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X launches hosted MCP server so AI tools can plug into its API directly

https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/06/x-hosted-mcp-server-ai-tools-api.avif

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X now offers a hosted MCP server that lets AI tools like Claude and Cursor connect to its API directly, joining GitHub, Slack, and Stripe in the MCP wave.

X has launched a hosted Model Context Protocol server that lets AI tools like Claude, Cursor, and Grok Build connect directly to its API using a user’s own account permissions. The move eliminates the integration work developers previously had to do on their own, from building a custom MCP server to handling authentication. X joins a growing list of platforms including GitHub, Slack, Notion, Stripe, and Salesforce that now offer official MCP endpoints.

MCP is the open standardintroduced by Anthropic in late 2024 that defines how AI models connect to external tools and services. Before X’s hosted server, developers who wanted an AI assistant to access the platform had to build their own MCP server, host it, wire it...

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