--- title: "Hootsuite MCP server for AI agents - actionlake" description: "Give Claude 46 Hootsuite actions through one MCP server: messages, organization members. Your agent never holds the credential. 100,000 calls a month free." canonical: https://actionlake.com/connectors/hootsuite updated: 2026-10-23 --- Connectors · Marketing & media # Hootsuite MCP server for AI agents. actionlake is an MCP gateway: one remote MCP server that connects Claude and other MCP clients to Hootsuite and the rest of your systems. It gives your agent 46 Hootsuite actions (29 reads, 15 writes and 2 that wait for a confirmation) and holds the Hootsuite credential itself, so the agent never does. It paces Hootsuite's limits and records every call. Connecting Hootsuite needs your own Hootsuite OAuth app and one admin sign-in. [Connect Hootsuite free](https://actionlake.com/console?start=sandbox) [See pricing](https://actionlake.com/pricing) 100,000 free calls a month. No card, no email, no password: press Start a free sandbox on the next screen and keep the key it shows you. `claude mcp add --transport http actionlake https://connect.actionlake.com/mcp` the first call ``` do { action: "hootsuite.social_profiles.list", intent: "check which Hootsuite account is connected" } # Retrieve social profiles · read · 1 upstream call ``` - 46 actions in one signed file - 29 read look, never change - 15 write create and update - 2 wait for a yes destructive, confirmed first Set up ## Connect Hootsuite in three steps. 1. 01 ### Add actionlake to Claude. Run the command once in Claude Code; its consent page can create a free sandbox: 100,000 calls a month, no card. In the Claude app, add a custom connector with the URL below and paste your key on the consent page. Creating a new sandbox from the Claude app is not yet tested by us. `https://connect.actionlake.com/mcp` 2. 02 ### Connect Hootsuite. OAuth 2.0, authorization code. You register your own OAuth app with Hootsuite, an admin signs in once, and you paste the app's client id and secret and the tokens from that sign-in; actionlake renews the access token from then on. actionlake stores what you paste write-only, sealed under your tenant's key. Before the first sign-in, Hootsuite needs an OAuth app of your own, registered in its developer portal. actionlake has no Hootsuite app to lend you. - `access_token` Access token from one sign-in with your own OAuth app - `refresh_token` Refresh token from the same sign-in; the access token is renewed from it - `client_id` Hootsuite app client ID: register an app at developer.hootsuite.com (My Apps > Create New App, API access approved… - `client_secret` Hootsuite app client secret (same app page) ``` account { op: "connections.requirements", service: "hootsuite" } # free: exactly what to paste, and what is found for you ``` 3. 03 ### Make the first call. Check before a write. Ask in plain words; Claude picks the action. Before anything changes, `check` validates the call and prices it, for free. ``` do { action: "hootsuite.social_profiles.list" } # retrieve social profiles · read · 1 upstream call check { action: "hootsuite.members.create", input: { … } } # free: inputs, permissions, cost and confirmations, nothing sent ``` Hootsuite at a glance **Sign-in** OAuth 2.0, authorization code. You register your own OAuth app with Hootsuite, an admin signs in once, and you paste the app's client id and secret and the tokens from that sign-in; actionlake renews the access token from then on. **You provide** `access_token` `refresh_token` `client_id` `client_secret` **Limits we pace to** 300 calls a minute, per connection **API covered** Hootsuite REST API v1 (Swagger 2.0, apidocs.hootsuite.com/docs/api/swagger.yaml) plus SCIM 2.0`platform.hootsuite.com` **Built from** Hootsuite's documentation, read 23 October 2026[apidocs.hootsuite.com](https://apidocs.hootsuite.com/docs/api/swagger.yaml) [apidocs.hootsuite.com](https://apidocs.hootsuite.com/docs/api/index.html) **Service file** Version 1.0.0, signed (Ed25519) **Cached reads** 28 of 29 reads, for up to 5 minutes; a write clears what it affects **Shared entities** 2, so ask can line Hootsuite up with your other systems **Data** Processed and stored in Sydney, Australia. No US region yet Capabilities ## What an AI agent can do in Hootsuite. 46 actions in 12 areas. Every one carries its effect, so a key can allow the reads and hold the rest. - **29** read look, never change - **15** write create and update - **2** destructive wait for a confirmation 1. ### Messages 7 3 read · 3 write · 1 destructive Schedule messages · Retrieve outbound messages · Retrieve message · Delete message 2. ### Organization members 6 5 read · 0 write · 1 destructive Retrieve organization members · Retrieve org member’s social profiles · Retrieve org member's teams · Retrieve org member's organization permissions 3. ### Scim groups 5 2 read · 3 write · 0 destructive Create Group · Get Groups · Get Group · Replace Group 4. ### Scim users 5 2 read · 3 write · 0 destructive Get Users · Create User · Get User · Replace User 5. ### Me 4 4 read · 0 write · 0 destructive Retrieve authenticated member · Retrieve authenticated member's ad accounts · Retrieve authenticated member's organizations · Retrieve authenticated member's social profiles 6. ### Teams 4 3 read · 1 write · 0 destructive Retrieve organization teams · Create team · Retrieve team · Retrieve org team’s social profiles 7. ### Comments 3 1 read · 2 write · 0 destructive Approve comment · Retrieve comment · Reject comment 8. ### Members 3 2 read · 1 write · 0 destructive Create member · Retrieve member · Retrieve member's organizations **4 more areas · 9 actions** - Social profiles **3** - Team members **3** - Media **2** - Scim resource types **1** Top actions ## The Hootsuite API, shaped for agents. The ids your agent types, what each does, and the one name it shares with other systems. 15 of Hootsuite's 15 action names are shared with at least one other connector, so an agent learns them once. | Action | What it does | Effect | Same name in | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `hootsuite.teams.list` Retrieve organization teams | Retrieve organization teams. | read | `identity.group.list` 262 connectors | | `hootsuite.members.create` Create member | Create member. | write | `identity.user.create` 262 connectors | | `hootsuite.teams.create` Create team | Create team. | write | `identity.group.create` 205 connectors | | `hootsuite.members.get` Retrieve member | Retrieve member. | read | `identity.user.get` 399 connectors | | `hootsuite.me.get` Retrieve authenticated member | Retrieve authenticated member. | read | `identity.current_user.get` 307 connectors | | `hootsuite.team_members.list` Retrieve team members | Retrieve team members. | read | `identity.group_member.list` 103 connectors | | `hootsuite.messages.schedule` Schedule messages | Schedule messages. | write | `comm.social_post.create` 11 connectors | | `hootsuite.messages.list` Retrieve outbound messages | Retrieve outbound messages. | read | `comm.social_post.list` 9 connectors | | `hootsuite.team_members.add` Add member to team | Add member to team. | write | `identity.group_member.add` 72 connectors | | `hootsuite.social_profiles.list` Retrieve social profiles | Retrieve social profiles. | read | `comm.social_account.list` 4 connectors | | `hootsuite.messages.delete` Delete message | Delete message. | destructive | `comm.social_post.delete` 10 connectors | | `hootsuite.social_profiles.get` Retrieve social profile | Retrieve social profile. | read | `comm.social_account.get` 2 connectors | Try it ## Prompts to paste into Claude. Each one names the Hootsuite actions it will call, so you know what it reads and what it changes before you send it. 1. Read read Who has access in Hootsuite? List every user and their role. calls `hootsuite.scim_users.list` 2. Write write Create member in Hootsuite. Show me exactly what you will send before you save it. calls `hootsuite.members.create` Governance for Hootsuite ## Destructive actions wait for a yes. 2 Hootsuite actions are destructive. These are all of them: - Delete message `hootsuite.messages.delete` - Remove member from organization `hootsuite.organization_members.remove` A destructive action runs only with `confirm: true`. Under the `human` policy the agent cannot confirm for itself: the run stops until a named person approves, in the console or from a signed link in an email. The cap on a key is refused before the call is sent, never after. do hootsuite.messages.delete confirm_policy: **human** Delete message? **intent:** the user asked me to delete message run suspended · waiting for a named person · key _hootsuite-agent_ cannot confirm itself In the console, or from an emailed signed link. a key for this connector ``` account { op: "keys.create", name: "hootsuite-agent", allowed_actions: ["hootsuite.*"], cap_calls: 2000, confirm_policy: "human_for_writes", approval_rules: [ { match: "hootsuite.messages.delete", approver: "lead@example.com" }, { match: "hootsuite.organization_members.remove", approver: "lead@example.com" } ] } ``` Illustrative. Scoped to Hootsuite only, capped at 2,000 upstream calls, every write confirmed, and the destructive ones approved by a named person. Cost ## What Hootsuite costs on actionlake. Every Hootsuite action is one upstream call, the only thing actionlake bills. Searching, `check`, `cost`, `account` and any call Hootsuite refused with 401, 403, 429 or a 5xx are free. Paid plans start at US$49 a month for 250,000 calls, with overage from US$0.30 down to US$0.18 per 1,000. - 1 upstream call per action all 46 Hootsuite actions - 46 actions page each page of a long list is one call - 28 reads can be cached a cache hit costs nothing - 100,000 calls a month, free paid plans from US$49 a month for 250,000 [See pricing](https://actionlake.com/pricing) Action index ## Every Hootsuite action. 46 actions by area: the id your agent calls, what it does, and its effect. **Messages 7** - `hootsuite.messages.approve` Approve message write - `hootsuite.messages.delete` Delete message destructive - `hootsuite.messages.get` Retrieve message read - `hootsuite.messages.get_history` Get message review history read - `hootsuite.messages.list` Retrieve outbound messages read - `hootsuite.messages.reject` Reject message write - `hootsuite.messages.schedule` Schedule messages write **Organization members 6** - `hootsuite.organization_members.get_permissions` Retrieve org member's organization permissions read - `hootsuite.organization_members.get_social_profile_permissions` Retrieve org member’s social profile permissions read - `hootsuite.organization_members.list` Retrieve organization members read - `hootsuite.organization_members.list_social_profiles` Retrieve org member’s social profiles read - `hootsuite.organization_members.list_teams` Retrieve org member's teams read - `hootsuite.organization_members.remove` Remove member from organization destructive **Scim groups 5** - `hootsuite.scim_groups.create` Create Group write - `hootsuite.scim_groups.get` Get Group read - `hootsuite.scim_groups.list` Get Groups read - `hootsuite.scim_groups.patch` Modify Group write - `hootsuite.scim_groups.replace` Replace Group write **Scim users 5** - `hootsuite.scim_users.create` Create User write - `hootsuite.scim_users.get` Get User read - `hootsuite.scim_users.list` Get Users read - `hootsuite.scim_users.patch` Modify User write - `hootsuite.scim_users.replace` Replace User write **Me 4** - `hootsuite.me.get` Retrieve authenticated member read - `hootsuite.me.list_ad_accounts` Retrieve authenticated member's ad accounts read - `hootsuite.me.list_organizations` Retrieve authenticated member's organizations read - `hootsuite.me.list_social_profiles` Retrieve authenticated member's social profiles read **Teams 4** - `hootsuite.teams.create` Create team write - `hootsuite.teams.get` Retrieve team read - `hootsuite.teams.list` Retrieve organization teams read - `hootsuite.teams.list_social_profiles` Retrieve org team’s social profiles read **Comments 3** - `hootsuite.comments.approve` Approve comment write - `hootsuite.comments.get` Retrieve comment read - `hootsuite.comments.reject` Reject comment write **Members 3** - `hootsuite.members.create` Create member write - `hootsuite.members.get` Retrieve member read - `hootsuite.members.list_organizations` Retrieve member's organizations read **Social profiles 3** - `hootsuite.social_profiles.get` Retrieve social profile read - `hootsuite.social_profiles.list` Retrieve social profiles read - `hootsuite.social_profiles.list_teams` Retrieve social profile's teams read **Team members 3** - `hootsuite.team_members.add` Add member to team write - `hootsuite.team_members.get_permissions` Retrieve team member's permissions read - `hootsuite.team_members.list` Retrieve team members read **Media 2** - `hootsuite.media.create_upload_url` Create media upload url write - `hootsuite.media.get` Retrieve media upload status read **Scim resource types 1** - `hootsuite.scim_resource_types.list` Get Resource Types read Questions ## The Hootsuite MCP server, answered. **Is there a Hootsuite MCP server for Claude?** Yes. actionlake is an MCP gateway: a remote MCP server that gives Claude, or another MCP client, 46 Hootsuite actions across messages, organization members, scim groups and scim users, through the same eight tools it uses for every other connector. actionlake is independent; it is not made or endorsed by Hootsuite. **What do I need to connect Hootsuite?** Your own Hootsuite OAuth app, registered with Hootsuite (its client id and client secret), and the access and refresh tokens from one admin sign-in. actionlake has no Hootsuite app of its own, so this is not a one-step consent. actionlake renews the access token as it expires. The free call account { op: "connections.requirements", service: "hootsuite" } lists exactly what to paste. **Can an AI agent delete or change things in Hootsuite?** Only if its key allows it, and only with an explicit confirmation. 2 Hootsuite actions are destructive, including delete message and remove member from organization. Each runs only with confirm: true. Under the human confirm policy, or an approval rule on the key, the run waits until a named person approves it. **Will an AI agent use up my Hootsuite API limit?** actionlake paces every call to the limits in the Hootsuite service file: 300 calls a minute per connection. Repeated reads are answered from cache (28 Hootsuite actions can be), which never reaches Hootsuite. **What does a Hootsuite action cost?** One upstream call, the only unit actionlake bills. A list that pages bills one call per page (46 Hootsuite actions page). Cache hits, searches, dry runs and calls Hootsuite refused with 401, 403, 429 or a 5xx are free. The Free plan includes 100,000 calls a month with no card. Paid plans start at US$49 a month for 250,000 calls, with overage from US$0.30 down to US$0.18 per 1,000. **Which Hootsuite API does it cover?** The Hootsuite REST API v1 (Swagger 2.0, apidocs.hootsuite.com/docs/api/swagger.yaml) plus SCIM 2.0 at platform.hootsuite.com. It is built from Hootsuite's documentation as read on 23 October 2026. 46 actions in 12 areas, each one in the signed service file (version 1.0.0). **Does actionlake keep my Hootsuite data, and where?** actionlake processes and stores data in Sydney, Australia; there is no US region yet. Reads may be cached for up to 5 minutes, and a write clears the reads it affects. Each run's request and response is kept, sealed, for your plan's trace window: 1 day on Free, 3 days on Starter, 7 days on Pro, 14 days on Team, 30 days on Business and 30 days on Enterprise. Your Hootsuite credential is sealed under your tenant's key, never logged and never returned. Your traffic is not used to train models. **Which AI clients can use it?** Claude Code, tested by us end to end, and the Claude app as a custom connector, tested by us with an existing key. Other MCP clients that support remote servers over Streamable HTTP (MCP revisions 2025-06-18 and 2025-11-25) and OAuth dynamic client registration, or a bearer header, should connect the same way; we have not tested them. Or plain REST, under the same action names. ## More connectors like Hootsuite Shares the most action names with - [Buffer 7](https://actionlake.com/connectors/buffer) - [Yext 7](https://actionlake.com/connectors/yext) - [Ayrshare 5](https://actionlake.com/connectors/ayrshare) - [Fireflies.ai 5](https://actionlake.com/connectors/fireflies-ai) - [Ahrefs 4](https://actionlake.com/connectors/ahrefs) - [Sprout Social 4](https://actionlake.com/connectors/sprout-social) Joins with, on shared entities - [HaloPSA 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/halopsa) - [Slack 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/slack) - [Microsoft 365 Users 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/microsoft-365-users) - [ServiceNow 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/servicenow) - [Fortinet FortiGate 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/fortinet-fortigate) - [Genesys Cloud CX 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/genesys-cloud-cx) Browse - [All Marketing & media connectors](https://actionlake.com/connectors/category/marketing-and-media) - [All connectors](https://actionlake.com/connectors) - [How actionlake compares](https://actionlake.com/compare) actionlake is independent. It is not made or endorsed by Hootsuite; the name is the vendor's own. Counts are from the Hootsuite service file, version 1.0.0. ## Give your agent Hootsuite today. [Connect Hootsuite free](https://actionlake.com/console?start=sandbox) [See pricing](https://actionlake.com/pricing) Start free - 100,000 calls/month, no card. No signup. Hard caps on every key. Cached answers are free. --- Source: https://actionlake.com/connectors/hootsuite More: https://actionlake.com/llms.txt