The best social media MCP servers in 2026

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard, created by Anthropic, that lets AI apps connect to tools and data. An MCP server is the piece a service runs so an AI app can use it: a social media MCP server gives Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor tools such as "list my accounts", "create a draft" or "schedule this post".

Most servers in this guide are remote: the vendor hosts them, and you add one URL to your AI app and sign in, usually with OAuth, so the app never sees your password. A local server runs on your own computer instead. Either way, the AI can only do what the server's tools allow and what you granted when you connected it.

Some tools are listed in Claude's connector directory or in ChatGPT, so you can add them by name. For any other server, you need its URL from the vendor's docs. These steps are from Anthropic's and OpenAI's help pages, checked on November 3, 2026.

Claude (Pro and Max)

1. Open Customize > Connectors.
2. Click + Add, then Add custom connector.
3. Enter a name and the server's URL, then click Continue.
4. Review the sign-in settings Claude detected, then click Add, and sign in to the tool when asked.
5. In a chat, turn the connector on from the + button, under Connectors.

On the Free plan you can add one custom connector. On Team and Enterprise, an owner first adds the connector under Organization settings > Connectors, then each member clicks Connect in Customize > Connectors.

Claude Code

Run claude mcp add --transport http <name> <url>, then use /mcp inside Claude Code to check the server and sign in.

ChatGPT

OpenAI says custom MCP servers with full MCP support, including write actions, are available on ChatGPT Business and Enterprise/Edu, on the web only. On Pro, custom servers get read and fetch permissions only, which isn't enough to schedule posts. On Business, only admins and owners can add one.

1. Go to Plugins, select the plus button, then Add custom MCP server.
2. Enter a name and the server's HTTPS URL under Connection.
3. Set up sign-in, read the risk warning and tick I understand and want to continue.
4. Select Create as a plugin, install it, then type @ in a new chat and pick it.

ChatGPT may ask you to confirm write actions, depending on the app's permissions. Claude also asks before it uses a tool unless you choose Allow always, which is one more reason to pick a server that keeps posts as drafts or sends them for approval.

We started from every social media tool we could find that runs an official MCP server, described on its own site or in its own docs, and checked each one's pricing, networks, sign-in and approval behaviour there on November 3, 2026. We also searched the official MCP Registry for each server. We ranked for people who connect an AI app to their social accounts: whether OAuth sign-in works in Claude and ChatGPT on the web, whether a person can approve a post before it goes out, how many networks it reaches, and the price, including whether the free plan includes the server.

Buffer ranks first because its server works on the free plan, signs in with OAuth and keeps posts as drafts or in the queue by default, across 13 networks. PostEverywhere is second for real approval tools at a low price. Postiz is third for the widest network list and an open-source code base you can host. Metricool is fourth: its server works on the free plan and reads analytics, but LinkedIn and X need a paid plan.

Refract sits fifth. Its server makes approval a setting of the connection and the workspace rather than something the AI is asked to remember, and it is in the official MCP Registry, but it posts to fewer networks than Buffer, PostEverywhere and Postiz and has no free plan. Typefully is sixth for text networks on a free plan. Zernio and Upload-Post close the list as developer APIs whose servers can publish without a review step.

We left several official servers out of the ranking and kept them in the table above. Ayrshare's server takes an API key only, with no OAuth sign-in. Publer includes its server on Business and Enterprise only. Superbridger posts to 6 networks and prices in euros. Keryo's docs list only LinkedIn and X as live today. PostJay is in beta with future pricing. UploadFlow covers 5 networks, and Blotato keeps its MCP server out of its trial.