How to connect Instagram MCP with Cursor

How to integrate Instagram MCP with Cursor Cursor is one of the leading AI-powered code editors. It is built to help developers write, understand, and refactor code faster with AI assistance built directly into the editor. And in this guide, I will explain the easiest and most secure way to connect your Instagram account to Cursor via Composio Connect, so it can get analytics for last week's posts, list your most recent Instagram photos, fetch comments on your latest post, and more without ever putting your account credentials at risk.

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How to integrate Instagram MCP with Cursor

Cursor is one of the leading AI-powered code editors. It is built to help developers write, understand, and refactor code faster with AI assistance built directly into the editor.

And in this guide, I will explain the easiest and most secure way to connect your Instagram account to Cursor via Composio Connect, so it can get analytics for last week's posts, list your most recent Instagram photos, fetch comments on your latest post, and more without ever putting your account credentials at risk.

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Why Composio?

1,000+ SaaS toolkits out of the box. Skip the work of building and maintaining integrations, Composio gives you instant access to a vast catalog of pre-built connectors.
One MCP server for every app. Connect any of your applications on demand through a single endpoint, rather than juggling a separate server for each app.
Smart, context-aware tool loading. Unlike traditional MCP servers that dump every available tool into the LLM context window, Composio searches for and loads only the tools relevant to the task at hand. A remote CLI workbench lets LLMs compose these tools into workflows for complex automation.

Connect Instagram to Cursor

Two ways to install — pick whichever you prefer.

1. Install with one click

Click the button below to add Composio to Cursor.

↗Install in Cursor

2. Or add manually

Add to your Cursor mcp.json

Open .cursor/mcp.json in your project root (or ~/.cursor/mcp.json for global config) and add the following configuration:

bash

{
  "servers": {
    "composio": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://connect.composio.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

3. Authorize

Restart Cursor, then click "Connect" next to Composio in MCP Tools settings.

Cursor MCP Tools settings with Connect button next to Composio

A browser window will open to authorize.

Connect your Instagram account

Back in Cursor, ask the agent to connect to Instagram or give it any Instagram-related task.

For example, ask it to:

"Get analytics for last week's posts"
"List your most recent Instagram photos"
"Fetch comments on your latest post"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access to Instagram.

That is it. Composio tools are now available in Cursor, and your Instagram account is ready to use.

Conclusion

You have successfully connected Instagram to Cursor using Composio Connect. Your agent can now use Instagram securely without exposing credentials in prompts or local scripts.

TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Instagram action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Create Carousel Container

Create a draft carousel post with multiple images/videos before publishing.

Delete Comment

Tool to delete a comment on Instagram media.

Delete Messenger Profile

Tool to delete messenger profile settings for an Instagram account.

Get Conversation

Get details about a specific Instagram DM conversation (participants, etc).

Get IG Comment Replies

Get replies to a specific Instagram comment.

Get Instagram Media

Get a published Instagram Media object (photo, video, story, reel, or carousel).

Get IG Media Children

Tool to get media objects (images/videos) that are children of an Instagram carousel/album post.

Get IG Media Comments

Tool to retrieve comments on an Instagram media object.

Get IG Media Insights

Tool to get insights and metrics for Instagram media objects (photos, videos, reels, carousel albums).

Get IG User Content Publishing Limit

Get an Instagram Business Account's current content publishing usage.

Get IG User Live Media

Get live media objects during an active Instagram broadcast.

Get IG User Media

Get Instagram user's media collection (posts, photos, videos, reels, carousels).

Get IG User Stories

Get active story media objects for an Instagram Business or Creator account.

Get IG User Tags

Get Instagram media where the user has been tagged by other users.

Get Messenger Profile

Get the messenger profile settings for an Instagram account.

Get Page Conversations

Get Instagram conversations for a Page connected to an Instagram Business account.

Get User Info

Get Instagram Business Account info including profile details and statistics.

Get User Insights

Get Instagram account-level insights and analytics (profile views, reach, follower count, etc.

List All Conversations

List all Instagram DM conversations for the authenticated user.

List All Messages

List all messages from a specific Instagram DM conversation.

Mark Seen

Mark Instagram DM messages as read/seen for a specific user.

Post IG Comment Replies

Tool to create a reply to an Instagram comment.

Post IG Media Comments

Tool to create a comment on an Instagram media object.

Post IG User Media

Tool to create a media container for Instagram posts.

Publish IG User Media

Tool to publish a media container to an Instagram Business account.

Reply to IG User Mentions

Tool to reply to a mention of your Instagram Business or Creator account.

Send Image

Send an image via Instagram DM to a specific user.

Send Text Message

Send a text message to an Instagram user via DM in an existing conversation.

Update Messenger Profile

Tool to update the messenger profile settings for an Instagram account.

FRAMEWORKS

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ChatGPT

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Codex

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OpenClaw

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Hermes

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CLI

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Google ADK

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LangChain

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Vercel AI SDK

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Mastra AI

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LlamaIndex

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CrewAI

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OpenCode

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone Instagram MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Instagram tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Instagram and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Yes, you can. Cursor fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right Instagram tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Instagram scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Instagram data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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Before Composio, adding tool integrations was slow and resource-intensive. Each one could take weeks of engineering time, and maintaining them meant constantly keeping up with API changes.

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How to connect Instagram MCP with Cursor

Connect Instagram without auth hassles

How to integrate Instagram MCP with Cursor

Also integrate Instagram with

Why Composio?

Connect Instagram to Cursor

1. Install with one click

2. Or add manually

3. Authorize

Connect your Instagram account

Conclusion

Supported Tools

How to build Instagram MCP Agent with another framework

ChatGPT

OpenAI Agents SDK

Claude Agent SDK

Claude Code

Claude Cowork

Codex

OpenClaw

Hermes

CLI

Google ADK

LangChain

Vercel AI SDK

Mastra AI

LlamaIndex

CrewAI

OpenCode

VS Code

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Twitter

Ayrshare

Dotsimple

Strava

Frequently asked questions

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Can I manage the permissions and scopes for Instagram while using Tool Router?+

How safe is my data with Composio Tool Router?+

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