Instagram Data

Name: Instagram Data
Author: FastSocialCo

by FastSocialCoversion 0.1.8i★ –iComputer or cloud

Registry nameio.github.FastSocialCo/instagram-data-mcp

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Read-only public Instagram data: profiles, posts, reels, stories, comments, top-accounts ranking.

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What you can do with it

We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.

Connection: Computer or cloud
Transport: stdio, Streamable HTTP
Category: Marketing & social media
You need to fill in: IG_DATA_API_KEY, X-API-Key

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
Runs on the maker’s server: what you ask it goes through their server.
You fill in yourself: IG_DATA_API_KEY, X-API-Key

Values marked secret are keys to your account. Never share them or paste them into a chat.

You need

Runs in the cloudNothing to install; it connects over the internet
PyPIPython’s uv installed (for the uvx command)

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

This address needs a key in a request header, which the add-connector menu cannot set. Use Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code instead.

Or run it on your computer

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

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

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add --transport http instagram-data https://data.fastsocial.co/mcp --header 'X-API-Key: your-value'

Or run it on your computer

claude mcp add instagram-data --env IG_DATA_API_KEY=your-value -- uvx instagram-data-mcp

Fill in the empty values before running it.

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "instagram-data": {
      "url": "https://data.fastsocial.co/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "X-API-Key": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Or run it on your computer

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

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

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "instagram-data": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://data.fastsocial.co/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "X-API-Key": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Or run it on your computer

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "instagram-data": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "instagram-data-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "IG_DATA_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

This address needs a key in a request header, which the add-connector menu cannot set. Use Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code instead.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

Values you fill in

IG_DATA_API_KEY secret required env
Your Instagram Data API key. Free keys at https://fastsocial.co/instagram-api?ref=mcp-registry
X-API-Key secret HTTP header
Optional. Without it your client signs you in with OAuth. With it, your Instagram Data API key (https://fastsocial.co/instagram-api?ref=mcp-registry).

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

We have not read this server’s tool list yet; we check endpoints in rotation.

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 7, 2026

✓ Pass
Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified with the GitHub account FastSocialCo, which owns the repo
… Not checked yet
Still maintained
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
… Not checked yet
Has a licence
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
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Endpoint responds
Not checked yet; we check endpoints in rotation
… Not checked yet
Sign-in with OAuth
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… Not checked yet
No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Not checked yet; we read the tool list when we check the endpoint

Compared with others in Marketing & social mediai

More stars than 0% of the other 2990 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 54% of the other 2990 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 2990 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is Instagram Data safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

You need to fill in: IG_DATA_API_KEY, X-API-Key

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

Either way works: install it on your computer or connect to the cloud version.

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (0.1.8) reached the registry 26 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. It connects by URL, so apps that accept remote MCP servers work too, such as ChatGPT in developer mode.

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README from the maker

Open the README

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Instagram Data MCP server

Connect your AI assistant to FastSocial's Instagram Data API, and it can look up public Instagram profiles, posts, reels, stories, highlights, comments, hashtags, places and audio. Read-only: it never posts, follows, likes or sends messages.

The server is remote. There is nothing to install or run: your assistant talks to

https://data.fastsocial.co/mcp

over Streamable HTTP. The first time it connects, a fastsocial.co page opens in your browser where you sign in and click Allow.

This repository holds the plugin manifests (plugin.json, mcp.json and the copy Cursor reads in .cursor-plugin/), the server.json that lists the server in the official MCP Registry as io.github.FastSocialCo/instagram-data-mcp, and a LobeHub manifest. It contains no code that runs on your machine. The server's code is not here.

Install

Cursor

Install the plugin from cursor.directory, or add the server to .cursor/mcp.json (one project) or ~/.cursor/mcp.json (all projects):

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

Open Settings, then MCP, and connect. Cursor opens the FastSocial sign-in page.

Claude Code

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

Then run /mcp inside Claude Code, choose instagram-data and sign in.

Claude app (web and desktop)

Open Settings, then Connectors, and add a custom connector.
Paste https://data.fastsocial.co/mcp as the server URL.
Leave the OAuth client ID and secret empty.
Connect, and sign in on the FastSocial page that opens.

VS Code and other clients

Any client that speaks MCP over Streamable HTTP can connect with the server URL. In VS Code, add this to .vscode/mcp.json and press Start:

"servers": { "instagram-data": { "type": "http", "url": "https://data.fastsocial.co/mcp" } } }

What this plugin does and what data it sends

The plugin itself

The plugin is two JSON files that tell your client the server's address. It runs no code, has no install scripts and stores nothing. Your client makes every request itself, straight to https://data.fastsocial.co/mcp over HTTPS.

What your client sends

The MCP handshake: your client's name and version, and the protocol version it speaks.
Each tool call: the tool's name and its arguments, which are the things you asked about: an Instagram username or user id, a post or reel link, a hashtag, search words, a location, audio or highlight id, and a paging cursor. The full list is in the table below.
Your sign-in token or API key, in a request header. Never in the URL.
The usual details of any web request, such as your IP address and your client's user agent.

Nothing else is sent. The server never sees your files, your editor or your conversation, only the arguments your assistant puts into a tool call.

What comes back

Public Instagram data as JSON, plus meta.credits_remaining. Photos and videos come back as links, not files. Private accounts return a private_account error. Instagram account owners can opt out; after that the API returns 451 opted_out for their account.

Read-only

Every tool reads. None changes anything on Instagram. The only thing a call changes is your own credit balance for the month. The server marks every tool readOnlyHint: true and openWorldHint: true in tools/list. There are no tools that write or delete.

Signing in

The first time your client connects, the server replies that it needs sign-in and says where to find out how. Your client then opens a page on fastsocial.co in your browser. There you:

enter your email and the code FastSocial emails you,
see which app is asking, and click Allow (or Deny).

If you don't have a plan yet, a Free plan is made for you when you click Allow. You never type a password into your assistant, and the plugin never sees or stores your credentials. Your client keeps the tokens it receives. An access token lasts an hour, and your client renews it with a refresh token that lasts 30 days and changes every time it is used.

To cut off every app you've connected, sign in at https://fastsocial.co/cart/api/account and press New key. Sign-ins tied to the old key stop working at once.

For client developers: discovery starts at https://data.fastsocial.co/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp. The authorization server supports OAuth 2.1 with PKCE (S256 only), dynamic client registration and token revocation, for public clients.

Using an API key instead

If your client can set a header but can't sign in, get a key at https://fastsocial.co/instagram-api?ref=github and send it on every request as X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY (or Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY). For Claude Code:

claude mcp add --transport http instagram-data https://data.fastsocial.co/mcp --header "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"

Keep the key out of files you commit.

Policies

Privacy policy: https://fastsocial.co/privacy
Terms: https://fastsocial.co/terms
Use policy for the data (public data only, no tracking or harassing people, nothing about minors): https://fastsocial.co/instagram-api/docs?ref=github
Reporting a security problem: SECURITY.md

The 28 tools

Each call costs credits from your monthly allowance. Failed calls cost nothing. Every tool is read-only.

Tool	What it does	Arguments	Credits
`instagram_profile`	Get an Instagram profile	`username` or `user_id`	1
`instagram_user_id`	Instagram username to user id	`username` or `user_id`	1
`instagram_username`	Instagram user id to username	`user_id`	2
`instagram_check`	Check if an Instagram handle exists and is public	`username`	1
`instagram_posts`	Get recent Instagram posts	`username` or `user_id`, `cursor`	1
`instagram_reels`	Get an account's Instagram reels	`username` or `user_id`, `cursor`	1
`instagram_tagged`	Get posts an account is tagged in	`username` or `user_id`, `cursor`	1
`instagram_post`	Get one Instagram post or reel	`url` or `shortcode`	1
`instagram_media`	Download URLs for a post, reel or carousel	`url` or `shortcode`	1
`instagram_comments`	Get comments on an Instagram post	`url` or `shortcode`	3
`instagram_comment_replies`	Get replies to an Instagram comment	`url` or `shortcode`, `comment_id`, `cursor`	3
`instagram_likers`	Get accounts that liked an Instagram post	`url` or `shortcode`	3
`instagram_insights`	Instagram engagement rate calculator	`username` or `user_id`	2
`instagram_followers`	Get an account's followers	`username` or `user_id`, `cursor`	3
`instagram_following`	Get accounts an account follows	`username` or `user_id`, `cursor`	3
`instagram_similar`	Find similar Instagram accounts	`username` or `user_id`	1
`instagram_stories`	View Instagram stories anonymously	`username` or `user_id`	3
`instagram_highlights`	Get Instagram story highlights	`username` or `user_id`	3
`instagram_highlight`	Get the items in one highlight	`id`	3
`instagram_search`	Search Instagram accounts, hashtags and places	`q`	1
`instagram_hashtag`	Get posts for an Instagram hashtag	`tag`, `cursor`	1
`instagram_place`	Get an Instagram location	`id`	3
`instagram_place_posts`	Get posts tagged at an Instagram location	`id`, `cursor`	1
`instagram_audio`	Get an Instagram audio track and the reels using it	`id`	1
`instagram_audio_search`	Search Instagram music and sounds	`q`	3
`instagram_reels_search`	Search Instagram reels by keyword	`q`, `cursor`	3
`instagram_top_accounts`	Daily ranking of the 2,000 most-followed accounts	`sort`, `limit`	0
`instagram_usage`	Your credits used and left this month	none	0

Full reference: https://fastsocial.co/instagram-api/docs?ref=github

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."

Local version

If your client only runs local (stdio) servers, the same tools are on PyPI as instagram-data-mcp. It is not part of this plugin. Its source is FastSocialCo/instagram-data-mcp-python.

License

MIT. See LICENSE.

Instagram Data

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

Or run it on your computer

Or run it on your computer

Or run it on your computer

Or run it on your computer

Values you fill in

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Marketing & social mediai

Common questions

Alternatives

MCP YouTube Transcript

Google Analytics MCP

BibiGPT YouTube Video Summarizer

README from the maker

Instagram Data MCP server

Install

Cursor

Claude Code

Claude app (web and desktop)

VS Code and other clients

What this plugin does and what data it sends

The plugin itself

What your client sends

What comes back

Read-only

Signing in

Using an API key instead

Policies

The 28 tools

Things to ask it

Local version

Links

License