Instagram

Direct messages only. No feed, no stories, nothing published: the scope is deliberately the inbox and nothing else. You act as yourself, under your own account.

The thread that appears to be missing is usually not missing. Instagram keeps message requests in a separate place from accepted conversations, and a pro account's two inboxes are not always served together, so a conversation that does not show up is generally one still waiting to be accepted.

Does Instagram have an MCP server?

We found none as of October 2026. Meta publishes an MCP connector for Meta Ads, which manages ad campaigns, and none for a person's Instagram messages. Most of the results for this search are community servers or aggregators that wrap the Graph API. Tulina's connector takes a different route: it signs in to your account through a hosted flow run by Unipile, our messaging provider, and reads and sends direct messages.

How do you connect Instagram DMs to Claude and ChatGPT?

Through Tulina's MCP server, in three steps:

1. Make sure a Unipile subscription key is on the Unipile account connector, either your own key or the platform's, which an admin grants as the hosted messaging option.
2. On Tulina's Instagram connector, choose "Connect my Instagram account" and sign in through the hosted flow. There is no cookie to paste and no extension to install.
3. Add https://mcp.tulina.ai/mcp to Claude or ChatGPT and sign in with your Tulina account. The MCP page has the same link.

How does Tulina read and send Instagram messages?

Reading and sending are two separate tools, so allowing reads never allows sending. The read tool lists conversations newest first, one to 100 at a time, group threads included, and opens a thread by its id. Each one-to-one thread carries the other person's name. An attachment comes with a source the agent can file in a project without passing the file through the conversation. The send tool answers in an existing thread, or opens a new one with a contact. It leaves at once, with no draft step.

Why is an Instagram conversation missing?

Usually because it has not been accepted. Instagram holds message requests apart from accepted conversations, and a pro account's two inboxes are not always served together. The agent lists what the account returns. Accept the request in Instagram, then list again, and the thread appears like any other. If a thread is there but a message is blank, the read tool marks it as unavailable when the provider passed it on without text or attachment, rather than guessing at its content.

What you can ask it

"Read my unread Instagram DMs and tell me which need an answer today." The agent lists the latest conversations, opens the latest threads and returns a short ranking with a line on each.

"Summarize my conversation with this handle." The agent finds the thread in the list, reads its messages and summarizes them. Nothing is sent.

"Reply to that thread: yes, Thursday works." The agent shows you the text, and sends it into that thread once you agree, because a sent message cannot be recalled by the connector.

Instagram pairs with WhatsApp and Messenger when customers write on more than one app, and with LinkedIn for the professional side of the same conversation.

What the Instagram connector can't do

• It does not read the feed, stories, comments or insights, and it publishes nothing.
• A conversation still waiting in message requests may not appear until it is accepted in Instagram.
• It does not edit or delete a message after sending.
• A send leaves at once. There is no draft or scheduling step.
• It acts as your own account, so it is not a shared inbox for a team.
• The older send operation on the read tool is deprecated and served until 10 December 2026. Use the send tool.