Check the online status of Instagram users. Args: usernames: List of Instagram usernames to check status for. Returns: A dictionary with success status and users' presence information.
AI agents call check_user_online_status to retrieve information from Instagram DM 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 user presence information and returns it without side effects. It is purely informational retrieval (Read category). Severity is low because knowing online status poses minimal risk—it is passive information gathering that does not enable direct harm, financial loss, or system compromise, though it could enable minor privacy concerns or targeted harassment if misused at scale by a malicious actor.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Check[s] the online status of Instagram users' and 'Returns: A dictionary with success status and users' presence information.' The function retrieves presence/status data without modifying, creating, or deleting any data.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access check_user_online_status gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Instagram DM MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for check_user_online_status:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"check_user_online_status": {}
}
}check_user_online_status is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Check the online status of Instagram users. Args: usernames: List of Instagram usernames to check status for. Returns: A dictionary with success status and users' presence information. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Instagram DM MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Instagram DM MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for check_user_online_status: 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 DM MCP Server. Nothing to install.
check_user_online_status 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 check_user_online_status 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 check_user_online_status. 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.
check_user_online_status is provided by the Instagram DM MCP Server MCP server (trypeggy/instagram_dm_mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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