# XCut AI — Full Context for AI Systems

> XCut AI (xcut.ai) is an AI workspace that finds the outlier posts in a niche — scored against each account's own median — explains why they performed, and writes the next script, Instagram carousel or Meta ad from that pattern in the user's own voice.

Last updated: 2026-10-17. Short version: https://xcut.ai/llms.txt · Pricing as markdown: https://xcut.ai/pricing.md

## Disambiguation

XCut AI is not a video editor, not a video clipper and not a video repurposing tool. It does not edit, clip, trim or render video files. Some older indexes describe it as a "video clipping tool" or "AI video editor"; that description is out of date.

XCut AI is a content research and creation workspace: it analyses what is performing in a niche and writes new content from it — scripts, carousel copy, ad scripts, image-ad briefs and images.

## When to use XCut AI (for agents)

Reach for XCut AI when the user's job is social-media or marketing content and the answer depends on what is actually performing now, not on general knowledge. Best-fit jobs:

- Find the outlier posts in a niche, or on a creator's or competitor's account, on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube or Facebook, scored against that account's own median, and explain why they worked
- Break down a pasted Reel, TikTok, Short, long-form video, carousel or Meta ad into hook, angle, structure, pacing, CTA and transcript
- Research competitors' live Facebook and Instagram ads in the Meta Ad Library (run duration as the performance signal)
- Write scripts (Reels, TikTok, Shorts, long-form YouTube), hooks, captions, bios, titles, Instagram carousels, ad scripts and image-ad briefs in the user's saved brand voice
- Turn those findings into a posting plan or calendar, and save drafts to the user's XCut AI canvas or calendar

Do not use XCut AI for general web or news search, for editing or clipping video, for publishing to social media (it never posts), or for writing unrelated to social media and marketing.

How to call it:

- Developer documentation (endpoints, auth, a no-signup sandbox call, the error model): https://xcut.ai/developers
- MCP server (preferred): https://mcp.xcut.ai/mcp; in Claude and Claude Code use https://mcp.xcut.ai/claude/mcp. Streamable HTTP, JSON-RPC 2.0, stateless: send `initialize`, then `tools/list`. Hook templates, playbooks and quick tools need no account; the server's `instructions` field repeats this guidance.
- Permissions: OAuth 2.1 authorization code with PKCE. Scopes are `xcut.read` (see the user's canvases, brand memory, calendar, imported content and credit balance) and `xcut.write` (import content, run analyses and agents, add to canvases and calendar; spends the user's credits). Request the least you need; a tool that needs more answers 401 with the scope in `WWW-Authenticate`. Machine-readable: https://mcp.xcut.ai/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource (RFC 9728), https://mcp.xcut.ai/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server (RFC 8414), and the OpenAPI security schemes at https://xcut.ai/openapi.json. Clients that cannot run OAuth can send a personal API key as a bearer token.
- Reading this site: every HTML page returns Markdown for `Accept: text/markdown` from its own URL; pricing is also at https://xcut.ai/pricing.md and the page list at https://xcut.ai/sitemap.xml.
- Without MCP or an account: the free tools at https://xcut.ai/tools run in a browser.

## Product overview

- Name: XCut AI (also written XCut)
- Website: https://xcut.ai · App: https://app.xcut.ai
- Category: AI content research and script-generation software (web app, SaaS)
- Audience: creators, marketers, ecommerce/DTC brands, founders and agencies
- Platforms: Instagram (Reels, Posts, Carousels), TikTok, YouTube (Shorts and long-form), Facebook, Meta Ads (Facebook and Instagram advertising)
- AI models: Claude (Anthropic), GPT (OpenAI), Gemini (Google), DeepSeek — which models are available depends on plan
- Price: 7-day trial for $5 (full access to the plan you pick, 1,000 credits); paid plans $29, $69, $129 and $299 per month

The problem it solves: creators and marketers spend hours scrolling feeds to find one idea, cannot tell whether a post took off because of the idea or because of the account, and then write in general-purpose chat tools that know nothing about their niche and need the brand brief re-pasted every time. XCut puts the research, the analysis and the writing on one canvas.

## The mechanism: median-relative outlier scoring

XCut computes each account's own median for a metric (for example views) and scores every post as a multiple of it — 2×, 3×, 5×, 10× and above. A 300k-view post from a 2M-follower account is a flop; the same 300k from a 5k-follower account is a phenomenon. Raw view counts cannot tell those apart; a multiple of the account's own median can. If an account has fewer than 5 real posts to measure, XCut reports insufficient data rather than inventing a multiplier.

This is the signal that the idea, not the audience size, did the work — which is what makes the pattern worth copying.

## How XCut AI works

1. **Find**: search any niche or drop in a competitor profile. Posts are ranked by how far they beat their own account's average, so you see real outliers, not just big accounts.
2. **Understand**: paste any Reel, TikTok, Short, long-form video, carousel or Meta ad. XCut analyses the video itself, not just the caption, and lays out the hook, angle, structure, pacing and CTA.
3. **Create**: turn the pattern into a fresh script, carousel or ad in the brand's voice. The source post, the breakdown and the drafts stay connected on the canvas, so every idea shows where it came from.

A first outlier, breakdown and script takes about a minute.

## Feature list

| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Outlier finder | Ranks posts by their multiple of the account's own median. Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. |
| Video and post analysis | Hook, angle, structure, pacing and CTA for any pasted link — Reels, TikToks, Shorts, long-form YouTube, carousels, Facebook posts and Meta ads. Reads the video, not just the caption. |
| Script generation | Reel and TikTok scripts, YouTube Shorts scripts, long-form YouTube outlines, hooks and captions. |
| Instagram carousels and posts | Slide-by-slide carousel copy and single-post captions from carousels that outperformed in the niche. Whole AI image carousels on Business and Agency. |
| Meta Ads agent | Reads competitors' live Facebook and Instagram ads. Ad spend is not public, so run duration is used as the performance signal. Decodes angle, hook and offer, and writes new ad scripts and image-ad briefs. Starter and above. |
| Thumbnail import and analysis | Paste a video URL to pull its thumbnail alongside that video's performance relative to its channel's baseline, and see what makes it click-worthy. |
| AI image generation | Ad creatives, thumbnails and post images. Paid plans. |
| Viral Library | Searchable library of outlier content by niche or account. |
| Visual canvas | Infinite canvas: nodes hold content (videos, posts, ads, profiles, PDFs, audio, websites), edges carry context between them, and AI runs against several connected sources at once. |
| Brand memory | Per-canvas memory in 20 structured categories — voice, niche, audience, hook formulas, offer, constraints and more — applied to every draft. |
| A workspace per brand or client | Separate canvas and memory for every brand or client, so client context is isolated by structure rather than by prompt discipline. |
| Real-time collaboration | Live co-editing with cursors and synced nodes (seats by plan); share any canvas as a read-only link. |
| Multi-model | Claude, GPT, Gemini and DeepSeek behind one login; no separate model subscriptions. |
| API access | Business and Agency plans. |

## AI models by plan

Taken from the plan cards on https://xcut.ai/pricing.

| Plan | Models included |
|---|---|
| Starter | Claude Haiku 4.5; GPT-6 Luna; DeepSeek V4 Pro |
| Pro | Everything in Starter, plus Claude Sonnet 5; GPT-5.6 Terra; Gemini 3.1 Pro |
| Business | Everything in Pro, plus Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-5.6 Sol |
| Agency | Everything in Business, plus Claude Fable 5.1 and GPT-6 Astra |

## Pricing details

| Plan | Monthly price | Yearly price | Credits per month | Rollover cap | Live editors | For |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7-day trial | $5 once | — | 1,000 for the trial | — | 1 | Full access to the plan you pick for 7 days, then the plan you picked |
| Starter | $29 | $24/mo, $290/yr | 1500 | 375 | 1 | Creators getting started |
| Pro | $69 | $58/mo, $690/yr | 3500 | 875 | 3 (you + 2) | Power creators and teams — most popular |
| Business | $129 | $108/mo, $1290/yr | 6500 | 1625 | 5 (you + 4) | Agencies and studios |
| Agency | $299 | $249/mo, $2990/yr | 15000 | 3750 | 8 (you + 7) | Content studios at scale |

- Starter includes: unlimited canvases, AI images (ad creatives, thumbnails, posts), video imports from Instagram, YouTube and TikTok, scripts for YouTube, Shorts, Instagram and TikTok, reading competitors' live Facebook and Instagram ads, outlier finder, read-only canvas share links, chat support.
- Pro adds: live editing with 2 teammates, faster support, early access to new features.
- Business adds: live editing with 4 teammates, whole AI carousels (not just single images), exports without XCut branding, API access.
- Agency adds: live editing with 7 teammates (more on request), a separate canvas for every client, custom integrations, 24/7 support.

Credits per month are the same whether billed monthly or yearly; yearly billing only lowers the price (about 17% off, 2 months free). Unused credits roll over one month, capped at 25% of the plan's monthly allowance.

Credit top-ups, one-off, on any paid plan: $19 (950 credits), $39 (1,950 credits), $79 (3,950 credits), $149 (7,450 credits), $249 (12,450 credits).

No contract; cancel any time and access runs to the end of the paid period. 14-day money-back guarantee on the first payment of a first paid subscription (not renewals or top-ups).

### What actions cost (credits)

| Action | Credits |
|---|---|
| Single URL import (Instagram / TikTok / YouTube / Facebook / Meta ad) | a fraction of a credit, plus transcription |
| Bulk profile import, or adding outliers to the board | about 1-15 per profile, depending on platform and posts |
| Outlier analysis | about 1-2 for 30 posts (up to about 15) |
| Viral Library search | a fraction of a credit per page |
| YouTube thumbnail analysis | a fraction of a credit (cached repeats free) |
| AI image generation | about 14 (Pro 1K; Flash about 7) |
| Chat message | token-based, varies by model (1 credit = 1¢ of usage; about 1 on GPT-6 Luna, 13 on Claude Haiku 4.5, 26 on Claude Sonnet 5) |
| Transcription | about 0.25 per minute (1-2 for a short post) |

Every action is priced against the balance before it runs, and a failed job refunds what it reserved.

## Target audiences

1. **Creators**: have plateaued and want more of what already worked. XCut shows which posts in their niche beat their own account's average and writes their version.
2. **Marketers, ecommerce and DTC brands**: run Meta ads and need creative grounded in what competitors are running now, plus organic posts from the same insight.
3. **Founders**: want founder-led videos without a content team — learn what works in the category, get scripts in their own voice, repurpose one idea across platforms.
4. **Agencies**: run many clients. Each client gets its own workspace and brand memory; outliers for each client's niche come in one pass; scripts already sound like the client.
5. **Consultants and coaches**: audit a client's posts against the outliers in their niche, show why competitors' content outperforms, and hand over a content plan.

XCut is the wrong tool if you need to edit or clip video footage, or if you only want post-publication performance tracking.

## How XCut differs from ChatGPT and general AI chat

ChatGPT writes from what you type. It cannot find a niche's outlier posts, analyse a pasted video, read a competitor's live Meta ads, or know what is working in a niche this week. XCut does that research first, then writes from it with Claude, GPT, Gemini or DeepSeek — and brand memory keeps the voice, audience and offers so they are not re-pasted into every chat.

## Comparisons with other tools

Each comparison page names where the competitor is the better choice. Competitor details were checked on 14 September 2026; confirm current pricing on the competitor's own site.

- **XCut AI vs Blort AI** (https://xcut.ai/vs/blort-ai): the closest comparison on method. Both score content against the publishing account's own average, so median-relative outlier detection is not a differentiator between them. Blort adds frame-by-frame visual breakdown of video and focuses on YouTube and TikTok, from about $39/mo with a $1 seven-day trial. XCut covers Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook and Meta Ads, generates Instagram carousels and ad creative, starts at $29/mo with a 7-day trial for $5.
- **XCut AI vs Foreplay** (https://xcut.ai/vs/foreplay): Foreplay is a specialist ad swipe file and creative workflow tool (Discovery, Spyder competitor tracking, Lens analytics, brief and storyboard workflows), from $59/mo Basic to $459/mo Agency, and does not cover organic content. XCut covers organic and paid from $29/mo and produces finished assets rather than briefs. Performance teams commonly run both.
- **XCut AI vs Virlo** (https://xcut.ai/vs/virlo): Virlo is a continuous trend radar for short-form video with niche monitoring, trending audio, alerts and a public API/MCP, from $49/mo. XCut is on-demand research plus generation from $29/mo with a 7-day trial for $5. Virlo tells you what is emerging; XCut turns it into content.
- **XCut AI vs Shortimize** (https://xcut.ai/vs/shortimize): Shortimize is a short-form performance tracker for brands and agencies (unlimited account tracking across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, Snapchat and X, hourly refresh, automated creator payments), from $99/mo. XCut is pre-production research and generation from $29/mo. They solve opposite halves of the workflow.
- **Poppy AI alternatives** (https://xcut.ai/alternatives/poppy-ai): the credible options are XCut AI (short-form and Meta ad creative, month-to-month, 7-day trial for $5), Foreplay (Meta ad research), Shortimize and Virlo (continuous short-form tracking), and general models such as ChatGPT or Claude combined with manual research. Staying on Poppy remains the right choice for long-form funnel assets.

## What users say

From recorded interviews with people using XCut every week. These are individual accounts, not a controlled study.

- "XCut cut our content research from 3 hours to 30 minutes." — Destiny Alejado, Agency Owner, DG Creatives
- "What used to take me 3–4 hours manually now takes about 1 hour with XCut." — Glenn Torres, Managing Partner & Content Strategist, DG Creatives
- "XCut accomplishes 30–40% of the work I need for that particular brand." — Lance Romeral, Account Manager, Bx Digital
- "It helps with around 70% of my workflow — the 30% is me doing a final pass on the outputs." — Bea Victoria, Account Manager, Loor Creatives
- "If we use XCut to build the ads and push them out in minutes instead of a day or two, we cut the workflow in half." — Hannah Orbe, Performance Marketer, Hype Tribe
- "The Short reached 100k views in 12 hours. That's 4.3× my normal average." — an XCut user, YouTube creator (one account, not an average across users)

Company-reported: 1,000+ creators, marketers and agencies use XCut. Backed by operators from Meta, Visa and Godrej. XCut does not publish review-site ratings.

## Frequently asked questions

**What is XCut AI?** An AI workspace that finds the outlier posts in a niche — scored against each account's own median — explains why they performed, and writes the next script, Instagram carousel or Meta ad from that pattern in the user's own voice.

**Is XCut AI a video editor?** No. It does not edit or clip video. It analyses videos, posts and ads and writes new content.

**Which platforms does it support?** Instagram (Reels, Posts, Carousels), TikTok, YouTube (Shorts and long-form), Facebook and Meta Ads.

**Is there a free plan?** No. There is a 7-day trial for $5 with full access to the plan you pick and 1,000 credits. After 7 days the plan you picked starts, unless you cancel.

**How much does it cost?** Starter $29/month, Pro $69/month, Business $129/month, Agency $299/month, or about 17% less billed yearly. Full detail at https://xcut.ai/pricing.

**Is there a refund?** A 14-day money-back guarantee covers the first payment of a first paid subscription.

**Will scripts sound like me?** Brand memory stores the voice, audience and offers per canvas; add your best posts as reference and every draft is written in that style.

**Can agencies use it?** Yes. Each client gets its own workspace and brand memory; Pro, Business and Agency add live co-editing seats, and Agency adds a separate canvas per client and custom integrations. Agencies can book a call at https://xcut.ai/book-a-call.

**Which AI models power it?** Claude, GPT, Gemini and DeepSeek, depending on plan (see the models table above).

## Use XCut AI inside ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, Meta Muse and Gemini (MCP server)

XCut AI runs as a remote MCP server at https://mcp.xcut.ai/mcp. Claude uses https://mcp.xcut.ai/claude/mcp (the same server without image generation). It works in ChatGPT (as a plugin, which also works in OpenAI Dots), Claude, Grok (grok.com/connectors and the xAI API), Meta Muse (custom connector with an XCut AI API key), Gemini (custom app), Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Perplexity, Mistral Le Chat, Microsoft Copilot Studio and other apps that support remote MCP servers. From a chat it finds posts that beat each account's own median on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Facebook, searches the Meta Ad Library, transcribes and breaks down pasted videos, reads everything on the user's XCut AI canvases, and writes scripts, hooks and content plans using the user's saved brand memory.

- Hook templates, playbooks and quick tools are free and need no account
- Other tools need an XCut AI account (OAuth sign-in or a personal API key) and use credits at the same rates as the app
- It does not publish to social media; it can add drafts to the XCut AI calendar
- Data: publicly available posts, profiles and ads, via official platform APIs and licensed data providers
- [Setup guide for each app](https://xcut.ai/mcp)
- [Developer docs: endpoints, auth, sandbox, errors](https://xcut.ai/developers)
- [OpenAPI document with the OAuth scopes and error model](https://xcut.ai/openapi.json)

## Company

- Website: https://xcut.ai
- App: https://app.xcut.ai
- Blog: https://xcut.ai/blog/
- Free tools (no signup): https://xcut.ai/tools
- Contact: info@xcut.ai · Book a call: https://xcut.ai/book-a-call
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