# Kolect Creator Search

> Search 300M+ TikTok, Instagram and YouTube creators by brief; check fake followers; get emails.

- name: ai.kolect.app/creator-search
- version: 1.0.0
- connection class: R1 (autonomous)
- trust: 83/100 flags: no-repository
- quality: 85/100 (new)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/ai.kolect.app%2Fcreator-search
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/ai.kolect.app%2Fcreator-search/tools

**An agent can connect on its own if it already holds `kolect_api_key`.** Remote endpoint behind a static API key or header. The registry never sees the value; the agent fills the placeholder.

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "creator-search": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://app.kolect.ai/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${kolect_api_key}"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Placeholders to fill: `${kolect_api_key}`.

## Trust

- hygiene: 80
- liveness: 100
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 55
- drivers: +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-100% +updated-5d-ago -no-repository
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 85/100 (new)

### protocol: 75 (weight 25)

- warn `protocol.modern`: newest supported version is 2025-11-25; 2026-07-28 not supported, older versions are deprecated until 2027-07-28
- n/a `protocol.stateless`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers
- pass `protocol.transport`: streamable HTTP
- n/a `protocol.list_ttl`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers

### authorization: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `auth.prm`, `auth.as_metadata`, `auth.cimd`: no remote uses OAuth
- n/a `auth.secret_in_url`: no templated URL

### tool hygiene: 93 (weight 30)

- pass `tools.descriptions`: every tool has a description
- pass `tools.description_length`: descriptions are concise
- pass `tools.schemas`: every tool has an object input schema
- pass `tools.annotations`: 9 of 9 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
- warn `tools.directory_hints`: 6 of 9 tools declare all four hints; missing: get_search_results (destructiveHint, idempotentHint); list_saved_creators (destructiveHint, idempotentHint); get_account (destructiveHint, idempotentHint)
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 1,834 tokens to load every tool
- pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump

### stability: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `stability.changes`, `stability.rug_pull`: tool history recorded for 5 of the 7 days needed

### dependencies: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `deps.known_vulns`, `deps.mcp_sdk_version`, `deps.resolvable`: no npm or PyPI package

- tools: 9, about 1,834 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: 28cdd1ebecfc4d5763d53f40a27c7550
- tools last changed: 2026-10-16T21:15:32.366Z
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/ai.kolect.app/creator-search.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/ai.kolect.app/creator-search)
- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

- 2026-10-16 `save_creators` changed (description, inputSchema)
  - before: Save creators to the user's Kolect favorites, optionally into a collection (an existing collection's name or id; a new name creates it). Free. Creator ids must come from this user's searches (pass search_id), lookups or saved creators. Saved creators appear on the Kolect website, where the user can export them as CSV.
  - after: Save creators to the user's Kolect favorites, optionally into a collection (an existing collection's name or id; a new name creates it). Free. Creator ids must come from this user's searches (pass search_id), lookups or saved creators. Saved creators appear on the Kolect website, where the user can export them as CSV. Pass quotes to record the rate the user actually got from a creator (shown only to this user as 'my quote').

Full history: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/ai.kolect.app%2Fcreator-search/changes

## Remotes

- https://app.kolect.ai/mcp (streamable-http, auth api_key ${kolect_api_key}, reachable true, uptime30d 1)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (9)

- `check_fake_followers`: Estimate how real up to 20 creators' followers are, from public views, engagement, likes and following. Creator ids must come from this user's searches (pass search_id), lookups or saved creators. The first checks each day are free (see get_account), then 5 credits each; creators without enough data cost nothing; results from the last 7 days are reused for free unless fresh=true. This is a rule-based estimate, not platform data; present it that way.
- `get_account`: The user's Kolect plan, credit balance, today's free fake-follower checks and email unlocks, lookup limits, this key's daily credit limit, and their collections. Free. Check it before a large paid step.
- `get_emails`: Get public contact emails for up to 20 creators. Free for creators from this user's search results (pass search_id; the search already paid for them) and for ones unlocked before. Creators found by lookup_creators need an unlock: free for paid subscribers during the current promotion (daily cap), otherwise 5 credits per email found; no email, no charge. Only show emails to this user; never publish them.
- `get_search_results`: Read creators already delivered by one of the user's earlier searches (free). Use next_cursor to page through them. To get new creators beyond those already delivered, use load_more_results.
- `list_saved_creators`: List the user's saved creators (all, or one collection by name or id) with current follower and view numbers, plus the user's collections. Free. Good for building a shortlist, a report or a spreadsheet.
- `load_more_results`: Get more new creators for one of the user's earlier searches. Costs 1 credit per 2 new creators returned. Calling again right away with the same arguments returns the same page without charging.
- `lookup_creators`: Check whether specific creators are in Kolect's database, by profile link or @handle, and get their creator ids (needed for check_fake_followers, get_emails and save_creators). Free. Limits per call and per day depend on the user's plan (no subscription: 10 per call, 200 a day; Light: 30 and 500; Plus and above: 100 and 3,000); the daily limit counts only creators found for the first time, and creators past it come back in skipped as over_daily_limit. Bare @handles need platform. Supports TikTok, Instagram and YouTube only.
- `save_creators`: Save creators to the user's Kolect favorites, optionally into a collection (an existing collection's name or id; a new name creates it). Free. Creator ids must come from this user's searches (pass search_id), lookups or saved creators. Saved creators appear on the Kolect website, where the user can export them as CSV. Pass quotes to record the rate the user actually got from a creator (shown only to this user as 'my quote').
- `search_creators`: Search Kolect's database of TikTok, Instagram and YouTube creators. Give a plain-language brief (any language: market, niche, follower range, content style, audience...), or similar_to (a profile link, @handle or creator id) to find lookalike creators, or both. Costs the user's credits: 1 credit per 2 creators returned (count 20 = 10 credits); no results cost nothing. Calling again with the same arguments within 15 minutes returns the same results without charging. Results include each creator's id: use it with check_fake_followers, get_emails and save_creators, and the search_id with load_more_results and get_search_results. Values under ai_estimate are AI estimates; say so when you present them.