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claude mcp add --transport http hookdetector https://api.hookdetector.com/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>"

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hookdetector": {
      "url": "https://api.hookdetector.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "hookdetector": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.hookdetector.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Tools 80 found in our last check

• create_account

  Create an account and get an API key with free credits. Needs a beta access code (access_code, HD-XXXX-XXXX; case and dashes do not matter): without one the error is 403 access_code_required, and a code that does not work is 403 invalid_access_code. Ask for a code with request_a…

• showcase

  Real hooks this service has delivered, for a wait screen: talking heads only, each hook_id, still_url (a JPEG, no key needed), platform, creator, views and line (the banner on the video, else its opening line). The most viewed first, one per creator, only what is already public…

• find_hooks

  Start hook research on a topic across TikTok, Instagram and YouTube Shorts (Shorts only, never long-form YouTube; platform "youtube"). platforms (since 2026-10-10, any of "tiktok", "instagram", "youtube"; all three when left out) searches and delivers only those: ["instagram"] i…

• get_run

  A research run: its status, progress, charge and every hook it produced. wait_seconds 0 to 50: wait up to that long for the run to finish, returning the moment it is done or failed. Use wait_seconds=50 and call again while status is "queued" or "running"; a fresh run needs about…

• list_runs

  Your research runs, newest first, without their results, limit 1 to 100 (default 20) per page. Each run says its kind: "short" (find_hooks), "long" (find_long_hooks) or "packaging" (find_packaging); pass kind to list only one. Returns {"runs": [...], "next_cursor"}: pass next_cu…

• find_long_hooks

  Find long-form hooks: how the YouTube videos that beat their own channel open, on a topic. Long-form YouTube only, never Shorts, TikTok or Instagram (for those: find_hooks). What it does: searches YouTube for long-form videos on the topic, keeps only the outliers (a video whose…

• find_packaging

  Find packaging: the titles and thumbnails that earned the click on a topic, from long-form YouTube videos that beat their own channel. What it does: runs the same outlier search as find_long_hooks (long-form YouTube, 2023 or later, views at least min_outlier times the channel's…

• save_preset

  Save filters under a name for one tab: "long", "packaging" or "library" (the bounds are those of find_packaging's filters; a library preset may also hold min_comments, max_comments, posted_within_days and language). The same name on the same tab replaces it. Start a run from it…

• list_presets

  Your saved filter presets, the newest change first; tab ("long", "packaging", "library") narrows. Same as GET /v1/presets. Free.

• delete_preset

  Delete one of your presets. Same as DELETE /v1/presets/{preset_id}. Free. Errors: 404 preset_not_found.

• write_titles

  Write 20 to 40 titles for your video, each borrowing the device and structure of one real outlier (a video that beat its own channel): the finds of one of your runs, or the shared index's videos nearest your topic by meaning. Each title: title, chars, first_40 (what a phone feed…

• write_ideas

  Write ideas for new videos: each a title, a thumbnail concept (one visible action) and the words to print, built on one to three real outliers (based_on, each with its video_id, title, multiple, find_id and bend niche when it came from another niche). constraints are rules every…

• get_call

  One call of a priced tool (titles and the tools after it): tool, credits, charged, status (pending, done, failed), request and result. Same as GET /v1/calls/{call_id}. Free. Errors: 404 call_not_found.

• list_calls

  Your calls of priced tools, newest first; tool ("titles", ...) narrows. Same as GET /v1/calls. Free.

• find_similar

  The videos in the shared index nearest one of your finds (find_id from a Packaging or Long form run), nearest first, never the find's own video. Each has distance (0 is the same; measures says how it is computed), its numbers and its multiple over its channel's median. A find no…

• search_thumbnails

  Thumbnails in the shared index by what the picture shows (q), or like a picture (image_url: read once by the model as subject, action, words and setting, then searched). Each result has matched_by (text or meaning). Free; image reads at most 60 an hour. Same as GET /v1/index/thu…

• score_package

  Score a package against the real outliers on its subject, part by part (title device, length, words on the picture, faces, the words' role, contrast, brightness): each part says how many outliers it matches; pattern_match (0 to 100) is the mean share: how much the package resemb…

• preview_package

  Your package in a mock YouTube feed among a run's winners: view home, search, sidebar, phone (marks where a phone cuts the title) or tv; theme dark or light; look normal, grey or blur. Returns png_base64 and mine_at. Free. Same as POST /v1/packaging/preview.

• make_thumbnails

  Make 2 to 12 thumbnails (default 4): 3 different concepts first, then images (Nano Banana 2.1, 1K or 4K), every printed word read back and checked letter by letter, a face only from your photos or your channel's own thumbnails. Answers at once with call_id and status pending; re…

• get_thumbnails

  A thumbnails call: status, concepts and every image so far (url signed for 7 days, width, height, words, words_checked, cost_usd). Same as GET /v1/thumbnails/{call_id}. Free.

• edit_thumbnail

  Edit one thumbnail (an image of your thumbnails call, or a picture you send): op erase, edit, face_swap, text, text_variations, upscale, fix, crop or color. crop and color are free; upscale 12; the rest 4 (a version each for text_variations), charged only for what is delivered.…

• recreate_thumbnail

  New thumbnails for your video with a YouTube video's own thumbnail as the layout reference (2 to 4 images, every printed word checked); priced as make_thumbnails. Same as POST /v1/thumbnails/recreate; read it with get_thumbnails.

• optimize_video

  New packages (4, 8 or 12) for your published video: the original scored first against the real outliers on its subject, then each new package (title, thumbnail with every word checked, what it tests) scored the same way, best first, with vs_original. 10 credits a delivered packa…

• get_optimize

  An Optimize call: the original's score and every new package so far. Same as GET /v1/optimize/{call_id}. Free.

• ab_set

  Pack 2 or 3 images of one of your thumbnails, edit or Optimize calls for YouTube Studio's Test and Compare: a zip of A, B, C (1280x720, under 2 MB) and a note of what each tests. Free. Same as POST /v1/ab.

• get_find

  One result of a long or packaging run with every field: the video, its numbers and the opening or the package analysis. find_id comes from a run's finds (get_run) or from list_kept_finds. Same shape as GET /v1/finds/{find_id}. Free. Errors: 404 find_not_found, 422 for an id that…

• keep_find

  Keep or reject a find (a long-form hook or a package): verdict is "keep" (default) or "reject", and the last verdict wins. The verdict is the video's on that tab: every find of the same video you have there carries it, so a later run that finds the video again shows it already k…

• clear_find_decision

  Undo keep_find: the video goes back to having no verdict, on every find of it, and leaves list_kept_finds. Returns {"find_id", "verdict": null}. Clearing a find with no decision is the same success, so a retry is safe. Same as DELETE /v1/finds/{find_id}/decision. Free.

• list_finds

  The index: every video your long and packaging runs found, across all runs, one entry a video on each tab (its newest read, with the keep or reject made on the video). Each is a full find object: the title and thumbnail_url as YouTube shows them, views, channel_median_views, out…

• remix_find

  Make it mine, for a long-form opening or a package: write up to n (1 to 5, default 3) new ones for your niche that keep one real find's structure. From a long find, `written` holds openings: hook (what the creator says first), then (what the next half minute has to deliver) and…

• list_remixes

  The remixes you paid for from one hook (hook_id) or one find (find_id), newest first, each as its answer held it, with remix_id and created_at. Returns {"remixes": [...]}. Free. 404 hook_not_found or find_not_found for one that is not yours. Same as GET /v1/hooks/{hook_id}/remix…

• get_remix

  One remix you paid for (from remix_hook, remix_find or a chat turn), as its answer held it. Free. 404 remix_not_found for one that is not yours. Same as GET /v1/remixes/{remix_id}.

• list_kept_finds

  The videos you kept with keep_find (long-form hooks and packages), newest decision first: one entry a video on each tab across all runs, or the kept finds of one run_id, limit 1 to 100 (default 100) per page. Returns {"kept": [...], "count": n on this page, "next_cursor"} with f…

• export_run

  A finished run's hooks as a file a creator can open: format "csv" (default; one row per hook, opens in any spreadsheet, formula-like cells defused with a leading quote), "json" (the full hook objects) or "md" (Markdown notes, one section per hook). Returns {"filename", "content_…

• get_hook

  One hook with every field: its opening line, transcript, watch_url and the vertical player_url (null only for an unusable id or a photo post found before 2026-09-26; runs deliver single videos only). hook_id comes from get_run. Free.

• embed_hook

  Official TikTok or Instagram embed HTML for a hook, so the clip plays inside your own page. kind is "embed", or "fallback" when the creator disabled embedding or the clip is a photo post found before 2026-09-26 (then show thumbnail, which falls back to the hook's still_url, and…

• keep_hook

  Keep or reject a hook: verdict is "keep" (default) or "reject", and the last verdict wins. A reject may say why: reason is off_subject, weak_opening, wrong_language, low_quality, already_have or other, and note (up to 280 characters) your own words. Kept hooks come back from lis…

• clear_decision

  Undo keep_hook: the hook goes back to having no verdict, so it leaves list_keeps and its export row carries none. Returns {"hook_id", "verdict": null}. Clearing a hook with no decision is the same success, so a retry is safe. Same as DELETE /v1/hooks/{hook_id}/decision. Free. Er…

• remix_hook

  Make it mine: write up to n new opening lines (1 to 5, default 3) for your niche that keep a real hook's structure, the device that made it travel, with the subject swapped for yours. hook_id is one of your hooks (from get_run, get_hook or list_keeps); 404 hook_not_found otherwi…

• list_keeps

  The hooks you kept with keep_hook, newest decision first, across all runs or within one run_id, limit 1 to 100 (default 100) per page. Returns {"kept": [...], "count": n on this page, "next_cursor"} with full hook objects; pass next_cursor back as cursor for more. Same shape as…

• balance

  Your account and remaining credits right now: account_id, credits, key_prefix and key_id of the key making this call, label, created_at, and that key's scopes, credit_limit and expires_at, and user (the person signed in with Google, or null). Same shape as GET /v1/me. A run need…

• delete_account

  Erase your account and everything in it, for good: every API key, run, hook, keep or reject decision, conversation and message. Unspent credits go with it. It cannot be undone. confirm must be exactly "delete my account", or nothing happens (422 confirmation_required). Refused w…

• chat

  One conversational turn, for an agent relaying a person's words. It either asks ONE clarifying question (action "clarify"), answers about delivered hooks or the tool (action "answer", run null, no credits), or starts a research run (action "research", with the started run under…

• list_conversations

  Your chat conversations, most recently active first, limit 1 to 100 (default 30) per page: conversation_id, title, created_at, updated_at, language, country and messages (the count). Nullable language/country are the saved search picker settings. Returns {"conversations": [...],…

• get_conversation

  One chat conversation: its newest messages in order (role, content, run_id, created_at), a page of `limit`, with earlier_cursor for the older ones (null when the page reaches the first message), and the runs those messages hold, with their hooks, plus nullable language and count…

• usage

  Your credits and what you have spent: credits (balance now), spent_total, reserved_now (credits held by runs still in flight, refunded in part when they finish), runs_total, last_30_days (one entry per UTC day: date, runs, charged) and recent (your 20 newest runs). Same shape as…

• list_keys

  Your API keys and what each may do. keys: key_id, name, prefix, created_at, last_used_at and current (true for the key making this call). access, per key_id: scopes, credit_limit, credits_used, expires_at and expired. scopes: the calling key's. The original signup key has key_id…

• create_key

  Create another API key on your account, for example one per agent or machine, so you can revoke one without touching the others. name is up to 60 characters. Give the key only what it needs. scopes: any of "read" (read runs, hooks, keeps, usage), "write" (keep, reject, undo, cha…

• revoke_key

  Revoke one of your API keys at once: key_id from list_keys, or "original" for the signup key. Any key may revoke itself (the result says so, and that key stops working immediately); revoking another needs admin. Never the last active key on the account (409): create another with…

• request_access

  Ask for the beta access code a new account needs (create_account's access_code). email is where the code is sent; note is optional (who you are, up to 500 characters). The owner approves the request and the code is emailed at once; it works once, in any agent or on the web. Retu…

• list_access_requests

  Owner only: every access request, newest first, optionally only one status (pending, approved, rejected). Each has request_id, email, note, status, code_id, code_prefix, created_at and decided_at. Never a code. Needs the admin scope and an admin account (403 admin_required other…

• approve_access_request

  Owner only: approve an access request. Makes a one-use code, marks the request approved and emails the code. The code is in this result once, with emailed true or false; when false, send it yourself or approve again (the unused code is revoked and a new one sent). 409 request_al…

• reject_access_request

  Owner only: reject a pending access request. Nothing is emailed. An approved or rejected request is 409 request_already_decided. Free.

• list_access_codes

  Owner only: every access code, newest first, with code_id, code_prefix, email, note, source, max_uses, uses, expires_at, revoked_at, created_at and usable. Never the code itself. Free.

• create_access_code

  Owner only: make an access code to hand out. max_uses 1 to 100000 (default 1), expires_in_days 1 to 365 (optional), note your own. email binds it to one person: then only Google sign-in with that verified email redeems it, never the API or MCP; leave it out for a code that works…

• revoke_access_code

  Owner only: revoke an access code (code_id from list_access_codes). It admits nobody from now on; accounts it already made keep working. 404 access_code_not_found for an unknown id. Free.

• admin_overview

  Owner only: the whole service at a glance, as GET /v1/admin/overview. Counts of accounts and people; runs (total, last_24h, last_7d, failed_24h, in_flight); hooks; credits (charged_24h, charged_7d, charged_total, balance_total); access (pending_requests, active_codes, redemption…

• admin_list_accounts

  Owner only: every account, newest first, as GET /v1/admin/accounts: {total, accounts: [{id, email, name, label, credits, created_at, last_seen_at, runs, hooks, charged_total, is_admin, admitted_by, keys_active}]}. Free.

• admin_adjust_credits

  Owner only: add or remove an account's credits, as POST /v1/admin/accounts/{account_id}/credits. A change that would take the balance below zero is 422 credits_below_zero and nothing changes; an unknown account is 404 account_not_found. Every change is audited (admin_list_action…

• admin_list_runs

  Owner only: every account's research runs, newest first, as GET /v1/admin/runs: {runs: [{run_id, account_id, email, topic, language, country, status, requested, hooks, reserved, charged, failure_kind, error, created_at, finished_at}]}. Free.

• admin_list_actions

  Owner only: the audit of password sign-ins and credit changes, newest first, as GET /v1/admin/actions: {actions: [{id, action, actor_email, target_account_id, detail, created_at}]}. Free.

• list_strategies

  The hook strategy library: every kind of long-form hook the shared index holds at least 3 openings of, with its plain name, count, the median multiple of those videos over their channels' usual views, the median hook length in seconds, the template most share, and up to 3 real e…

• create_folder

  Make a named folder on one tab to file hooks or finds in. The same name again on that tab (case and spaces aside) returns the folder already there with created false, so a retry never makes two. At most 200 folders an account (409 folder_limit_reached). Returns the folder: folde…

• list_folders

  Your folders, the most recently changed first, each with item_count, up to 4 cover thumbnails and its share link when shared. With hook_id or find_id, each folder also has contains: the item id when it holds that video (any run's copy), else null. Returns {"folders": [...], "cou…

• get_folder

  One of your folders and its items, newest filed first, limit 1 to 100 a page (page with next_cursor). Each item has item_id, note, thumbnail_url, title and the full hook or find object. Same as GET /v1/folders/{folder_id}. Free. Errors: 404 folder_not_found.

• rename_folder

  Rename a folder, change its description, or both. A name another folder on the tab already has is 409 folder_exists. Returns the folder. Same as PATCH /v1/folders/{folder_id}. Free.

• delete_folder

  Delete a folder, its items and its share link at once (the link stops working). The hooks and finds in it, and their keeps, stay. Returns {"folder_id", "deleted": true}. Same as DELETE /v1/folders/{folder_id}. Free. Errors: 404 folder_not_found.

• save_to_folder

  File one video in a folder of its tab: a find (find_id) or any public YouTube video (video_id) in a long or packaging folder, a hook (hook_id) in a short one, with an optional note. A video already in the folder (the same find, another run's find of it, the same hook) returns th…

• edit_folder_item

  Set the note on one item of a folder. Returns the item. Same as PATCH /v1/folders/{folder_id}/items/{item_id}. Free. Errors: 404 item_not_found.

• remove_from_folder

  Take one video out of a folder; the hook or find and its keep stay. Returns {"item_id", "removed": true}. Same as DELETE /v1/folders/{folder_id}/items/{item_id}. Free. Errors: 404 item_not_found (also on a second remove).

• share_folder

  Turn on a folder's share link: share_url is a public read-only page anyone with it opens signed out (hookdetector.com/f/<token>); api_url is the same as JSON (get_shared_folder). It shows the folder's name, description and items with their notes, never anything about the account…

• unshare_folder

  Turn a folder's share link off: the old link stops working at once; share_folder again makes a new one. Same as DELETE /v1/folders/{folder_id}/share. Free.

• get_shared_folder

  A shared folder as anyone with its link sees it: name, description, kind, item_count and items (public fields and the owner's note), newest first, paged. No key needed; limited per address (429). A link never made or turned off is 404 shared_folder_not_found. Same as GET /v1/sha…

• swipe_file

  Your swipe file: the title structures of the Packaging finds you kept or filed, each title_template with its title_device, count (how many of those videos use it, one a video) and best (the example with the highest outlier_score, 0 to 100). The most used first; packages is how m…

• share_run

  Share a finished Short form run as a public, read-only page anyone can open with the link, no sign-in: each hook's spoken line, on-screen words, idea, plays, creator and its video, in the Hook Detector skill page layout. Nothing about the account is on it. Returns {"run_id", "to…

• start_job

  Start a background job on Hook Detector's job runner. Only echo can be started by hand: it waits `seconds` and answers `message` back with how many attempts it took (a job survives a deploy). At most 3 an hour per account. Free. Same as POST /v1/jobs; read it back with get_job.

• list_jobs

  This account's background jobs, newest first (tracker refreshes, alerts, reviews, echo): status, attempts, credits, result or error. Free. Same as GET /v1/jobs.

• get_job

  One background job of this account. Same as GET /v1/jobs/{job_id}. Errors: 404 job_not_found for another account's job or an unknown id.

• search_index

  Search the shared index of public YouTube videos Hook Detector's runs measured, with no run: words by text and meaning, or browse; filters for the multiple, views, long or short, recency, channel size and language. Free. Same as GET /v1/index/search.

• random_outliers

  Outliers at random from the shared index (5x their channel's usual and over by default), a different set each call. Free. Same as GET /v1/index/random.

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