Instagram MCP Server

StoriesIG Instagram MCP Server

Hosted Model Context Protocol server for public Instagram data. Connect it to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code or any MCP client and your AI agent reads public profiles, posts, reels, comments, likers, followers, live stories and highlights, and gets direct video links in original quality.

• Server URL: https://api-wh.storiesig.info/instagram/mcp
• Transport: Streamable HTTP
• Auth: OAuth — a sign-in window opens the first time you connect
• Docs and pricing: https://storiesig.info/en/mcp/

Nothing to install or host: no Instagram login, no proxies, no scraper to maintain.

Install

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http storiesig-instagram https://api-wh.storiesig.info/instagram/mcp

Then run /mcp, pick storiesig-instagram and press Authenticate.

Claude (web and desktop)

Customize → Connectors → Add custom connector → paste https://api-wh.storiesig.info/instagram/mcp → Add, then Connect and sign in. Works on every Claude plan; the Free plan allows one custom connector. On Team and Enterprise plans an Owner adds it for the organization.

ChatGPT

Turn on Developer mode (Settings → Security and login), open chatgpt.com/plugins → + → Create plugin → Create MCP application, paste the server URL, pick OAuth and connect.

Gemini CLI

gemini mcp add -s user --transport http storiesig-instagram https://api-wh.storiesig.info/instagram/mcp

Then run /mcp auth storiesig-instagram in Gemini CLI and sign in.

Codex CLI

codex mcp add storiesig-instagram --url https://api-wh.storiesig.info/instagram/mcp
codex mcp login storiesig-instagram

Any other client

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "storiesig-instagram": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api-wh.storiesig.info/instagram/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Code plugin

The plugin adds the server together with an agent skill that tells Claude which tool fits the task, how to page through long lists and what to do when the free requests run out:

/plugin marketplace add storiesig-info/instagram-mcp
/plugin install storiesig-instagram@storiesig

If Claude Code cannot clone over SSH, add the marketplace by its HTTPS address: /plugin marketplace add https://github.com/storiesig-info/instagram-mcp.git

Agent skill

For Codex, Cursor, OpenClaw and other agents that read SKILL.md:

npx skills add storiesig-info/instagram-mcp

The skill lives in skills/instagram-scraper/SKILL.md. It works with the MCP server or, when no MCP client is available, with the REST API over curl.

Tools

All tools are read-only and work with public content only.

Example prompts

• Save the video from this reel instagram.com/reel/… and tell me what the caption says.
• Show me every story @natgeo has up right now.
• Who commented on this post, and what did they write?
• Find the Instagram account of Blue Bottle Coffee and summarise its last 12 posts.

Pricing

Hard limits, no surprise overage. When the quota runs out, the server returns a payment link your assistant passes to you. Custom plans: api@storiesig.info.

Links

• Setup guides and FAQ: https://storiesig.info/en/mcp/
• Smithery: https://smithery.ai/servers/storiesig/instagram-mcp
• Official MCP Registry: info.storiesig/instagram-mcp
• Agent skill: skills/instagram-scraper
• REST API: https://storiesig.info/en/api-faq/
• Privacy policy: https://storiesig.info/en/privacy-policy/
• Terms of use: https://storiesig.info/en/terms-of-use/

StoriesIG is an independent service and is not affiliated with Instagram or Meta.