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Connect SocialAPI to Claude and ask it to list your connected accounts, reply to comments, send direct messages (DMs), and publish posts. Claude connects to SocialAPI’s MCP server at https://api.social-api.ai/mcp and signs in with OAuth 2.1, so you create no API key.

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Prerequisites

  • A SocialAPI account with at least one connected account.
  • For claude.ai, Claude Desktop, and mobile: a Claude Free, Pro, Max, Team, or Enterprise plan.
  • For Claude Code: Claude Code installed and signed in.
Claude Desktop, claude.ai, and the mobile app share one account. A connector you add on one surface appears on the others.

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Set up claude.ai

1

Open Connectors

Click your profile icon, then go to Settings → Connectors. You can also open claude.ai/customize/connectors.Claude Settings page with the Connectors section
2

Connect SocialAPI

SocialAPI is in Claude’s connectors directory. Search for SocialAPI and click Connect. Claude already knows the server URL, so you type nothing.SocialAPI connector in the Claude connectors directoryOn a Team plan, a member who cannot enable connectors sees Request instead of Connect. The request goes to an organization admin, who enables the connector in Organization settings → Connectors. The member then clicks Connect in Settings → Connectors.
3

Authorize with your SocialAPI account

A browser window opens on the SocialAPI authorization page. Log in and click Authorize. The window closes when the sign-in is done.SocialAPI authorization screen
4

Turn the connector on in a conversation

Open a new conversation, click + at the bottom left of the input, select Connectors, and switch SocialAPI on.Claude conversation using SocialAPI tools to list accounts

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Set up Claude Desktop

Claude Desktop adds remote servers through Settings → Connectors, the same flow as claude.ai.
1

Open Connectors

In Claude Desktop (download), go to Settings → Connectors.
2

Add SocialAPI

Search the directory for SocialAPI and click Connect. To add it by URL instead, click Add custom connector (the Free plan allows 1 custom connector), enter SocialAPI as the name and https://api.social-api.ai/mcp as the URL.
3

Authorize

Complete the sign-in in the browser window that opens.
claude_desktop_config.json holds local stdio servers only (command and args). A remote server such as SocialAPI cannot go in that file: add it in Settings → Connectors.

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Set up Claude Code

1

Add the server

By default the server is added to the local scope, which is the current project only. Add --scope user to use it in all projects, or --scope project to share it through .mcp.json:
2

Authorize

Run /mcp in Claude Code, select SocialAPI, and complete the sign-in in your browser. You can also run claude mcp login socialapi. Log in and click Authorize. On a machine without a browser, Claude Code prints the authorization URL. Open it on another machine, then paste the full redirect URL from that browser’s address bar back at the prompt.
3

Check the server

To remove the server, run claude mcp remove socialapi.

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Set up mobile (iOS and Android)

1

Open Connectors

In the Claude app, tap your profile icon, then go to Settings → Connectors.
2

Connect SocialAPI

Search for SocialAPI and tap Connect.
3

Authorize

Complete the sign-in in the browser sheet that opens.
4

Turn the connector on in a conversation

Open the + menu, select Connectors, and switch SocialAPI on.

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Try it

Ask Claude:
Claude calls social_api_list_accounts and answers with your connected accounts and their platforms. Then try “Show me the latest comments on my Instagram posts”.

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Troubleshooting

Your Team plan does not let you enable connectors yourself. Send the request, and an organization admin enables SocialAPI in Organization settings → Connectors.
Claude Code uses your system default browser. Set one, or run claude mcp login socialapi --no-browser and open the authorization URL that Claude Code prints.
Open + → Connectors and check that SocialAPI is on. A conversation does not use a connector that is off.
The OAuth session expired. Remove the SocialAPI connector and add it again to sign in again.
Last modified on October 13, 2026