Read, send, search, and manage Instagram Direct Messages through natural language with any MCP-compatible AI assistant.
mcp-instagram-dm is an MCP project maintained in the kynuxdev/mcp-instagram-dm repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “Read, send, search, and manage Instagram Direct Messages through natural language with any MCP-compatible AI assistant”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.
The documented npm package is mcp-instagram-dm. The configuration below comes from the maintainer’s example; adapt its paths and account values to your environment.
The example declares INSTAGRAM_SESSION_ID, INSTAGRAM_CSRF_TOKEN, INSTAGRAM_DS_USER_ID. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.
Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.
{
"mcpServers": {
"instagram": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-instagram-dm"
],
"env": {
"INSTAGRAM_SESSION_ID": "your_session_id",
"INSTAGRAM_CSRF_TOKEN": "YOUR_INSTAGRAM_CSRF_TOKEN",
"INSTAGRAM_DS_USER_ID": "your_user_id"
}
}
}
}From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| INSTAGRAM_SESSION_ID | Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration. | Check documentation |
| INSTAGRAM_CSRF_TOKEN | Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration. | Check documentation |
| INSTAGRAM_DS_USER_ID | Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration. | Check documentation |
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