Get followers of an Instagram user. Args: username: Instagram username to get followers for. count: Maximum number of followers to return (default 20). Returns: A dictionary with success status and followers list.
AI agents call get_user_followers 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.
The tool retrieves and queries publicly available follower information from Instagram without modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a straightforward Read operation that returns data in a dictionary format. No reversible or irreversible changes are made.
From the tool's definition Tool name and description indicate it 'Get[s] followers of an Instagram user' and 'Returns: A dictionary with success status and followers list.' This is a pure data retrieval operation with no side effects, creation, modification, deletion, or execution…
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_user_followers 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 get_user_followers:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_user_followers": {}
}
}get_user_followers is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get followers of an Instagram user. Args: username: Instagram username to get followers for. count: Maximum number of followers to return (default 20). Returns: A dictionary with success status and followers list. 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 get_user_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 DM MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_user_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_user_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_user_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_user_followers 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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