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AI assistants gain read-only access to public Instagram data via new tool

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FastSocialCo has developed a new tool that allows AI assistants like Claude and Cursor to access and analyze public Instagram data. This tool, which uses the MCP protocol, provides over 20 functions for retrieving information such as profiles, posts, stories, and comments. Users can integrate this functionality into their AI clients by adding a specific URL, enabling them to ask complex questions about Instagram accounts and receive structured data. AI

IMPACT Enhances AI assistant capabilities by enabling structured access to public social media data for analysis and research.

RANK_REASON This is a product integration that enables AI tools to access external data, rather than a core AI model release or research.

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AI assistants gain read-only access to public Instagram data via new tool

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  1. dev.to — MCP tag TIER_1 English(EN) · FastSocial ·

    Give Claude or Cursor read-only access to public Instagram data with one MCP URL

    <p>If you ask an AI assistant about an Instagram account, it usually guesses. So it can't help with a competitor or a creator you want to research.</p> <p>We built a remote MCP server for this. You sign in once in the browser, and the assistant gets 20+ tools for public Instagram…

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