Connect Hootsuite to Claude Code

Make Claude draft and schedule posts across your profiles in Hootsuite. From the terminal, inside the sessions where you already work.

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How do you connect Hootsuite to Claude Code?

Claude Code reaches outside tools through MCP servers. To connect Hootsuite, you add a Hootsuite MCP server: a small hosted service that exposes Hootsuite's data and actions over the Model Context Protocol. With a custom connector we build for you, that is one command in the terminal, then an OAuth sign-in with your own Hootsuite account. No API keys pasted into config files.

claude mcp add --transport http hootsuite https://your-connector-url/mcp

Then run /mcp inside a Claude Code session to sign in. Add it with --scope project and the connector is checked into the repo for your whole team.

What can Claude Code do in Hootsuite once connected?

Full read-write Hootsuite access lets Claude draft posts for a chosen profile, schedule them into your queue, propose a content calendar across networks, remove a queued post (or delete and schedule a new one in its place), and pull message and profile data for review, all once you approve. The drafting and scheduling that used to mean dashboard clicks happen where the work belongs.

Draft a post and stage it as a scheduled message for a chosen social profile
Schedule queued posts across multiple networks after you approve
Remove a queued message before it publishes, then schedule a replacement
Pull scheduled and published messages for a profile to review the calendar
List connected social profiles and their available posting slots
Export message and engagement data for analysis

One connector, every Claude surface

The connector we build is a remote MCP server, which is the same standard claude.ai and Claude Desktop use. Add it once and the same Hootsuite access works in Claude Code for you, in claude.ai for the rest of the team, and in Claude Desktop. One build, one set of permissions, one monthly plan covering all of them.

Build it yourself, or have it built?

If you live in the terminal, you can absolutely write your own MCP server against the Hootsuite API. The protocol is open. What you take on is everything around the happy path: OAuth token refresh, hosting, monitoring, keeping up when Hootsuite changes its API and when the MCP spec itself moves, and scoping write actions so an agent can never do more than you intended. We build Hootsuite connectors with separated read and write tools and approval gates on destructive actions, then host and maintain them so they keep working while you work.

Frequently asked questions

Does the same Hootsuite connector work in claude.ai and Claude Code?

Yes. It is one remote MCP server. Claude Code adds it with a single "claude mcp add" command; claude.ai and Claude Desktop add it as a custom connector in Settings. Each person signs in with their own Hootsuite account, so access always matches what that person can already see and do.

Do I need to host or maintain anything myself?

No. The connector runs as a hosted service we operate: we handle uptime, token health, API changes on Hootsuite's side, and MCP spec migrations under the monthly plan. Your side is one command in the terminal and an OAuth sign-in.

Is it safe to give a coding agent write access to Hootsuite?

Write access is scoped, not blanket. Read tools and write tools are separated, destructive actions like deleting or sending are gated behind your explicit approval, and the connector can never exceed the permissions of the Hootsuite account it signs in with. Revoking access is one click in Hootsuite.

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