Use ClippingAlpha in Cursor, VS Code, Gemini CLI and other MCP apps

Five steps, any app

1. Copy the server URL, https://clippingalpha.com/mcp.
2. Add it to your app as a remote HTTP server named clippingalpha, with the config for your app below.
3. Reload the app and check that it lists the ClippingAlpha tools, such as top_alpha_now and get_brief.
4. Ask a first question, such as what to clip today on TikTok. The campaign tools answer with no account.
5. Sign in when a tool asks, in the browser window your app opens, to bookmark campaigns, set alerts and cut clips.

Your app's config

Each config below follows its app's own docs, read on 30 Oct 2026. The name clippingalpha is yours to change, the URL is not.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "clippingalpha": {
      "url": "https://clippingalpha.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "clippingalpha": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://clippingalpha.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

gemini mcp add --transport http clippingalpha https://clippingalpha.com/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http clippingalpha https://clippingalpha.com/mcp

[mcp_servers.clippingalpha]
url = "https://clippingalpha.com/mcp"

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "clippingalpha": {
      "serverUrl": "https://clippingalpha.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

"context_servers": {
  "clippingalpha": {
    "url": "https://clippingalpha.com/mcp"
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "clippingalpha": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://clippingalpha.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

In Cursor and VS Code the install keys on the Clip with AI page fill this in for you. Gemini CLI's docs note that Google moved free tier and Google One users to Antigravity CLI on 18 June 2026. In Gemini CLI itself the key in settings.json is httpUrl, since url there means the older SSE transport.

ChatGPT and Claude

The two chat apps connect through their own settings rather than a file, and both show the campaign cards and clip player inside the chat. How to find clipping campaigns with ChatGPT and how to find clipping campaigns with Claude walk through each.

Without 18+ campaigns

https://clippingalpha.com/mcp/general serves the same 23 tools with the 18+ campaigns left out, the ones in regulated categories such as gambling, crypto trading and health products. Use it in place of the main URL in any config above.

Older apps

An app that only starts local servers can still reach ours through the mcp-remote bridge, which runs with npx and needs Node.js.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "clippingalpha": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["mcp-remote", "https://clippingalpha.com/mcp"]
    }
  }
}

First things to ask

What should I clip today on TikTok?

What does lovable/clipping want, and where do I get the footage?

Plan 3 clips with cut times, hooks and captions.

Cut clips 1 to 3 and give me the download links.