How to connect Instagram to Claude Cowork

Cowork is Anthropic's AI agent for knowledge work. Think of it as Claude Code for everything else. It works autonomously with your computer, local files, and applications to accomplish complex tasks.

This guide walks you through the easiest and most secure way to connect your Instagram account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to get analytics for last week's posts, list your most recent Instagram photos, fetch comments on your latest post, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

Connecting Instagram to Claude Cowork

1. Open Customize

In Claude Desktop, click Customize in the left sidebar, then select Connectors and click the + icon at the top.

2. Add the Composio MCP server

Click Add custom connector and paste in the Composio MCP server URL:

Claude Cowork is Anthropic's agent for general knowledge work. It can use your computer, files, and connected applications to complete longer-running tasks across your work tools.

With Composio Connect, Cowork can securely access apps like Instagram through MCP without you sharing account credentials directly with the agent.

The Instagram MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Instagram Business or Creator account. It provides structured and secure access to your Instagram content and analytics, so your agent can publish posts, analyze insights, fetch comments, manage conversations, and more—all on your behalf.

• Automated post and carousel publishing: Let your agent draft and publish single-photo, video, or multi-image carousel posts to your feed with ease.
• Real-time comments retrieval: Ask your agent to fetch and organize comments from any of your Instagram posts, making it simple to engage with your audience.
• Insightful analytics and reporting: Request detailed insights on individual posts or your entire account, including impressions, reach, and engagement metrics.
• Direct message conversation management: Retrieve details about your Instagram DM conversations, including participants and recent messages, to help you stay connected.
• Profile and media access: Instantly fetch your profile details, statistics, and all media you've posted—photos, videos, and reels—so your agent can reference or repurpose your content.