Get detailed information about a specific Instagram post. Returns full metadata including caption, timestamp, engagement stats, and media URL.
AI agents call get_media 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 retrieves and queries existing Instagram post metadata (caption, timestamp, engagement stats, media URL). It performs no mutations, deletions, or external operations—purely informational. The sibling tool 'delete_media' is destructive, but this tool is explicitly a getter. Classified as Read with low severity due to minimal blast radius if misused (information disclosure only).
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_media' and description 'Get detailed information about a specific Instagram post. Returns full metadata including caption, timestamp, engagement stats, and media URL' indicate retrieval of post data without modification or deletion.
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Get detailed information about a specific Instagram post. Returns full metadata including caption, timestamp, engagement stats, and media URL. 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_media: 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_media 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_media 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_media. 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_media 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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