Get performance analytics for a specific Instagram post, story, or reel. Returns engagement metrics like impressions, reach, likes, comments, shares, and saves.
AI agents call get_media_insights 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.
The tool retrieves and queries existing performance data from Instagram posts. It does not create, modify, delete, or execute any operations. The returned metrics (impressions, reach, likes, comments, shares, saves) are observational analytics with no capability to alter data or trigger external actions. This is a standard Read operation with minimal security risk.
From the tool's definition Tool name and description indicate it 'Get performance analytics' and 'Returns engagement metrics like impressions, reach, likes, comments, shares, and saves.' These are read-only retrieval operations with no modification or side effects.
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Get performance analytics for a specific Instagram post, story, or reel. Returns engagement metrics like impressions, reach, likes, comments, shares, and saves. 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_insights: 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_insights 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_insights 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_insights. 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_insights 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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