Get a list of your Instagram followers. Returns paginated results with cursor-based navigation. Useful for audience analysis and tracking follower growth.
AI agents call get_followers to retrieve information from Instagram Complete MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries follower data for the authenticated account. It is explicitly a read operation that retrieves existing information without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any actions. The low severity reflects minimal blast radius - exposure would allow viewing public/semi-public follower lists but cannot compromise account security or cause irreversible harm.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_followers' and description states it retrieves 'a list of your Instagram followers' with 'paginated results' - a pure data retrieval operation with no modification or side effects.
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Get a list of your Instagram followers. Returns paginated results with cursor-based navigation. Useful for audience analysis and tracking follower growth. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Instagram Complete MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Instagram Complete MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_followers: 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 Instagram Complete MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_followers 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 get_followers 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 get_followers. 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.
get_followers is provided by the Instagram Complete MCP Server MCP server (josephtandle/instagram-complete). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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