diff --git a/surfsense_backend/app/proprietary/platforms/tiktok/schemas/__init__.py b/surfsense_backend/app/proprietary/platforms/tiktok/schemas/__init__.py
index 28326a544..3593f0e28 100644
--- a/surfsense_backend/app/proprietary/platforms/tiktok/schemas/__init__.py
+++ b/surfsense_backend/app/proprietary/platforms/tiktok/schemas/__init__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from .input import StartUrl, TikTokScrapeInput
 from .items import (
     AuthorMeta,
     CommentItem,
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@ __all__ = [
     "CommentItem",
     "ErrorItem",
     "MusicMeta",
+    "StartUrl",
+    "TikTokScrapeInput",
     "TikTokVideoItem",
     "VideoMeta",
 ]
diff --git a/surfsense_backend/app/proprietary/platforms/tiktok/schemas/input.py b/surfsense_backend/app/proprietary/platforms/tiktok/schemas/input.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa87772fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/surfsense_backend/app/proprietary/platforms/tiktok/schemas/input.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# ruff: noqa: N815 - field names mirror the public camelCase TikTok/Apify API
+"""Input surface for the TikTok scraper, shaped to the Clockworks actor.
+
+Anonymous only: no auth-shaped field exists here. Fields the Phase-1 blob-first
+path does not yet act on (media downloads, follower add-ons) are still accepted
+via ``extra="allow"`` for contract parity and land inert.
+
+Caps (``resultsPerPage``) are per-target counts; the cross-target ceiling is
+caller policy applied by the collector, never baked into the flows.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import Literal
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, Field
+
+ProfileSorting = Literal["latest", "popular", "oldest"]
+ProfileSection = Literal["videos", "reposts"]
+SearchSection = Literal["", "/video", "/user"]
+
+
+class StartUrl(BaseModel):
+    """A single direct URL entry (``{"url": ...}``; extra keys ignored)."""
+
+    model_config = ConfigDict(extra="allow")
+
+    url: str
+
+
+class TikTokScrapeInput(BaseModel):
+    model_config = ConfigDict(extra="allow")
+
+    # Discovery
+    startUrls: list[StartUrl] = Field(default_factory=list)
+    hashtags: list[str] = Field(default_factory=list)
+    profiles: list[str] = Field(default_factory=list)
+    searchQueries: list[str] = Field(default_factory=list)
+    postURLs: list[str] = Field(default_factory=list)
+
+    # Per-target count
+    resultsPerPage: int = Field(default=1, ge=1)
+
+    # Profile options
+    profileScrapeSections: list[ProfileSection] = Field(
+        default_factory=lambda: ["videos"]
+    )
+    profileSorting: ProfileSorting = "latest"
+    excludePinnedPosts: bool = False
+
+    # Search options
+    searchSection: SearchSection = ""
+    maxProfilesPerQuery: int = Field(default=10, ge=1)
+
+    # Incremental filters (ISO date or relative "<n> days" per the actor)
+    oldestPostDateUnified: str | None = None
+    newestPostDate: str | None = None
+
+    # Proxy
+    proxyCountryCode: str = "None"
diff --git a/surfsense_backend/tests/unit/platforms/tiktok/test_input.py b/surfsense_backend/tests/unit/platforms/tiktok/test_input.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c080ffec3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/surfsense_backend/tests/unit/platforms/tiktok/test_input.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+"""Input surface for the TikTok scraper (anonymous, Apify-shaped)."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from app.proprietary.platforms.tiktok.schemas import TikTokScrapeInput
+
+
+def test_input_has_no_auth_fields():
+    forbidden = {"username", "password", "token", "login", "auth", "credentials"}
+    assert forbidden.isdisjoint(TikTokScrapeInput.model_fields)
+
+
+def test_input_defaults():
+    model = TikTokScrapeInput()
+    assert model.resultsPerPage == 1
+    assert model.profileSorting == "latest"
+    assert model.proxyCountryCode == "None"
+    assert model.hashtags == []
+    assert model.profiles == []
+    assert model.searchQueries == []
+    assert model.postURLs == []
+
+
+def test_input_allows_extra_inert_fields():
+    model = TikTokScrapeInput(shouldDownloadVideos=True, videoKvStoreIdOrName="x")
+    assert model.model_dump().get("shouldDownloadVideos") is True