# Instagram data API for AI agents

looot lists the Instagram operations of several data providers in one catalog. An agent looks up a public profile by handle, reads a post or reel by link, lists comments, searches a hashtag or transcribes a reel. Every operation shows its price per call before it runs.

## Jobs an agent does

- Vet an influencer: followers, bio, links, and how recent posts perform.
- Collect posts under a hashtag to see which formats get comments.
- Pull comments from a competitor reel and group them by question.
- Transcribe a reel and reuse the script as a content brief.
- Map who follows a niche account to build an audience list.

## Operations by job

- Comments: Comments on a post or reel and the replies under a comment.
- Transcripts: Speech-to-text for a reel or video post.
- Hashtags, reels and audio: Posts under a hashtag, reels by keyword, and reels that use one audio track.
- Search: Keyword search for posts, accounts and places.
- Followers and following: The accounts that follow a profile and the accounts it follows.
- Profiles: A public profile by handle: bio, links, follower and post counts.
- Posts and media: One post or reel by link or shortcode, and a profile's recent posts.

## How the providers differ

Some providers take a handle, others a post URL or a shortcode, and a few need the numeric user id from an earlier call. Hashtag operations differ most. One provider reads Instagram's own hashtag feed, another reads through a web search index and says so in its description. Read that line before you trust the result for counts.

## Prompt

Use looot to fetch the public Instagram profile of @example_brand and its five latest posts with likes and comments, and show each call's price first. Setup is in skill.md.

## What can an agent do with Instagram through looot?

Read public profiles, posts and reels, list comments and replies, search by hashtag or keyword, list followers and following of a public account, and transcribe a reel. All of it is public data.

## Do I need an Instagram account or Meta app?

No. Your agent calls the operations with a looot key. You do not log in to Instagram or register a Meta developer app.

## Can I post, like or message through these operations?

No. These are read operations on public data. They do not write to any account.

## How do I get the comments of a reel?

Use a comments operation and pass the post or reel link or its shortcode. Most of them return the comment text, author and like count, and page with a cursor.

## Why is hashtag search different between providers?

One provider reads Instagram's hashtag feed. Another searches through a web index, which returns what that index has seen. The description on each operation says which one it is.

## How do I get a transcript of an Instagram video?

Use the transcript operation with the post or reel link. It generates speech-to-text for the video, and it works on short videos only, as its description notes.

## How does my agent call a Instagram operation?

It connects to looot once, searches the catalog for the job, reads the input fields and the price, then runs the operation. Setup takes one line from skill.md, and the same key works for every provider.

## How is a Instagram call billed?

Per call, at the price shown on this page for that operation. The agent sees the price before the run, and the run is recorded with its cost in your ledger.

## Where do I find the full input and output fields?

Each operation has a reference page on docs.looot.ai with its input fields, an example call and the response. The For agents card on this page links the cheapest ones.

## Are the prices on this page current?

They are read from the live looot catalog every few minutes, so they change when a provider changes its price. When the catalog cannot be read, the page shows no numbers.

## Which Instagram operation should I start with?

Start with the cheapest operation in the job you need, which is listed first in its group. Check that it returns the fields your agent reads, and switch to another provider if it does not.

## Related pages

- /platforms/tiktok
- /platforms/facebook
- /platforms/ads-libraries
- /use-cases/data-enrichment

## Last reviewed

2026-10-04. The operation list, the counts and every price are read live from the catalog on the web page.

## For agents

Run any operation with POST /v1/runs and its endpointId. The full tool reference is on docs.looot.ai.

- **platform**: Instagram
- **setup**: https://looot.ai/skill.md
- **tool reference**: https://docs.looot.ai/reference/tools