TrendTrack MCP & API: Claude, n8n & Your Stack

Last verified July 15, 2026. Tools, connectors and credit limits checked on a paid account and against TrendTrack’s MCP documentation.

TrendTrack shipped a public API and an MCP server on April 28, 2026. The pitch was blunt: your TrendTrack, in Claude.

Connect it once and 11 tools drop straight into your AI client. No scripts, no scraping, no CSV exports to babysit. You ask a question in plain English and the ad, product and email data comes back inside the chat. If the rest of the product is new to you, a quick primer on the tool is the fastest way in.

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Connect TrendTrack to Claude in three steps

The MCP route is the one most people want, because it needs zero code. You authorize a connector once and TrendTrack’s tools show up in the conversation like any other capability.

Step 1: Open the Connect to AI panel

Inside the app, the entry point sits in the bottom rail as Connect to AI. That page lists every supported client and holds your connection details.

Step 2: Authorize the MCP connector

For Claude, you add a custom MCP connector and sign in through OAuth, so there is no API key to paste or leak. The tools then appear directly in the conversation.

The other clients follow the same idea with small differences. ChatGPT (Plus, Team or Enterprise) and Perplexity (a paid plan) take a custom connector, Gemini connects over direct HTTP, and if you would rather script it yourself the REST API uses a Bearer token.

Step 3: Send your first prompt

Once the connector is live, you talk to it like a teammate. Try something like “Run brief_competitor on gymshark.com and summarize their top scaling ads.”

The relevant tool fires, pulls the data, and answers in the same thread. You never leave the chat window.

Behind the scenes, each call draws from your monthly credit pool, so a heavy research session spends faster than a quick lookup. The check_credits tool exists precisely so you can watch that balance without leaving the conversation.

The 11 tools and what each one pulls

The tools split into four groups: find something, brief it, monitor it, or check your account. The four groups break down like this.

Notice what that list means in practice. You can go from a blank prompt to a competitor teardown, or from a single ad URL to a scaling verdict, without touching the dashboard.

The split also tells you how to think about each call. Discover tools are for finding new targets, Brief tools turn a target into a structured read, and Monitor tools keep an eye on the ones you already care about. That is the same loop you would run by hand in the app, compressed into a sentence.

Source: TrendTrack MCP documentation, checked July 15, 2026.

Three ways to wire it into your workflow

The same connection serves very different jobs depending on how you work. Three patterns cover most sellers.

The solo researcher

You open Claude, ask for a competitor brief, and read the answer. No automation, no schedule, just faster research than clicking through the dashboard tab by tab.

This is where brief_competitor and creative_inspiration_pack earn their keep: one prompt, one structured read on a rival or a niche.

The scaler

Once you track a handful of brands, you stop starting from scratch. You save a few prompts that call analyze_tracked_brand and daily_radar, then rerun them whenever you want a status check.

The agency (n8n)

For hands-off reporting, the official n8n template turns the API into a scheduled pipeline. The documented use case runs a cron at 09:00, pulls yesterday’s scaling ads, hands them to Claude to write the brief, and posts it to a Slack channel like #market-intel.

Your team reads a fresh market read every morning without anyone opening the app. That is the payoff of the API route over the point-and-click one.

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Where the API stops (and the credit math)

The connection is genuinely useful, but it is not a magic firehose. A few limits are worth knowing before you build around it.

Credits are finite, the ad-spy tools inherit the module gating (scan_ad and ad search need the Ads or Advertisers modules, which start on Pro), and EU reach numbers stay estimates drawn from transparency data, not certified spend. Refresh is fast at under 24 hours, but it is not live. If you are still deciding whether the whole platform is worth it, our full TrendTrack review walks through every module on a paid account.

Pick the route that matches the job. The MCP connector wins when a human is in the loop asking questions, while the REST API and n8n suit anything scheduled or piped into another system. Most sellers start with MCP inside Claude and only reach for the API once a workflow has proven it is worth automating.

Two moves stretch the free allowance. Billing annually doubles it to 20,000 credits a month, and auto-recharge keeps a pipeline alive if a busy day drains the balance. Call check_credits when you want to know where you stand before you grab a TrendTrack plan with heavier usage in mind.

FAQ

Does TrendTrack have an API?

Yes. TrendTrack has a public REST API (authenticated with a Bearer token) and an MCP server, both live since April 28, 2026. Every plan includes 10,000 API credits a month, rising to 20,000 on annual billing.

What is the TrendTrack MCP server?

It is a connector that makes 11 TrendTrack tools appear directly inside Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity or Manus, with no code to write. Claude connects over OAuth, so there is no API key to manage. You ask questions in plain language and the tools answer in the chat.

Which AI clients can I connect TrendTrack to?

Claude (a custom MCP connector), ChatGPT (Plus, Team or Enterprise), Perplexity (a paid plan), Gemini (direct HTTP) and Manus, plus n8n through an official template. For anything else, the REST API lets you build your own integration.

Do you need a paid plan to use the TrendTrack API?

API access and the 10,000 monthly credits sit on every plan, Starter ($59/mo) included. The catch is the data: tools that read the Ads and Advertisers modules only return results once you are on Pro ($89/mo) or higher.

How many API credits do you get, and can you buy more?

You get 10,000 a month included, or 20,000 on annual billing. Recharges run at API Starter $99 (100,000), Plus $189 (250,000) and Max $349 (500,000), plus one-time top-ups at $1 for 1,000 credits, with auto-recharge if you want a buffer.