Connect Viralance to Claude via MCP (2026 Setup Guide)

Instead of clicking through a dashboard, you describe the clip you want and your AI assistant submits the job. The Model Context Protocol makes that possible: the assistant calls typed, validated tools rather than guessing at an API. This guide covers setup, the tools Viralance exposes, and what each one costs.

What is MCP, and why connect Viralance to Claude?

MCP is an open standard that lets an AI assistant call external tools through a typed interface. Viralance's server is built on the official MCP SDK and served over Streamable HTTP (JSON-RPC 2.0). Besides tools, it exposes read-only resources — viralance://models, viralance://credits, viralance://packages, viralance://videos and viralance://images — so the assistant can check models, prices and your library before acting.

The practical payoff: you brief a video the way you'd brief a teammate. "Make a 6-second VEO 3.1 Fast clip of a cat surfing a neon wave, vertical 9:16" becomes a generation job in your account; the assistant can then poll its status and return the video link.

Related questions: What is the Model Context Protocol? Can Claude generate videos directly? Does Viralance have an MCP server?

How do I connect Viralance to Claude?

The in-app Viralance MCP page has the server URL and copy-ready snippets. The steps:

1. (Optional) Create an API key. Go to Settings → API Keys (/dashboard/settings/api-keys) and generate a key with only the scopes you need: Create Videos (video:create), Read Videos (video:read), Create Images (image:create), Read Images (image:read), Read Credits (credits:read), Use Prompts (prompt:use), Use Autopilot (autopilot:use) and Read Trends (trends:read). You can revoke a key at any time.

2. Connect your client. In Claude Code:

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

   Claude Code then signs you in through your browser (OAuth), so there's no key to paste. To use an API key instead, append --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY". For Claude Desktop, add an npx mcp-remote entry with your key to claude_desktop_config.json and restart — the exact snippet is on the Viralance MCP page.

3. Confirm it. Ask Claude "Check my Viralance credit balance." That calls get_balance and shows the connection is live.

Related questions: How do I add an MCP server to Claude Code? Where is my Viralance API key? Does Viralance MCP work with Claude Desktop?

What can Claude create through Viralance?

The MCP server reaches the same generation backend and credit wallet as the web app:

• Videos — generate_video covers 20+ video models, including VEO 3.1 Fast and Lite, Seedance 2.0 and 2.5, Kling 3.0 Pro/Standard and O3 Pro, Hailuo 2.3, Wan 3.0, Happy Horse 1.1 and MiniMax H3, in text-to-video or image-to-video mode. Track jobs with get_video_status and list_videos.
• Images — generate_image covers Nano Banana, Nano Banana Pro (up to 4K), GPT Image, GPT Image 2.5 Flare, Grok Imagine, Seedream 5.0 Pro and Bria Product Shot, at 9:16, 1:1, 16:9 or 4:5. virtual_tryon and product_dimensions handle try-on and annotated product-size images.
• Voiceovers — generate_voiceover is text-to-speech powered by ElevenLabs Eleven v3. Pass up to 5,000 characters and a voice name (default Rachel; the web studio lists 21 voices such as Aria, Charlotte and Brian); it returns an audioId and an audio URL.
• Copy — enhance_prompt, generate_caption and generate_hooks turn a rough idea into tighter prompts, captions with hashtags, and opening hooks.
• Editing — edit_video (reframe, background removal, subtitles, motion transfer, restyle, upscale, lip sync, Kling edit, Topaz) and edit_image (background removal, outpaint).
• Films, 3D and analysis — compose_film stitches clips into one video, generate_3d turns an image into a GLB model via Meshy, and analyze_video returns a virality-style content review.
• Autopilot and products — autopilot_create, autopilot_execute and autopilot_status plan and run a content batch from one brief; list_products and save_product store product references.

What it doesn't do: Viralance does not post to TikTok or any other platform, and it doesn't schedule posts. Download the results and publish them yourself.

Related questions: Can Claude make AI voiceovers? Which video models does Viralance support over MCP? Can an AI assistant write my captions?

What does each action cost in credits?

Every MCP call that generates media draws from the same one-time credit wallet as the web app — no separate billing, no subscription. Current prices:

• VEO 3.1 Fast, 720p or 1080p: 6 credits at 4s, 8 at 6s, 12 at 8s. Image-to-video on VEO 3.1 Fast is 8 seconds only.
• Cheaper video tests: VEO 3.1 Lite 720p is 3 credits for 4s; a 5-second 720p Kling 3.0 Standard clip is 8.
• Images: Nano Banana, Grok Imagine, Seedream and GPT Image (low/medium) are 1 credit; GPT Image high and GPT Image 2.5 Flare are 2; Nano Banana Pro is 2 at 1K/2K and 4 at 4K.
• Voiceover: 2 credits up to 1,000 characters, then 1 credit per additional 500 characters (10 credits at the 5,000-character maximum).
• Other tools: compose_film 5 credits, generate_3d 15, analyze_video 2, edit_image outpaint 3, subtitles 3.

In dollars, packs run from $9 for 30 credits ($0.30 each) to $299 for 1,650 ($0.181 each), so a 6-credit VEO clip costs about $1.09–$1.80. New accounts get 4 free credits after email verification. Ask Claude "What does a 10-second Seedance 2.0 clip cost?" and it calls get_model_costs so you can compare before spending.

Related questions: How much does an AI video cost on Viralance? Are MCP credits separate from web credits? Is there a free trial?

Is connecting through MCP secure?

• Scopes: each API key can only do what its scopes allow, so a key with only read scopes can't start paid generations.
• Spend cap: each key has a daily credit spend cap (500 credits by default), which limits the damage from a leaked key.
• Auth: browser sign-in uses OAuth 2.1 with PKCE; stored credentials are hashed.
• Controls: requests are rate limited and audit logged, and revoking a key in Settings cuts off that connection.

Treat an API key like a password: keep it out of shared config files and repositories.

Related questions: Is MCP safe to use? Can I limit what an API key can do? How do I revoke a Viralance API key?

First prompts worth trying

• "Check my Viralance credit balance."
• "Generate a 4-second VEO 3.1 Lite video of a cat surfing a giant wave, vertical 9:16."
• "Make a neon cyberpunk city image with Nano Banana Pro at 9:16, 2K."
• "Write 5 hooks for a skincare brand, then voice the best one with the Rachel voice."
• "List my last 5 videos with their status."

Connect once and your assistant can brief, check and track Viralance jobs from a single chat. The Viralance MCP page in your dashboard always has the current server URL.

Related questions: What's a good first prompt for Viralance MCP? Can Claude run a content batch with Autopilot?