Post, Find Outliers, and Track Sales from Cursor
Keep coding while Cursor's Agent handles the announcement: it drafts and schedules posts, builds tracked links, pulls your offer numbers, and finds outlier videos in your niche through ViewsMax.
Around 3 minutes.
How to connect ViewsMax to Cursor
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Link the accounts you publish to
≈2 min · one-timeSign up for ViewsMax, go to Dashboard → Connections, and link each channel. The platform logins happen inside ViewsMax, so your AI only ever holds a ViewsMax permission — and new channels you add later show up for it straight away.
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Plug ViewsMax into Cursor
≈2 min · one-time- aGenerate an API key
In ViewsMax, open Settings → AI Assistant Access and create a key — full access to publish, read-only for reporting. It begins with vmx_ and is only displayed once.
- bAdd it to Cursor
Save this in ~/.cursor/mcp.json so every project can use ViewsMax, then restart Cursor. A project-level .cursor/mcp.json works too — just keep a file containing your key out of git.
~/.cursor/mcp.json{ "mcpServers": { "viewsmax": { "url": "https://api.viewsmax.com/api/mcp", "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer vmx_YOUR_KEY" } } } }
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Run a quick test
≈30 secOpen a new conversation and paste this. The reply proves the connection works and gives you your channel names to reuse in later requests.
Which of my social accounts can you reach through ViewsMax?
Got two accounts on the same platform? Name the one you mean ("my @brand Instagram") so your AI doesn't have to stop and ask.
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Give it a real job
≈1 minCursor checks with you before touching your account. Want something live straight away? Just say so. Would rather look first? Ask for a draft.
Turn the README's feature list into a LinkedIn post and a shorter X version, and keep both as ViewsMax drafts.
Example replyPulled six features from README.md and saved two ViewsMax drafts: a LinkedIn post with a bullet list, and a one-line X version. Want them scheduled?
What happens next- Before it uses a ViewsMax tool that changes something, Cursor asks for your OK.
- ViewsMax stores the post as a draft, or queues it for the time you gave.
- At publish time ViewsMax sends it to each channel separately and keeps a result per platform, so one failure never blocks the rest.
What can you ask Cursor to do?
Put this on my LinkedIn and Bluesky for Thursday at 8:30am my time: "Our free content calendar template is out — grab it from the link in my bio."
Take the video at https://example.com/reel.mp4 and make it an Instagram Reel and a TikTok draft. Give TikTok a shorter caption than Instagram.
I'm promoting my ebook at https://example.com/ebook. Set it up as an offer with sales as the goal, and make separate tracked links for YouTube and Instagram.
Rank my offers by revenue for the past 30 days and tell me which traffic source is actually converting.
Pull YouTube outliers in personal finance from this month and explain the hook behind the top three. Save the best one to my library.
What's going out this weekend? Push anything on X back by two hours.
Which platforms can Cursor post to?
Media is added by link. A channel has to be linked in ViewsMax before Cursor can use it.
Troubleshooting
The server appears but has no tools
Check the key sits right after "Bearer " with no stray spaces and hasn't been rotated, then restart Cursor.
Reads work, but posting is refused
The connection was approved as read-only. Reconnect and pick full access on the ViewsMax approval screen, or swap in a full-access API key.
Media won't upload
Uploading a file into the chat window isn't enough — ViewsMax downloads media from a link. Host the file at a public https address that serves the file itself, not a preview page. Accepted: JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF, MP4, MOV.
A channel isn't listed
Link it under Dashboard → Connections in ViewsMax (your AI can also hand you a connect link), then run the test prompt again.
One platform published, another didn't
Each platform is published separately in the background and keeps its own status. Ask for the status of that post to see the exact error the platform sent back.
Frequently asked questions
Can Cursor post to social media?
Yes, once ViewsMax is connected. Cursor can't log in to Instagram, TikTok or any other platform itself, so ViewsMax acts as the bridge: Cursor drafts, times and sends out posts on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, X, LinkedIn, Threads, Bluesky through the channels you've linked in ViewsMax.
Does Cursor see my social media passwords?
Never. Your platform logins never leave ViewsMax. Cursor holds a ViewsMax permission — read-only or full, your choice — and every action it takes is logged under Settings → AI Assistant Access.
Will Cursor post without asking me?
Cursor checks with you before it runs anything that changes your account. If you want an extra safety net, tell it to keep everything as drafts and approve them yourself in ViewsMax.
How much does it cost?
Connecting an AI agent costs nothing extra. What it can do follows your ViewsMax plan, such as monthly posts and active offers. The free plan is $0, and paid plans start at $29 a month — compare them on viewsmax.com.
What is MCP, and why does ViewsMax use it?
MCP (Model Context Protocol) is the open standard AI apps use to call outside tools. ViewsMax runs an MCP server, so any agent that speaks MCP gets the same 30 tools — posting, offers, analytics and outlier research — after a single sign-in.
What else can it do besides posting?
Quite a lot. The same connection sets up offers and tracked links, reports clicks, booked calls, sign-ups and revenue per offer, and digs into outlier videos on YouTube, TikTok and Instagram with an AI breakdown of each.
How do I revoke Cursor's access?
Rotate the API key under Settings → AI Assistant Access in ViewsMax. The previous key stops working at once.
Using a different AI agent?
From one chat to every channel
Link your accounts once. After that, publishing, tracked links and sales reports are a message away.