# instagram [Health: Active]

**Category:** 🌐 Social Media  
**Repository:** https://jojapi.com/hub/api/instagram  
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**Directory Page:** https://allmcps.com/mcp/instagram

## Description
Instagram: Instagram public data scraper API for search, users, posts, hashtags, locations and more.

## Claude Desktop Quick Installation
Heuristic fallback — verify the package name and runner against the repository README before running it. Uses `npx` (confidence: low):

```json
"mcpServers": {
  "instagram": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["-y","instagram"]
  }
}
```

## Documentation

## What instagram MCP server does

The instagram MCP server provides an interface to an Instagram public-data scraper API. The available description identifies several supported data areas: general Instagram search, user records, posts, hashtags, and locations. This makes the server relevant to agents that need to retrieve or inspect publicly available Instagram information rather than manage private account data.

The listing also uses the phrase “and more,” indicating that the API may cover additional public-data operations. However, no detailed operation list is available here, so those additional capabilities should not be assumed during implementation.

## How it works

An agent connects to the instagram MCP server and uses it as an MCP-accessible route to the underlying Instagram public-data scraper API. The documented use pattern is centered on searching and retrieving public information. Depending on the exposed tool definitions, an agent may be able to search broadly or target a specific user, post, hashtag, or location, but the supplied material does not describe tool names, arguments, response formats, pagination, or error behavior.

The server is therefore a candidate for workflows that need public Instagram discovery or lookup. It is not documented as an account-management, publishing, messaging, analytics, or private-data integration. Those use cases require confirmation from the server’s full documentation.

## Setup and configuration

No setup instructions are included in the available material. The source identifies the service as an Instagram public-data scraper API but does not specify installation commands, package requirements, transport, endpoint configuration, credentials, rate limits, or environment variables.

Before deploying the instagram MCP server, confirm how the MCP process is started, how an agent reaches the API, and whether the upstream scraper requires authentication or other configuration. Also check whether use of the returned data is permitted for the intended workflow and volume.

## Tools and capabilities

The documented capability areas are:

- Search Instagram public data.
- Look up users.
- Retrieve or inspect posts.
- Search or inspect hashtags.
- Search or inspect locations.
- Access other public-data categories if they are exposed by the API.

These categories describe the available scope, not guaranteed tool names. The source does not provide examples of requests or responses, so developers should inspect the actual MCP schema before writing prompts, tool calls, or application logic.

## Limitations and notes

The instagram MCP server is described only as a public-data scraper interface. The available material does not establish support for private profiles, authenticated user actions, content publishing, direct messages, account management, or Instagram Insights. It also does not state how current the returned data is or how the service handles Instagram changes, blocking, throttling, or access restrictions.

Treat the listed categories as the confirmed fit: public searches and lookups involving users, posts, hashtags, and locations. Validate all operational details against the repository or service documentation before selecting it for production use.

_Full upstream README: https://allmcps.com/mcp/instagram/readme_