# instapi: Instagram

> Instagram search and posts for AI agents, with images and videos AI-parsed to text.

- name: co.instapi/instagram
- version: 1.0.0
- connection class: R1 (autonomous)
- trust: 82/100 flags: no-repository
- quality: 79/100 (good)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/co.instapi%2Finstagram
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/co.instapi%2Finstagram/tools

**An agent can connect on its own if it already holds `INSTAGRAM_TOKEN`.** Remote endpoint behind a static API key or header. The registry never sees the value; the agent fills the placeholder.

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "instagram": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://instapi.co/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${INSTAGRAM_TOKEN}"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Placeholders to fill: `${INSTAGRAM_TOKEN}`.

## Trust

- hygiene: 80
- liveness: 97
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 55
- drivers: +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-91% +updated-19d-ago -no-repository
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 79/100 (good)

### protocol: 75 (weight 25)

- warn `protocol.modern`: newest supported version is 2025-11-25; 2026-07-28 not supported, older versions are deprecated until 2027-07-28
- n/a `protocol.stateless`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers
- pass `protocol.transport`: streamable HTTP
- n/a `protocol.list_ttl`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers

### authorization: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `auth.prm`, `auth.as_metadata`, `auth.cimd`: no remote uses OAuth
- n/a `auth.secret_in_url`: no templated URL

### tool hygiene: 71 (weight 30)

- pass `tools.descriptions`: every tool has a description
- pass `tools.description_length`: descriptions are concise
- pass `tools.schemas`: every tool has an object input schema
- fail `tools.annotations`: no tool declares readOnlyHint or destructiveHint, so clients cannot tell safe calls from risky ones
- fail `tools.directory_hints`: no tool declares all four of readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint; missing: instagram_search (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); get_started (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); instagram_user_profile (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); …
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 429 tokens to load every tool
- pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump

### stability: 100 (weight 15)

- pass `stability.changes`: no tool changes in 30 days
- pass `stability.rug_pull`: no tool changed its meaning under the same name

### dependencies: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `deps.known_vulns`, `deps.mcp_sdk_version`, `deps.resolvable`: no npm or PyPI package

- tools: 4, about 429 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: cede6d817a65659dd3589a295c762a11
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/co.instapi/instagram.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/co.instapi/instagram)
- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

_No tool definition changes recorded._

## Remotes

- https://instapi.co/mcp (streamable-http, auth api_key ${INSTAGRAM_TOKEN}, reachable true, uptime30d 0.9142857)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (4)

- `get_started`: Free, no auth. Service overview, pricing, current account status, and how to get an API key for the data tools.
- `instagram_search`: Search Instagram users, hashtags, and places by keyword. Costs 1 credit. Requires Authorization: Bearer sk_instapi_... on the MCP connection.
- `instagram_user_posts`: 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`: 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_....