search_instagram_hashtag
Search Instagram for top posts under a hashtag (up to 30 posts with caption, likes, author). Use for trend discovery, UGC sourcing, or competitor-hashtag mining. Example call: {"hashtag": "fitness"} Cost: $0.005–$0.05 USDC on Base per call.
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What search_instagram_hashtag does on GoCreative Agent API
AI agents call search_instagram_hashtag to retrieve information from GoCreative Agent API without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
hashtag | string | Yes |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why search_instagram_hashtag is rated Low
This tool queries Instagram's public hashtag data and returns posts, captions, and metadata. It is purely informational (Read category) with no ability to modify, delete, or create data. The data retrieved is already public. Severity is low because the blast radius of misuse is minimal: an agent could discover trending content or scrape hashtags at scale, but cannot harm systems or commit financial/destructive acts.
From the tool's definition "Search Instagram for top posts under a hashtag (up to 30 posts with caption, likes, author)" — retrieves public social media data with no mutation or side effects.
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The rule that runs search_instagram_hashtag safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and GoCreative Agent API, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For search_instagram_hashtag, this is the rule to start with:
search_instagram_hashtag is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect GoCreative Agent API, apply this rule, and every search_instagram_hashtag call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about search_instagram_hashtag
Search Instagram for top posts under a hashtag (up to 30 posts with caption, likes, author). Use for trend discovery, UGC sourcing, or competitor-hashtag mining. Example call: {"hashtag": "fitness"} Cost: $0.005–$0.05 USDC on Base per call. It is categorised as a Read tool in the GoCreative Agent API MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
search_instagram_hashtag accepts 1 parameter: hashtag. Required: hashtag. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the GoCreative Agent API MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_instagram_hashtag: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches GoCreative Agent API. Nothing to install.
search_instagram_hashtag is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the search_instagram_hashtag rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for search_instagram_hashtag. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
search_instagram_hashtag is provided by the GoCreative Agent API MCP server (https://api.gocreativeai.com/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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