instagram-data-mcp

instagram-data-mcp

An MCP server for public Instagram data. It gives Claude, Cursor and any other MCP client 27 read-only tools: profiles, posts, reels, stories, highlights, comments, likers, followers, hashtags, places, audio and search.

It wraps the Instagram Data API. Nothing logs in to Instagram, and nothing can post, follow or like. Public data only.

Get a key

Sign up at https://fastsocial.co/instagram-api. There is a free plan.

Connect (no install, no key to paste)

Add the server URL to your client. The first time you use it, your client opens a browser page on fastsocial.co: sign in with your email code and click Allow. That's it. There is a free plan, and it is set up for you on first sign-in.

Claude Code:

claude mcp add --transport http instagram-data https://data.fastsocial.co/mcp

Cursor, Claude Desktop, VS Code and other clients that take a remote server:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "instagram-data": { "url": "https://data.fastsocial.co/mcp" }
  }
}

Prefer an API key? Send it as an X-API-Key header instead and skip the sign-in.

Or run it locally

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "instagram-data": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["instagram-data-mcp"],
      "env": { "IG_DATA_API_KEY": "your_key" }
    }
  }
}

No uvx? pip install instagram-data-mcp and use "command": "instagram-data-mcp" instead.

Tools

Tool	What it does
instagram_profile	Get an Instagram profile
instagram_user_id	Instagram username to user id
instagram_username	Instagram user id to username
instagram_check	Check if an Instagram handle exists and is public
instagram_posts	Get recent Instagram posts
instagram_reels	Get an account's Instagram reels
instagram_tagged	Get posts an account is tagged in
instagram_post	Get one Instagram post or reel
instagram_media	Download URLs for a post, reel or carousel
instagram_comments	Get comments on an Instagram post
instagram_comment_replies	Get replies to an Instagram comment
instagram_likers	Get accounts that liked an Instagram post
instagram_insights	Instagram engagement rate calculator
instagram_followers	Get an account's followers
instagram_following	Get accounts an account follows
instagram_similar	Find similar Instagram accounts
instagram_stories	View Instagram stories anonymously
instagram_highlights	Get Instagram story highlights
instagram_highlight	Get the items in one highlight
instagram_search	Search Instagram accounts, hashtags and places
instagram_hashtag	Get posts for an Instagram hashtag
instagram_place	Get an Instagram location
instagram_place_posts	Get posts tagged at an Instagram location
instagram_audio	Get an Instagram audio track and the reels using it
instagram_audio_search	Search Instagram music and sounds
instagram_reels_search	Search Instagram reels by keyword
instagram_usage	Your usage this month

Each call costs API credits (stories and highlights cost 3, most others 1). Every response includes meta.credits_remaining. Full reference: https://fastsocial.co/instagram-api/docs

Things to ask it

• "Compare the engagement rate of @nasa and @spacex."
• "Download every slide of this carousel: https://www.instagram.com/p/..."
• "Show me @natgeo's current stories and summarise them."
• "Find 10 accounts similar to @humansofny."

Settings

Env var	Default
IG_DATA_API_KEY	none	Required
IG_DATA_API_BASE	https://data.fastsocial.co
IG_DATA_API_TIMEOUT	60	Seconds

License

MIT