Find and analyze influencers with creator search, lookalikes, profiles, posts, and transcripts.

How do I install Influship?

Clone Influship from https://github.com/Influship/influship-mcp and configure it as an MCP server in your client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, or VS Code).

Is Influship open source?

Yes, Influship is open source under the MIT license. Source code is available at https://github.com/Influship/influship-mcp.

What category does Influship belong to?

Influship is listed under Search & Knowledge MCP servers on MCPFind.

Influship — MCP Server for Search & Knowledge

Influship MCP

AI-native creator discovery for influencer marketing workflows. Influship gives ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, Codex, VS Code, and other MCP-compatible agents typed tools for creator search, lookalikes, profile lookup, post lookup, and Instagram post transcript analysis.

What Agents Can Do

Search for creators by audience, niche, location, platform, and campaign-fit criteria.
Find creator lookalikes from known winners or competitor talent lists.
Resolve creator profiles and social handles across Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube-oriented workflows.
Pull creator records, posts, and Instagram transcript data into briefs, prospecting lists, market maps, and outreach research.

Remote Server

Use the hosted Streamable HTTP server when your MCP client supports remote MCP:

claude mcp add influship --transport http https://mcp.influship.com/mcp --header "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"

NPX / Stdio

Use the npm package for clients that only support stdio:

INFLUSHIP_API_KEY=YOUR_KEY npx -y @influship/mcp

The package is a small stdio bridge to the hosted Influship MCP server. It keeps the data, auth, billing, and rate limits on the same production API surface as the remote server.

For local development or staging:

INFLUSHIP_API_KEY=YOUR_KEY INFLUSHIP_MCP_URL=http://localhost:8080/mcp npx -y @influship/mcp

Client Config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "influship": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@influship/mcp"],
      "env": {
        "INFLUSHIP_API_KEY": "YOUR_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Tools

search_creators
autocomplete_creators
find_lookalike_creators
match_creators
get_creator
get_profile
lookup_profiles
get_posts
Instagram post and transcript tools when enabled on the hosted MCP server

Publishing

The official MCP Registry metadata lives in server.json and advertises both the hosted Streamable HTTP server and the npm stdio package.

pnpm install
pnpm test
pnpm build
npm publish --access public

After npm publish, submit server.json with the official MCP Registry publisher and use this repository URL for directory submissions.

Set up in your AI client

AI clientOperating system

Merge this template into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json. Keep existing servers. Add any arguments, credentials, and permissions required by the maintainer; this template has not been install-tested.

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-influship-influship-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@influship/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop completely for changes to take effect. Confirm the server appears connected in the client’s tool list, then try a read-only example from its documentation.

Claude Desktop setup reference

Compatible MCP Clients

Influship works with any MCP-compatible client. Copy the config snippet from the Configuration section above and add it to the file shown for your client, then restart the application.

Claude Desktop~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.jsonRestart Claude Desktop completely for changes to take effect.

Cursor~/.cursor/mcp.jsonRestart Cursor for changes to take effect.

VS Code.vscode/mcp.jsonReload VS Code window for changes to take effect.

Windsurf~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.jsonRestart Windsurf for changes to take effect.

Claude Code.mcp.jsonSave at the project root, then start Claude Code in that project and review the MCP server approval prompt. Keep real credentials out of shared files.

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