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title: Connect Instagram to Claude Code — Mysocial
description: Connect your Instagram account to Claude Code so it can read your Reels and posts, captions and metrics directly. Free to connect, no export and no copy-paste.
url: "https://mysocial.io/connect/instagram-to-claude-code"
type: static
generatedAt: "2026-08-31T21:53:56.561Z"
---

## How to connect Instagram to Claude Code

 1. **Connect Instagram to Mysocial.** One OAuth approval. Mysocial reads your catalogue so it is ready before Claude Code asks for it.
 1. Run `npx -y @mysocial.io/intelligence@latest setup` in your terminal.
1. 3  Sign in to Mysocial when the browser opens, and approve.
1. 4  The command installs the connector and the Mysocial agent skills together.

The same command works for Codex and other terminal agents that read an MCP config.

## What makes Instagram different

Instagram reports the richest audience data of any platform we connect — measured demographics rather than inferred ones — so questions about who is actually watching are answerable here in a way they are not elsewhere. Reels and static posts also behave differently enough that averaging them together hides more than it shows.

## Why Claude Code

Claude Code is the one that can act on what it finds rather than only describe it — writing files, running scripts, building something out of the answer. The single setup command installs the connector and the Mysocial agent skills together, which is why this is the fastest of the three to get running if you are already in a terminal.

## What to ask Claude Code once your Reels and posts are connected

 - “Which of my Reels held attention longest, and what did they have in common?”
- “Compare how my Reels perform against my carousels over the last 90 days.”
- “What does my audience actually look like, and has it shifted this year?”
- “Which posts brought followers rather than just views?”

None of these are answerable from a screenshot or a pasted export. They need your whole catalogue, and they need Claude Code to know what * typical* looks like for you specifically.

## Free versus paid

**Free gives your assistant the record. Paid gives it the understanding.** The line is provenance, not a quota: what Instagram already reports about you is free to read. What Mysocial's own pipeline produced — transcribing, ingesting, analysing — is paid.

Free

- Your posts and captions across every connected channel
- View, like, comment and share counts
- Complete metrics and follower history
- Measured audience demographics
- Search and rank your whole catalogue

Paid

- Video transcripts — what you actually said, not just what you captioned
- The comments themselves, not only how many there were
- Audience psychographics — what your audience responds to, not just who they are
- Hit DNA — the structural patterns behind your best posts
- Creator Universe — outlier research across creators beyond your own channels
 [See plans](/pricing/)
## Questions
  How do I connect Instagram to Claude Code?
Connect your Instagram account to Mysocial, then add Mysocial as a connector in Claude Code using https://app.mysocial.io/mcp. Claude Code can then read your Instagram posts, metrics and comments directly — no exports and no copy-paste.
  Is it free to connect Instagram to Claude Code?
Connecting is free, and so is reading what Instagram itself reports — your posts and captions, view, like and comment counts, follower history and measured audience demographics. What Mysocial's own pipeline produces is paid: video transcripts, the comment text itself, audience psychographics, Hit DNA and Creator Universe research.
  What can Claude Code actually see?
Only the channels you connect, and only what you approve. Mysocial relays your posts and Reels, captions, view and interaction counts, and follower history. It cannot post on your behalf and it cannot see accounts you have not connected.
  Does this work with other AI assistants?
Yes. Mysocial is a standard Model Context Protocol server, so the same URL works with Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Codex and any other MCP client.

## Other connections

 - [Instagram → Claude](/connect/instagram-to-claude/)
- [Instagram → ChatGPT](/connect/instagram-to-chatgpt/)
- [TikTok → Claude Code](/connect/tiktok-to-claude-code/)
- [YouTube → Claude Code](/connect/youtube-to-claude-code/)
- [LinkedIn → Claude Code](/connect/linkedin-to-claude-code/)
- [Threads → Claude Code](/connect/threads-to-claude-code/)

[All Mysocial MCP tools and clients →](/mcp/)