Connect CartViral to Claude, ChatGPT, Codex and Cursor (MCP)

Last updated: 3 November 2026

Fastest: add a connector (no key)

Any client that supports MCP sign-in connects with just the URL https://app.cartviral.com/mcp: it opens a CartViral sign-in, you approve access once, and the client gets its own revocable token. The same page in the app has copy buttons and one-click installs: Claude & ChatGPT in the CartViral menu.

• Claude (web, desktop app, phone): Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → name CartViral, paste the URL → Connect → approve in CartViral.
• ChatGPT: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → turn on Developer mode → create an app with the same URL and OAuth → approve in CartViral, then turn CartViral on in a chat. Developer mode needs a paid ChatGPT plan.
• Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http cartviral https://app.cartviral.com/mcp, then run /mcp and choose Authenticate.
• Cursor and VS Code: one-click install buttons on the Claude & ChatGPT page, then sign in when asked.

Connected apps are listed on the same page, where you can disconnect them. Bonus: after your first purchase, the first time an agent connects to your account 20 credits land on your balance (once per account).

Listed in the official MCP Registry (com.cartviral/cartviral) and on Glama. Server card: app.cartviral.com/.well-known/mcp.json. Docs and manifest: github.com/artemecom/cartviral-mcp.

If your assistant says it can't reach CartViral

• It can't add the connector by itself. Claude and ChatGPT only use CartViral after you add it once in their settings (steps above). Until then they can only read about it on the web.
• Web search is off. Turn on web search in the chat, or paste https://cartviral.com/llms.txt: it describes every product and price in plain text.
• It tried from its code sandbox. The code tool in Claude and ChatGPT has no open internet. Ask it to use the CartViral connector instead of running code.
• A work or team account. An admin may have to allow custom connectors for the workspace first.
• Sign-in loops. Make sure you sign in to the same CartViral account you want the agent to use, then approve the request.

What your agent can do

Everything the cabinet does. Clips, photos and other paid work spend your account's credits at the same prices; a failed job refunds itself.

Image and video arguments take any public https file link (CartViral downloads it once) or a CartViral link. Premium video models and their prices: get_create_options.

With an API key

Step 1. Create an API key

Sign in at app.cartviral.com/account/agents, name the key (for example "Claude Code") and create it. The key is shown once, with a copy button. You can revoke it on the same page.

Step 2. Add CartViral to your agent

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http cartviral https://app.cartviral.com/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"

Codex CLI

In ~/.codex/config.toml:

[mcp_servers.cartviral]
url = "https://app.cartviral.com/mcp"
bearer_token_env_var = "CARTVIRAL_API_KEY"

Then in your shell profile: export CARTVIRAL_API_KEY="YOUR_KEY".

Cursor

In ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cartviral": {
      "url": "https://app.cartviral.com/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_KEY" }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Developer → Edit config, then add:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cartviral": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://app.cartviral.com/mcp",
               "--header", "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"]
    }
  }
}

Any other MCP client

Streamable HTTP transport, URL https://app.cartviral.com/mcp, header Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY. The same operations are a REST API: cartviral.com/api.

Step 3. Ask

• "Import https://yourstore.com and show me the 5 products with the best CartViral score."
• "Make 3 AI story clips of the top product and give me the download links when they're ready."
• "Make a YouTube cover at 16:9: me from this photo looking shocked, the product in my hand, big title MY STORE MADE $10K."
• "Create a brand character, a woman in her 20s with freckles, save the better portrait as Mia and use her in 3 creator clips."
• "Find CartViral Earn offers that ship to the US with at least 50% commission and join the best one."

Security and limits

• A key acts as your account: it spends your credits, with the same limits as the cabinet. Keep it private and revoke it if it leaks.
• Up to 120 calls per minute per key; up to 10 keys per account.
• Agents never post to social media for you: they make and fetch files, you post.
• Connectors get OAuth tokens (PKCE, 1-hour access tokens, rotating refresh tokens) instead of your key; disconnect any app on the Claude & ChatGPT page.

FAQ

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