Read alerts, mentions, authors, statistics and shares in Mention. Hosted by usefulapi: connect it to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client.
Turn on the Mention connector, then ask in plain words. The AI picks the tools.
For marketing and comms teams that monitor brand mentions and competitors in Mention.
List the alerts of the account, then list the mentions one alert found, newest first.
Get one mention with its full details, then read a task on it and the teammate it is assigned to.
Read an alert, then list the most active authors it found, with their scores.
Read mention statistics for one or more alerts over a date range, per day, week or month.
List the people and teams an alert is shared with, and read its notification preferences.
The login page asks for your Mention access token.
Find it in Mention → app settings (the API add-on must be on your plan). Your token is used only to call the API on your behalf and to derive a private account id; it is never shown to anyone.
Team and Enterprise: an Owner adds the connector for the organization first.
No Add custom MCP server option? It depends on your account or workspace settings: see OpenAI's guide.
Run this command, then run /mcp in Claude Code to log in:
Add to Cursor or add this to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"mention": {
"url": "https://mention.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
} Add to VS Code or add this to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"mention": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mention.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
} Run these commands. The second one opens the login page:
Windsurf, Cline, Zed and other MCP clients: add this URL as a remote MCP server (Streamable HTTP). The client then opens the login page in your browser.
Add only the URL. Do not add an Authorization header or an API key to the client config. The server signs you in with OAuth: the login page asks for your Mention access token. If the config has such a header, remove it: some clients then send that header instead of the login token, and every call fails with 401.
| Plan | Price | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 50 tool calls / month |
| Proper user | $9/mo · $90/yr | 10,000 tool calls / month |
| Pro+per user | $39/mo · $390/yr | 100,000 tool calls / month |
Each paid plan covers this Mention server only. Ask your AI to run mention_upgrade and choose Pro or Pro+, billed monthly or yearly (it returns a Stripe Checkout link). If you already have Pro, ask to change it to Pro+. The change requires your confirmation, keeps your billing interval and charges the price difference for the rest of the period immediately. Cancel any time with mention_cancel_subscription: your paid plan continues to the end of the paid period, with no refund for the current period, and asking to resume the same plan with mention_upgrade before then undoes the cancel. Or write to [email protected].
mention_get_my_accountmention_list_alertsmention_get_alertmention_list_mentionsmention_get_mentionmention_get_mention_taskmention_list_authorsmention_get_statsmention_list_tagsmention_get_alert_preferencesmention_list_sharesmention_usage_statusmention_request_featuremention_upgrademention_cancel_subscriptionRead new mentions for an alert. Read one mention and its task. Find the most active authors. Chart mention volume over time. Check who sees an alert. See what you can do for the details.
No. usefulapi is an independent service. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Mention. The server calls the Mention API with your own Mention access, so it sees only the data that your account can see.
Yes. In Claude, add this server's URL as a custom connector. In ChatGPT, add it as a custom MCP server in Plugins. Then log in once. Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code and Codex work too. See the setup steps.
The login page asks for your Mention access token. See Before you connect for where to find it.
No. Add only the URL. Do not add an Authorization header or an API key to the client config. The server signs you in with OAuth: the login page asks for your Mention access token. If the config has such a header, remove it: some clients then send that header instead of the login token, and every call fails with 401.
The login stores them encrypted in the authorization grant of your connection. The server uses them to call the Mention API for you and to derive a private account id for usage metering. usefulapi does not show them on any page or in any reply. To stop all access, remove the connector and change or delete these credentials in Mention.
All 11 Mention tools are marked read-only.
The Free plan gives 50 tool calls / month. Pro costs $9/mo or $90/yr, with 10,000 tool calls / month. Pro+ costs $39/mo or $390/yr, with 100,000 tool calls / month. Each subscription covers this Mention server only. Cancel any time: your paid plan then runs to the end of the paid period. Run mention_usage_status to see how many calls you used.
Ask the AI to run mention_upgrade and choose Pro or Pro+, billed monthly or yearly: it returns a Stripe Checkout link. If you already have Pro, ask to change it to Pro+. After you confirm, your existing subscription changes in place, keeps its billing interval and charges the price difference for the rest of the period immediately. To cancel, run mention_cancel_subscription. Your paid plan continues to the end of the paid period.
Tell the AI what you wanted to do. It can send the request with mention_request_feature. We store the text with the server name, the type of AI client and the tool you tried, not with your account, and read every request when we plan new tools. You can send up to 5 requests per day.
Any client that supports remote MCP servers (Streamable HTTP) with OAuth login: Claude (web and desktop), Claude Code, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf and others.
This is a Model Context Protocol endpoint — meant to be connected from an AI client, not opened in a browser. An invalid_token response at the URL is the auth gate working as designed; clients authenticate automatically.
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