# `co.instapi/instagram` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/co.instapi/instagram
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/co.instapi/instagram
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: co.instapi (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T17:46:53.019Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
instapi: Instagram
Instagram search and posts for AI agents, with images and videos AI-parsed to text.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T18:44:57.072Z over streamable-http.

**4 tools: 2 change things and 2 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 2 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 2 | allow |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Changes things (2)

Creates or changes something that can be changed back. Claude Code: ask.

### `instagram_user_posts`

- The name "instagram_user_posts" says "post": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch recent posts for an Instagram username, with images and videos AI-parsed into text descriptions. Costs 1 credit. Requires Authorization: Bearer sk_instapi_.... First fetch for a user can take up to ~60s while media is analyzed; cached users return fast.
```

### `instagram_user_profile`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Public profile for an Instagram username: bio, links, follower/following/post counts, verified/private/business flags, category. Works for private accounts too. Costs 1 credit (refunded if the user doesn't exist). Requires Authorization: Bearer sk_instapi_....
```

## Only reads (2)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `get_started`

- The name "get_started" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Free, no auth. Service overview, pricing, current account status, and how to get an API key for the data tools.
```

### `instagram_search`

- The name "instagram_search" says "search": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search Instagram users, hashtags, and places by keyword. Costs 1 credit. Requires Authorization: Bearer sk_instapi_... on the MCP connection.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `instagram`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__instagram__get_started",
      "mcp__instagram__instagram_search"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__instagram__instagram_user_profile",
      "mcp__instagram__instagram_user_posts"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```