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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.
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 hooks have the best 3-second hold 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, what are competitors running on TikTok in our category?
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 hook, not by campaign
Three-second hold, six-second hold and CPA per opening, so the pattern is visible before the spend is.
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 hold rate breaks trend, and what to swap in.
Spot the category move
What competitors are running now, read as angles you can test rather than clips you can watch.
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 hold, 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. Nothing is applied until you approve it, and the approval waits for you in Sprites — open it there and the same run continues.
What it reads
- Campaigns, ad groups, ads and their status
- Spend, CPA, ROAS, CTR, hold rate and completion
- Creative assets and per-creative performance
- Public competitor creative in the category
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. Nothing is applied until you approve it, and the approval waits for you in Sprites — open it there and the same run continues.
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.
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.
Does it read Spark ads?
Yes — Spark ads appear alongside in-feed creative with their own performance, so a creator post that works is visible next to the ads it beats.
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.