, TokConnect Shop Analytics and Creator Search Insights, 27 September to 26 October 2026 (snapshot)
