Get reels for a profile with an optional days_back filter.
AI agents call get_profile_reels to retrieve information from Instagram without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves reels metadata from a profile using a filter parameter. It performs no side effects, creates no new data, executes no external operations, and does not delete or modify existing content. It is a straightforward data retrieval operation, consistent with the Read category.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_profile_reels' and description 'Get reels for a profile with an optional days_back filter' indicate retrieval/query of existing data without modification or deletion. The 'get_' prefix and 'filter' parameter confirm read-only behavior.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_profile_reels gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Instagram, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_profile_reels:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_profile_reels": {}
}
}get_profile_reels is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get reels for a profile with an optional days_back filter. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Instagram MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Instagram MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_profile_reels: 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. Nothing to install.
get_profile_reels 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_profile_reels 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_profile_reels. 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_profile_reels is provided by the Instagram MCP server (lupikovoleg/instagram-cli). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Instagram, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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