--- title: "Use Benchmark in Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor | Benchmark MCP" description: "Connect Benchmark to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor. Ask for examples and get posts with their hooks and structures, plus a link to each original. Outlier scores (coming soon)." canonical: "https://benchmark.social/mcp" --- # The research desk, inside Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor. Connect Benchmark to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor. Ask for examples and get posts with their hooks and structures, plus a link to each original. Outlier scores (coming soon). [Add to Claude](https://benchmark.social/mcp#connect) ยท [Choose another client โ†“](https://benchmark.social/mcp#connect) Find finance shorts that did really well, and show me the hook each one uses. Found 5 posts in Benchmark Hook patterns ## Ask for examples you can use. Three requests and what each one returns. ### I'm making a carousel about building a personal brand. Find a few examples and show me opening hooks I could adapt. Link the posts. Four carousels from the library, each above its account's median. Every opening hook sits beside its pattern, with a link to the post. ### I'm writing a YouTube video about investing. Find related videos and show me how their intros lead into the main idea. Three videos above their channel's median. Each one's opening lines sit beside its intro template, with the script steps that follow. ### Here's my draft launch post for X. Compare it with announcements in the library and suggest changes to the opening and the order. Cursor, DigitalOcean and Google announcements from the library, each first line beside its template, and a rewrite of your opening in the same shape. ## What comes back with every post. Read the hook, the visuals, the script steps and the pacing. Outlier scores (coming soon) compare reach with the account's median. Adapt the templates to your subject. ### Spoken hook The first line as said, its hook type, and the reusable pattern. ### Visual hook What is on screen in the first seconds, and how it works with the words. ### Script structure Named steps, each with the original line and the template. ### Pacing Fast or slow, and the emotional arc from the first line to the last. ### Outlier score (coming soon) Reach against the account's own median, percentile and review tier. ### Metrics Views, plays, likes, comments, shares and saves, with the observed time. ### Topics and emotions Categories, keywords, emotions, styles and the estimated target audience. ### Title and thumbnail For long form: the title template, the thumbnail composition and how they relate. ## Connect your agent to Benchmark. Choose your client and follow its steps. Sign in to Benchmark when asked. Any paid plan lets your agent read the full analysis. https://api.benchmark.app/mcp ### Claude 1. Open Customize, then Connectors. Works in Claude, Cowork and Claude Desktop. 2. Add a custom connector with this URL. Click +, choose Add custom connector, paste, click Add. 3. Sign in when Claude asks. Then ask it to run whoami. It should name your workspace. #### Claude Code ``` claude mcp add --transport http benchmark https://api.benchmark.app/mcp ``` #### Cursor ``` { "mcpServers": { "benchmark": { "url": "https://api.benchmark.app/mcp" } } } ``` ### ChatGPT 1. Enable Developer Mode. In ChatGPT on the web, enable developer mode if your account or workspace requires it. 2. Open Settings > Apps > Create. Enter the MCP server endpoint and choose OAuth when prompted. 3. Click Scan Tools, then Create. Sign in to Benchmark. Start a new chat, select the Benchmark app, and ask it to run whoami. ### Claude Code 1. Open your terminal. Use Benchmark in Claude Code from your terminal or IDE. 2. Add the Benchmark server. Run the command shown here. 3. Sign in through /mcp. Use /mcp in Claude Code to authenticate. #### Claude Code ``` claude mcp add --transport http benchmark https://api.benchmark.app/mcp ``` ### Codex 1. Add Benchmark. Run codex mcp add in your terminal. 2. Sign in to Benchmark. Run codex mcp login benchmark to start OAuth. 3. Use the server. Ask it to run whoami. It should name your workspace. #### Codex ``` codex mcp add benchmark --url https://api.benchmark.app/mcp codex mcp login benchmark ``` ### Cursor 1. Open Settings โ†’ Tools & MCP. Choose New MCP Server. 2. Add the Benchmark configuration. Paste the configuration shown here. 3. Connect Benchmark. Sign in to Benchmark when Cursor asks. #### Cursor ``` { "mcpServers": { "benchmark": { "url": "https://api.benchmark.app/mcp" } } } ``` ### Gemini CLI 1. Open your terminal. Use Benchmark in Gemini CLI from your terminal. 2. Add the Benchmark server. Run gemini mcp add with the command shown here. 3. Sign in to Benchmark. Run /mcp auth benchmark in Gemini CLI. #### Gemini CLI ``` gemini mcp add --transport http benchmark https://api.benchmark.app/mcp /mcp auth benchmark ``` ### Grok 1. Open grok.com/connectors. Choose New connector โ†’ Custom. 2. Add the server URL. Paste the Benchmark MCP URL. 3. Sign in to Benchmark. Sign in when Grok asks. The server has four tools: whoami, list_operations, query and mutate. They cover the same operations as the public API. ## Ask for help with your next post. Brief a writer, compare openings or review a draft with examples from the library. Your agent links the posts it uses. ### Help me brief our writer for Monday. Find three examples on our topic and suggest a structure. Three posts that beat their account's median, their script steps, and a suggested order with links. ### Find personal finance hooks I can adapt. Group them by pattern and include the original lines. Hook patterns grouped by shape, each with the line as it was said and the post it came from. ### Compare these three competitor announcements. How does each one open and introduce the product? The first line of each, side by side, with the structure that follows and where they differ. ### Here's my draft. Find related posts and suggest changes to the hook and structure. Your draft next to the closest posts in the library, with specific changes and the templates behind them. ### Find YouTube videos on our topic. Compare their title and thumbnail templates and suggest a pairing. The title and thumbnail templates that recur across the top videos, and one pairing to try.