# Connect Instagram to Captain Data

When **New Comment** fires in [Instagram](https://apiant.ai/connections/instagram), your agent runs **Find companies by criteria** in [Captain Data](https://apiant.ai/connections/captain-data). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Instagram **3** triggers Instagram **13** actions Captain Data **2** actions

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

## What do you want Instagram and Captain Data to do together?

Give your AI client this address.

`https://mcp.apiant.ai`

Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser.

### Set it up in your client

### Claude Code

Run this in the directory you want to work in.

`claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai`

Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.

[Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code)

### Claude, web and desktop

Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first.

[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp)

### Cursor

Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser.

[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp)

### Zed

Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.

[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp)

### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app

Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in.

[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp)

### Any other MCP client

Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection.

[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp)

Example flows

## What Instagram can start in Captain Data

- When **New Comment** in Instagram then **Find companies by criteria** in Captain Data
- When **New Media Posted** in Instagram then **Get quotas** in Captain Data

Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships.

Everything your agent can do with Instagram and Captain Data

## Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 15 actions

- Trigger

**New Comment**

Triggered when someone comments on one of your Instagram posts

- Trigger

**New Media Posted**

Triggered when a new post is published on your Instagram account

- Trigger

**New Message**

Triggered when a new direct message arrives in your Instagram inbox

- Action

**Create Carousel Container**

Create a draft carousel post with multiple images/videos before publishing.

- Action

**Create Media Container**

Create a draft media container for photos/videos/reels before publishing.

- Action

**Create Post**

Publish a draft media container to instagram (final publishing step).

- Action

**Get Conversation**

Get details about a specific instagram dm conversation (participants, etc).

- Action

**Get Post Comments**

Get comments on an instagram post.

- Action

**Get Post Insights**

Get instagram post insights/analytics (impressions, reach, engagement, etc.).

- Action

**Get Post Status**

Check the processing status of a draft post container.

- Action

**Get User Info**

Get instagram user info including profile details and statistics.

- Action

**Get User Insights**

Get instagram account-level insights/analytics (profile views, reach, impressions, etc.).

- Action

**Get User Media**

Get instagram user's media (posts, photos, videos).

- Action

**List All Conversations**

List all instagram dm conversations for the authenticated user.

- Action

**List All Messages**

List all messages from a specific instagram dm conversation.

- Action

**Reply To Comment**

Reply to a comment on instagram media.

- Action

**Find companies by criteria**

Search companies by filters.

- Action

**Get quotas**

Returns the workspace's remaining credits, plan, and billing cycle. Does not consume credits.

## Each app on its own

- [ **Instagram** Instagram is a social media platform for sharing photos, videos, and stories.](https://apiant.ai/connections/instagram)
- [ **Captain Data** Data enrichment API that finds and enriches people and company profiles from LinkedIn URLs, names, or domains.](https://apiant.ai/connections/captain-data)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from Instagram

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- [ **Instagram to Google Maps Platform** APIs and SDKs for maps, geocoding, routing, places search, and location-based data in apps.](https://apiant.ai/connect/instagram-to-google-maps-platform)
- [ **Instagram to Pipedream** Pipedream is a workflow automation and integration platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/instagram-to-pipedream)
- [ **Instagram to Pipefile** Pipefile streamlines the collection of personal, financial, and otherwise sensitive documents to keep your...](https://apiant.ai/connect/instagram-to-pipefile)
- [ **Instagram to Shift4** Payment processing platform with a REST API for card and alternative payment transactions across e-commerce...](https://apiant.ai/connect/instagram-to-shift4)
- [ **Instagram to Supernotes** Collaborative note-taking app for creating linked notecards with checklists, images, and tasks, with a REST...](https://apiant.ai/connect/instagram-to-supernotes)

## More into Captain Data

- [ **HubSpot to Captain Data** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-captain-data)
- [ **Salesforce to Captain Data** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-captain-data)
- [ **Slack to Captain Data** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-captain-data)
- [ **Google Sheets to Captain Data** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-captain-data)
- [ **Gmail to Captain Data** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-captain-data)
- [ **Google Calendar to Captain Data** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-captain-data)

Questions

## Instagram and Captain Data, answered

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### What can start an automation from Instagram?

Any of Instagram's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New Comment, New Media Posted and New Message. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

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### What can your agent do in Captain Data when something happens in Instagram?

Any of Captain Data's 2 actions, including Find companies by criteria and Get quotas. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

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### Can it also run from Captain Data to Instagram?

Captain Data has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Instagram. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Captain Data's API documentation and adds it.

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### Do I have to build a connector for Instagram or Captain Data?

No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running.

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### What happens when something fails?

Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships.

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### Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.
