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Add Sprites to Cursor
Available on Any Cursor plan that allows MCP servers, on desktop and on Cursor web agents. You need a Sprites account with TikTok Ads already connected — the connector acts on that connection, so Cursor never handles a TikTok credential.
Write the config
Put the entry in ~/.cursor/mcp.json to have Sprites available in every project, or in .cursor/mcp.json inside one repo to scope it there.
~/.cursor/mcp.json{ "mcpServers": { "sprites": { "url": "https://mcp.sprites.ai/mcp" } } }Or add it from the UI
Cursor lists MCP servers under Customize in the sidebar; adding one there writes the same file.
CursorCustomizeMCPNew MCP serverSign in
Cursor finds the Sprites authorization server from the endpoint's protected-resource metadata, registers itself, and opens a browser for the consent screen. Desktop completes on http://localhost:8787/callback and web agents on cursor.com; both are pre-registered, so there is nothing to allowlist.
Spriteswants access on behalf of Cursor- Read your connected ad accounts and site data
- Draft campaigns, creatives and pages for your approval
- Apply only the changes you approve
AllowCancelKeep it in the repo, not in your dotfiles
A project-scoped .cursor/mcp.json is worth committing: every teammate who opens the repo gets the same connector and signs in as themselves. The file holds a URL and nothing else — the token is per person and never touches the config.
Official TikTok Ads MCP vs Sprites MCP
TikTok runs its own MCP server at business-api.tiktok.com/open_mcp/tt-ads-mcp-layer. Here is what each one covers, so you can pick the one that fits in Cursor — or connect both.
TikTok for Business hosts its own MCP server for the Marketing API, with no developer credentials needed. It comes in two shapes: a flat server exposing about 400 tools, and a layered one exposing about 40 core tools and loading the rest as needed. Between them they read and write campaigns, audiences, bidding, creative and catalogs — on TikTok, and only TikTok.
| TikTok officialbusiness-api.tiktok.com/open_mcp/tt-ads-mcp-layer | Sprites MCPapproval-gated | |
|---|---|---|
| Endpoint | business-api.tiktok.com/open_mcp/tt-ads-mcp-layer (or -flat) | mcp.sprites.ai/mcp |
| Tools | About 40 core tools layered, or about 400 flat | Broad doors: analyze, optimize, launch, change |
| Channels | TikTok | TikTok plus Meta, Google Ads, LinkedIn, Reddit, GA4 and SEO |
| Writes | Campaigns, audiences, bidding and creative through the API | Each change an approval card with before and after, applied only on approve |
| New creative | Manages creative you have uploaded | Drafts hooks, scripts and concepts from the ads converting in your account |
| Analysis | Returns data for the model to read | A TikTok specialist compares CPA and CTR across every ad before answering |
If you run TikTok alone and want its data and controls in a chat, TikTok’s own server is the direct route — choose the layered version so 400 tool descriptions do not crowd out your question. Use Sprites when TikTok is one channel of several, when you want the next creative batch drafted, or when every change should wait for an approval your team can see.
Run the first prompt
Ask Cursor this. It routes to a Sprites door, which reads your TikTok Ads account and answers — no account to name, no confirmation to give first.
- With Sprites, which TikTok ads have the lowest CPA this month?
- Ask Sprites for 6 new TikTok hooks based on our top performer.
- Use Sprites to find TikTok ad groups spending with no conversions in 7 days.
- Have Sprites launch a TikTok campaign for the summer bundle at $150/day.
- With Sprites, find TikTok hook ideas in what our customers complain about on Reddit.
Open Cursor Settings → MCP and confirm sprites is listed as connected with its tool count.
What Cursor can do with TikTok Ads
The same doors, whichever client you are in. The campaign and the page it points at live in the same window: change the pricing copy, then have Sprites update the ads that quote it, without a second tool.
Read performance by ad, not just by campaign
Spend, CTR, CPC, conversions and CPA for every ad, so the openings that convert stand apart from the ones that do not.
Keep the batch coming
New hooks and scripts drafted against the ones already earning, in the volume the platform demands.
Rotate before the drop
The day a creative's CPA breaks trend, and what to swap in.
Hooks from real audience language
Pain points and phrasing mined from Reddit threads in your category, turned into openings you can test.
Launch in the right shape
Campaign, ad groups and ads built for TikTok's structure, not a search campaign wearing a costume.
Stop feeding the losers
Ad-group spend moved onto the creatives that convert, with the trade stated in the card.
How approvals work here
Cursor renders tool results as text, so a TikTok change comes back written out rather than as a card. The approval waits for you in Sprites — open it there and the same run continues. Nothing is applied until you approve it.
What it reads
- Campaigns, ad groups, ads and their status
- Spend, impressions, clicks, CTR, CPC, CPM, conversions and CPA
- Per-ad performance for every creative
- Your uploaded videos, images and music
What it can change
- Create campaigns, ad groups and ads
- Budgets, schedules, statuses and targeting
- New hooks and scripts, previewed before they ship
When it does not work in Cursor
Three things go wrong in this client specifically, and each has a one-line fix.
The Connect button does nothing and no request is made.
A known Cursor issue on some builds. Update Cursor, then remove and re-add the server; if it persists, restart Cursor with the config already in place so the connection is made at startup.
Cursor authenticates but every call comes back unauthorized.
The token was issued for a different address. Delete the server entry, restart Cursor, and re-add it with the exact endpoint above — every grant is bound to that one URL, so a variant of it will not be honoured.
The agent invents ad-platform tools instead of calling Sprites.
Name it: "use Sprites to…". Cursor ranks its own tools first, and a generic phrasing loses to the built-in search.
TikTok Ads and Cursor: questions
Which URL do I paste into Cursor?
https://mcp.sprites.ai/mcp. There is one endpoint and every client uses it — every OAuth grant is bound to exactly that address, so a variant of it will not be honoured.
Can Cursor change my TikTok Ads account without asking?
Cursor renders tool results as text, so a TikTok change comes back written out rather than as a card. The approval waits for you in Sprites — open it there and the same run continues. Nothing is applied until you approve it.
Do I need a TikTok Ads API key or developer token?
No. TikTok Ads is connected once inside Sprites through TikTok Ads Manager, and the connector acts on that connection. Cursor never sees a credential for it.
Why Cursor for TikTok Ads specifically?
The campaign and the page it points at live in the same window: change the pricing copy, then have Sprites update the ads that quote it, without a second tool.
Is there an official TikTok Ads MCP server?
Yes. TikTok for Business runs its own hosted MCP server, in two shapes: a flat server with about 400 tools and a layered one with about 40 core tools loaded progressively. It reads and writes TikTok only. Sprites is a separate server that covers TikTok with Meta, Google, LinkedIn and Reddit, drafts new hooks and concepts, and holds every change for approval.
Can it upload video?
It drafts hooks, scripts and concepts and proposes the ad; the video file itself is attached in the approval card before anything publishes.
Keep going
The same Cursor connector reaches every other channel — nothing else to add.
TikTok Ads, from Cursor
Paste one URL, sign in once, and the next TikTok question you ask Cursor gets answered from the live account.