# Use InsightPins in Claude and other AI apps

InsightPins works inside AI assistants through MCP (Model Context Protocol). Connect it once, then ask in plain words: "make a Pinterest pin for this article". The assistant reads the page, picks one of 30 templates, 15 color palettes and 10 font pairings, and hands you a finished 1000x1500 pin.

MCP server URL: https://app.insightpins.com/api/mcp

Transport: Streamable HTTP. Auth: OAuth 2.1 with dynamic client registration; users sign in with Google.

## Connect it

### Claude (claude.ai and the Claude apps)

1. Open Settings, then Connectors, and choose "Add custom connector".
2. Name it InsightPins and paste the server URL: https://app.insightpins.com/api/mcp
3. Click Connect. Sign in with Google on the InsightPins page that opens, then click Allow.
4. In a chat, make sure InsightPins is switched on in the tools menu under the message box.

### Claude Code

1. Add the server, then run /mcp inside Claude Code and choose InsightPins to sign in.

```
claude mcp add --transport http insightpins https://app.insightpins.com/api/mcp
```

### Cursor

1. Add this to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (or the project .cursor/mcp.json).
2. Cursor opens the InsightPins sign-in the first time a tool is used.

```
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "insightpins": {
      "url": "https://app.insightpins.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### ChatGPT and other MCP apps

1. Any app that supports remote MCP servers with OAuth can connect: add a custom connector or MCP server with the URL https://app.insightpins.com/api/mcp.
2. Sign-in, consent and the tools work the same way everywhere.

## Try asking

- "Make a Pinterest pin for https://example.com/my-article"
- "Make three pin variations for this recipe page, each with a different template"
- "Use a quote template and a dark palette for this post"
- "Make the title shorter and render it again in PNG"
- "The text looks too small, make it bigger"
- "How many pin renders do I have left today?"

## Tools

- `extract_url` - Reads a web page you name (blog post, product page, recipe) and returns its title, description and images.
- `list_templates` - Lists the 30 pin templates by category, with the extra fields each supports, such as a price or cook time.
- `list_styles` - Lists the 15 color palettes and 10 font pairings.
- `render_pin` - Renders the pin: a preview in the chat plus a link to the full 1000x1500 image (JPEG, or PNG on request) and a link that opens the same pin on this website for further editing. You can ask for larger or smaller text (text size, from 70% to 250%). The image link works for 7 days.
- `get_quota` - Shows how many of your 50 daily renders are left.

## Limits

- 50 renders per day per account, reset at 00:00 UTC. Failed renders are not counted.
- Image links work for 7 days.
- Pins are 1000x1500 pixels.

## Questions

### Is it free?

Yes. You sign in with Google when you connect, and get 50 renders a day. The count resets at 00:00 UTC, and a failed render is not counted.

### Does it post to Pinterest for me?

No. You get the finished image and upload it to Pinterest yourself, so you stay in control of every pin.

### Why does the image link stop working after 7 days?

Rendered images are kept for 7 days, then deleted. Pinterest keeps its own copy when you create a pin, so pins you already published are not affected. Download anything you want to keep.

### What does InsightPins see?

Your Google account email (to keep your daily count), the pages you ask it to read, and the pins it renders. It cannot read your chats.

### How do I disconnect?

Remove the InsightPins connector in your AI app. Apps that support it end the connection on our side at once; otherwise the app simply stops using it, and an unused connection lapses after 30 days. There is no list of connected apps on the website yet.

### Do the pins look the same as on the website?

Yes. The server renders the exact same templates the website exports, with the same fonts and colors.

Web app: https://app.insightpins.com