ZenCreator MCP
Written By Leonid
Last updated About 2 hours ago
ZenCreator MCP lets you connect an AI assistant — Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or Claude Code — directly to your ZenCreator account. Instead of clicking through the dashboard, you describe what you want in plain language, and your assistant generates it for you.
What is MCP?
MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open standard that lets AI assistants connect to external tools and data. ZenCreator runs a hosted MCP server, so any MCP-compatible assistant — Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, or Claude Code — can call ZenCreator's generation tools directly, on your behalf, inside the same conversation.
No coding required. If you're comfortable writing code and want direct programmatic control instead, see our Public API article — MCP and the API expose the same underlying tools, just for different audiences.
What this unlocks
Things that take several manual steps in the dashboard become a single instruction:
Chain tools in one prompt
Image → animation → lipsync → upscale — all from one message, with the in-progress result staying in the conversation instead of you downloading and re-uploading between each tool.
Example: "Generate a 9:16 portrait of a smiling barista, animate her waving, then lipsync her saying 'Hi, welcome to Ferro — what'll it be today?'"
What would normally be four separate tools, four uploads, and four waits becomes one request.
Generate at scale
Point your assistant at a spreadsheet, a list, or a folder of photos, and let it iterate for you.
Example: "For each product in products.csv, generate a hero shot in our brand style — soft lighting, white background, 1:1."
Fifty hero shots from one instruction, instead of submitting each one by hand.
Combine with the rest of your workflow
If your assistant is also connected to other tools — a task tracker, documents, spreadsheets — it can pull real information from those and feed it straight into a ZenCreator generation, then deliver the result back where you work.
Example: "Read this week's release notes, generate a header image for each one, and post them to our team channel."
How to connect
Connecting takes about two minutes: add one server URL, then log in once with your existing ZenCreator account. No API keys to paste, nothing to install.
Server URL: https://mcp.zencreator.pro/mcp
Make sure you have a ZenCreator account with credits available — generating through MCP uses the same credit balance as the app. Top up at https://app.zencreator.pro/billing if needed.
Claude.ai (web) or Claude Desktop
Open Settings → Connectors.
Choose Add custom connector.
Paste
https://mcp.zencreator.pro/mcpand save.The first time you use it, your browser opens to log in with your ZenCreator account and approve access. You won't be asked again unless you disconnect.
Claude Code
Add the server globally:
claude mcp add --transport http zencreator https://mcp.zencreator.pro/mcpStart Claude Code, then run
/mcpand follow the login flow in your browser.
Cursor and ChatGPT
Both connect the same way — add the server URL https://mcp.zencreator.pro/mcp in each client's connector/plugin settings, then complete the one-time login. See the full per-client guides at mcp.zencreator.pro/docs if you get stuck.
What happens when you generate
Once connected, just ask in plain language — for example: "Generate an image of a red fox in a snowy forest at dawn. Check my credits and the price first."
A typical generation follows this pattern:
Checks your credit balance — so you know upfront if you have enough.
Estimates the price — and tells you the exact credit cost before generating anything.
Generates — picks the right tool and model for what you asked for, or uses the one you named.
Shows you the result — the finished image or video appears right in the conversation.
Security & credits
No API keys. Authentication uses OAuth 2.1 — you log in through your browser with your existing ZenCreator account, and your assistant never sees or stores a password or key.
Same credits as the app. Generating through MCP draws from the same balance as using ZenCreator directly — nothing extra to pay for, no separate subscription.
FAQ
Which AI assistants can I connect?
Claude (web and desktop), Claude Code, Cursor, and ChatGPT are all supported today.
Do I need an API key?
No. You connect with one server URL and log in once with your existing ZenCreator account.
How does billing work?
Generations through MCP use your existing ZenCreator credit balance — the same as using the tools in the app. There's no separate MCP subscription.
Is MCP secure?
Yes. It uses OAuth 2.1 — you authenticate in your browser with your ZenCreator account, so no API keys or passwords are stored in the client.
Can one request run a full pipeline — like generate, animate, then upscale?
Yes. Your assistant can chain multiple tools in a single conversation, keeping intermediate results in context instead of you exporting and re-uploading between steps.
Does MCP support NSFW content?
The same content rules that apply in the app and the API apply through MCP as well — it depends on the tool and model used.
Video walkthrough
Watch the full setup walkthrough — adding the server URL, logging in, and running your first generation in about two minutes.
▶️ https://zencreator.pro/mcp (video guide under "How do you set up ZenCreator MCP?")