SocialAPIs MCP Server

🚀 Quick Start

Installation

npm install -g @socialapis/mcp

Configuration

Add to your Claude Desktop config:

macOS:

nano ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Windows:

notepad %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

🔧 Configuration

Method 1: Command Line Argument (Recommended for Claude Desktop)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "socialapis": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@socialapis/mcp", "YOUR_API_KEY"]
    }
  }
}

Method 2: Environment Variable

# Set environment variable
export SOCIALAPIS_API_KEY=your_api_key_here

# Run without argument
npx @socialapis/mcp

Method 3: .env File (For Development)

# Copy example file
cp .env.example .env

# Edit with your values
nano .env

.env file:

SOCIALAPIS_API_KEY=your_api_key_here
MCP_PROXY_URL=https://mcp.socialapis.io

Environment Variables

Get API Key

1. Sign up at socialapis.io
2. Go to Dashboard
3. Copy your API key
4. Replace YOUR_API_KEY in config

Test It

Restart Claude Desktop and ask:

Get Nike's Facebook page details

📋 Features

• 🌐 Unified API - One interface for multiple platforms
• 🤖 AI-First - Built for Claude, Cursor, and AI agents
• 📊 Rich Data - Posts, comments, engagement metrics
• 🔍 Advanced Filtering - Time ranges, pagination
• 🎯 Simple Auth - No OAuth complexity
• ⚡ Fast - Global edge network
• 🔒 Secure - API keys stay local

🛠️ Available Tools

47 tools across Facebook and Instagram. Every tool maps 1:1 to a REST endpoint on api.socialapis.io — pricing notes in each tool description indicate per-call credit cost.

Facebook — Pages

• facebook_get_page_id — Extract page ID from URL
• facebook_get_page_details — Page info, followers, likes, category. Set exact_followers_count=true for the exact integer (charges 5 credits instead of 1)
• facebook_get_page_posts — Fetch posts with after_time / before_time for date filtering. limit 3-9, charges scale per ceil(returned / 3)
• facebook_get_page_videos — Page videos, limit 6-12
• facebook_get_page_reels — Reels / short videos

Facebook — Groups

• facebook_get_group_id — Extract group ID from URL
• facebook_get_group_details — Full details (members, description, rules)
• facebook_get_group_posts — Group posts, same limit + date filtering as page posts
• facebook_get_group_videos — Group videos with pagination

Facebook — Posts

• facebook_get_post_id — Extract post ID from URL
• facebook_get_post_details — Reactions, comments count, shares, media
• facebook_get_post_details_extended — Extended fields: view counts (essential for reels / video posts), video URLs, music/audio metadata, author verification
• facebook_get_post_attachments — Full media attachments (5 credits per call)
• facebook_get_video_details — Video post metadata + stats
• facebook_get_post_comments — Top-level comments, limit up to 30
• facebook_get_comment_replies — Replies to a specific comment

Facebook — Search

• facebook_search_pages — Search pages by keyword + optional location filter
• facebook_search_people — Search public profiles by keyword
• facebook_search_locations — Look up Facebook location UIDs (for use in other endpoints)
• facebook_search_posts — Search posts by keyword, recency, location
• facebook_search_videos — Search Facebook Watch videos

Facebook — Ads Library (Meta Ad Transparency)

• facebook_ads_search — Search ads by keyword, country, status
• facebook_ads_page_details — All ads from a specific page
• facebook_ads_archive_details — Full ad archive details
• facebook_ads_keywords — Search ads by keyword
• facebook_ads_countries — List of supported country codes

Facebook — Marketplace

• facebook_marketplace_search — Item search with location, price, category, condition filters
• facebook_marketplace_listing — Single listing details
• facebook_marketplace_seller — Seller profile + their listings
• facebook_marketplace_categories — Browse category hierarchy
• facebook_marketplace_city_coordinates — Lat/long for a city (for radius search)
• facebook_marketplace_vehicles — Vehicle-specific listing search
• facebook_marketplace_rentals — Rental property listings

Facebook — Media

• facebook_download_media — Direct download URL for FB media (images, videos)

Instagram — Profile

• instagram_get_user_id — Resolve username → numeric ID
• instagram_get_profile_details — Profile info, follower count, bio, post count
• instagram_get_profile_posts — Recent posts from a profile
• instagram_get_profile_reels — Reels from a profile
• instagram_get_profile_highlights — Story highlights list
• instagram_get_highlight_details — Full content of a specific highlight

Instagram — Posts + Reels

• instagram_get_post_id — Resolve post URL → ID
• instagram_get_post_details — Likes, comments, media, caption
• instagram_get_reels_feed — Reels feed for a profile
• instagram_get_reels_by_audio — Reels using a specific audio/music ID

Instagram — Discovery

• instagram_popular_search — Trending queries / suggestions
• instagram_get_location_posts — Posts tagged at a specific location
• instagram_get_nearby_locations — Nearby location IDs (for use in location-posts)

Coming soon

• TikTok (videos, profiles, hashtags)
• X / Twitter (tweets, profiles, search)
• LinkedIn (company pages, posts, employees)
• YouTube (videos, channels, comments)

Track the platform roadmap at socialapis.io/api-sources.

💡 Usage examples

Each prompt below is a real Claude Desktop session. Some of these are single-tool-call patterns ("get me X"); some require Claude to chain multiple calls + aggregate the results (noted where).

Single-call patterns (fast, cheap)

What's Nike's follower count on Facebook?
→ Uses facebook_get_page_details (1 credit)

Get the latest 9 posts from facebook.com/EngenSA
→ Uses facebook_get_page_posts with limit=9 (1-3 credits depending on actual returned count)

Show me the Meta ads currently running for "Apple Vision Pro" in Germany
→ Uses facebook_ads_search (1 credit)

Multi-call patterns (Claude orchestrates these — but it's slower + more expensive)

Compare engagement on Nike vs Adidas's last 9 Facebook posts
→ Claude calls facebook_get_page_posts twice (~2-6 credits total),
  aggregates reactions/comments/shares per post, returns a comparison.

What are people saying in the comments on Coca-Cola's last 3 posts?
→ Claude calls facebook_get_page_posts (1 credit) then
  facebook_get_post_comments 3 times (3 credits) and summarizes.

Show me marketplace listings for "PlayStation 5" under $400 in Berlin
→ Claude calls facebook_marketplace_city_coordinates (1 credit) +
  facebook_marketplace_search with filters (1 credit).

What this MCP server does NOT do

Some queries look natural in a chat ("compare engagement over the last month") but require aggregations the API doesn't expose as a single tool yet. Claude can still answer them, but it'll fan out into many tool calls — which is slow + expensive.

If your use case maps to one of these patterns and you want the aggregation pre-computed instead of LLM-orchestrated, contact support with the specific query — we're prioritizing the aggregation endpoint based on customer demand.

🏗️ Architecture

Claude Desktop
    ↓
@socialapis/mcp (local MCP client)
    ↓
https://mcp.socialapis.io (global proxy)
    ↓
https://api.socialapis.io (data API)