HookLayer – Content intelligence as an MCP server inside ChatGPT/Claude

Hooklayer, a viral-content intelligence MCP server, is now live as an approved connector inside ChatGPT and a custom connector inside Claude, offering 9 tools that score hooks, predict virality, and analyze creators from a database of 100,000+ viral TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts. The tool, which reports a median hook-scoring latency of under 400ms and a 98/100 quality score on Smithery, is free to start and targets creators seeking AI ideation partners, citing a survey where 82.7% of creators want such tools.

Score hooks. Predict virality. Inside Claude & ChatGPT. Hooklayer is the viral-content intelligence MCP that runs inside Claude custom connector and ChatGPT approved directory . 9 tools that test hooks, predict virality, find templates, and analyze creators , inside your AI workspace, not another SaaS tab. Test the angle before you waste a day filming. 100K+ viral TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts indexed. Free to start · no card · 30 seconds to first call 98/100 quality scoreon Smithery https://server.smithery.ai/khan-ashifur/hooklayer Hooklayer is a Model Context Protocol MCP server that exposes 100,000+ analyzed viral TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube videos as 9 agent-callable tools organized into 4 workflow layers: Score hook + virality scoring , Research trends + templates + video search , Analyze creator account + voice extraction , and Generate URL-to-script remix . Unlike content-generation tools Arcads, Creatify, Higgsfield, Predis , Hooklayer is positioned for content testing , score the hook before you shoot, predict the virality before you film, find proven templates before you write. Per Kit's April 2026 creator survey n=550 , 82.7% of creators report wanting AI ideation/research partners vs 39.3% who want email drafting. Hooklayer meets them inside Claude AND ChatGPT a combined ~85% creator-tool footprint instead of asking them to open another dashboard tab. Live as an approved connector inside ChatGPT install from the connector directory, OAuth handled automatically and as a custom MCP connector inside Claude paste https://hooklayer.dev/api/mcp, approve OAuth . Also listed in 6 MCP directories: Anthropic Official MCP Registry, Cursor Directory, Smithery 98/100 quality score , Glama, MCP.so, and punkpeye/awesome-mcp-servers . Free to start, no card. Median hook-scoring latency: <400ms . Also works with Cursor, the n8n MCP node, and any MCP 2024-11-05 or 2025-06-18 compliant client. Live in Claude as a custom connector. Live in ChatGPT via the approved directory. Watch the 60-second walkthrough for your AI client, hit install, and start scoring hooks in your next chat. Claude uses a manual custom-connector setup paste one URL . ChatGPT installs one-click from its approved connector directory. Settings → Connectors Add custom connector , name it Hooklayer Connect to Claude https://claude.ai/settings/integrations Settings → Connectors Hooklayer in the connector directory Install and approve access Connect to ChatGPT https://chatgpt.com/ settings/Connectors Prefer to try it first? The playground /hooklayer/playground runs the full agentic chain on any TikTok handle, no signup, no card. One tool. The whole agentic chain. analyze account takes one TikTok handle and returns deep intelligence plus a recommended chain field , pre-filled next-tool calls your agent fires automatically. One call in, four calls out. POST /v1/account/analyze { "handle": "@mrbeast", "platform": "tiktok" } High-signal voice DNA, consistent across top 5 videos Verify their formula maps to current trends in challenge videos Their 2 video has the highest copyable structure Claude reads recommended chain and calls match voice → trend pulse → viral remix on its own. No prompt engineering. Stop shipping AI slop. Every n8n / Claude / Cursor content workflow has the same problem: generic LLM calls produce hooks that start with "Hey guys Today I want to talk about..." and get suppressed by every algorithm. Hooklayer sits between the LLM and the publish step. Score every hook against proven viral patterns. Reject anything below 70. Auto-rewrite to 85+. One MCP call, one credit. curl -X POST https://hooklayer.dev/v1/hook/score \ -H "Authorization: Bearer hl live ..." \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "text": "3 things I wish I knew", "platform": "tiktok" }' Not just Claude power users. Hooklayer scores hooks, predicts virality, and extracts Viral DNA the same way for every user, but the workflow shape changes by role. Three audience-specific guides below. For DTC marketersSee the DTC workflow guide /hooklayer/for-teams/dtc-marketers Score every hook before you brief the shoot. DTC creative teams use Hooklayer to score 10 hook variants in 30 seconds, analyze 5 competitors in 2 minutes, and remix viral URLs into briefable scripts. Cost per test: ~$0.02. For creative agenciesSee the agency workflow guide /hooklayer/for-teams/creative-agencies Analyze 50 competitors. Ship 30 ads a week. Agency tier $499/mo pools 32,000 credits across your team for 5-15 client rosters. Weekly competitor sweeps + batch hook testing + client-specific script generation, one flat rate. For strategists + researchersSee the research workflow guide /hooklayer/for-teams/researchers Deep viral research with rubrics, not vibes. Every score returns 6 named signals with evidence quotes suitable for citation. 8 attack vectors documented. Provenance blocks on every response. Rubric-based, not black-box. 9 tools. 4 layers. One Bearer token. Score → Research → Analyze → Generate. Every layer exposed as both REST endpoints and MCP tools, so Claude Desktop, Cursor, and n8n hit the same surface your scripts do. Score Test before you post. POST /v1/hook/score Score a hook 0–100 against proven viral patterns. Returns 3 stronger rewrites + matched pattern + percentile. POST /v1/predict Score a draft script for viral potential. Adversarial attack-vector check + SHIP / REWORK / NO-GO verdict. Research Find what is already working. GET /v1/trends Rising opportunities + saturated patterns per niche. Format / hook / style trends, not news topics. GET /v1/templates Niche-fit ranked templates with hook patterns, format structures, and example URLs. Optional query narrows to a specific angle. GET /v1/search Keyword search across 100K+ viral videos. Region + window + min-views filters. Auto-retries when defaults return empty. Analyze Read creators and voices. POST /v1/account/analyze TikTok handle → full Viral DNA scores, format fingerprint, steal map + recommended chain pre-filling your next 3 tool calls. POST /v1/voice/match Extract a creator's voice signature from reference samples. Returns DNA metrics + voice fingerprint your agent reuses across drafts. Generate Produce in-voice scripts. POST /v1/remix URL or transcript → fresh script mirroring the original viral DNA. Scene structure, energy pattern, camera shots, native CTA rotation. Built for agencies and content creators who ship at volume. Every Hooklayer tool is callable from the n8n MCP client node https://docs.n8n.io/integrations/builtin/cluster-nodes/root-nodes/n8n-nodes-langchain.mcpclienttool/ . Point it at https://hooklayer.dev/api/mcp , add your Bearer token, and every tool becomes a node in your workflow — chainable to Slack, Notion, Airtable, Google Sheets, or a webhook. Weekly competitor sweep Agencies · Growth teams- 01Cron trigger fires every Monday 9am - 02analyze account runs on your 10 competitor handles in parallel - 03find viral template pulls this week's top hooks per niche - 04Digest lands in your Slack channel as a Notion doc Bulk hook scoring pipeline DTC brands · Copy teams- 01Google Sheet: 50 draft hooks per week - 02n8n loops each row through score hook - 03Anything under 70 is auto-rewritten to 85+ via viral remix - 04Result column populates; team ships only 85+ hooks Creator content engine Content creators · Solo operators- 01RSS or hashtag trigger surfaces trending sounds - 02trend pulse + match voice generate on-brand scripts - 03predict virality gates SHIP / REWORK / NO-GO before you film - 04Approved scripts drop into Notion for shoot day n8n setup walkthrough coming soon. In the meantime, the same Bearer token that authorizes Claude & ChatGPT works as-is in the n8n MCP node. See the docs /hooklayer/docs for the full config. Stop shipping AI slop. Free to start. No card. Live in Claude, ChatGPT, or n8n in under 60 seconds.