# InsightSocial (npm · insightsocial)

Live public data from Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, X and 20 more networks, via one key.

- Trust score: 49/100 (low)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-05

## Components

- npm · `insightsocial`: 49/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/app-insightsocial-insightsocial/insightsocial.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/app-insightsocial-insightsocial/insightsocial)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `insightsocial`
- Version: `0.3.6`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-10-05.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 98/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - 31 of 95 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 97/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to insightsocial/cli).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 0 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 0/100
  - Schema quality not yet verified: we do not have a sandbox capture of the MCP schema this version of the package serves yet.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability not yet verified: we do not have a sandbox capture of the MCP schema this version of the package serves yet.
- **Tool Coverage**: 0/100
  - Tool coverage not yet verified: we do not have a sandbox capture of the tool definitions this version of the package serves yet.
- **Tool Safety**: 0/100
  - Tool safety not yet verified: we do not have a sandbox capture of the tool definitions this version of the package serves yet.
- **Capabilities**: 0/100
  - Protocol version not yet verified: we do not have a sandbox capture of the MCP handshake this version of the package performs yet.

**Unverified: 5 categories.** Categories scored 0 because our sandbox has not given us the schema these checks need to read. That is a gap on our side rather than a finding about the package, and we only credit what we can confirm, so the score stands at 0 until the capture succeeds. We are working through the fleet, so this normally clears without any action from you.

## Install

### How do I install the InsightSocial MCP server?

InsightSocial runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y insightsocial. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add app-insightsocial-insightsocial -- npx -y insightsocial
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "app-insightsocial-insightsocial": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "insightsocial"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "app-insightsocial-insightsocial": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "insightsocial"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add app-insightsocial-insightsocial -- npx -y insightsocial
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "app-insightsocial-insightsocial": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "insightsocial"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add app-insightsocial-insightsocial --command npx --arg -y --arg insightsocial
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  app-insightsocial-insightsocial:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "insightsocial"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "app-insightsocial-insightsocial": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "insightsocial"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add app-insightsocial-insightsocial -t stdio -c npx -a -y insightsocial
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "app-insightsocial-insightsocial": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "insightsocial"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-10-05 (score 49, −31)

- [security regression] Stability: 0.03 → unverified
- [security regression] Tool safety: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] Capabilities: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: unverified
- [functional] Package version: 0.3.0 → 0.3.1

### 2026-10-04 (score 80, +25)

- [security regression] Known CVEs: pass → unverified
- [security regression] Tool safety: pass → unverified
- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass
- [security improvement] Provenance: fail → pass
- [security] Stability: Stability not yet verified: we do not have a sandbox capture of the MCP schema this version of the package serves yet.
- [security] The attested source repository moved: insightsocial/cli
- [functional regression] Schema quality: 156 → 192
- [functional regression] Dependency health: 0.86 → unverified
- [functional regression] Capabilities: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: unverified
- [functional] Package version: 0.1.0 → 0.3.0
- [functional] Package version: 0.1.0 → 0.2.2
- [functional] Package version: 0.1.0 → 0.2.1
- [functional] Package version: 0.1.0 → 0.2.0

### 2026-10-03 (score 55)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (5)

### `search_endpoints` (~86 tokens)

Search endpoints

Find InsightSocial API endpoints by keywords and/or platform. Returns path, price in credits, required inputs and whether it paginates. Free.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): How many results (default 10).
- `platform` (string): Limit to one platform.
- `query` (string): Words such as "instagram followers", "tiktok comments", "linkedin company jobs".

### `describe_endpoint` (~53 tokens)

Describe an endpoint

The full contract of one endpoint: what it returns, every input with its type, allowed values and an example, and its price. Free.

Input parameters:

- `path` (string, required): e.g. /v1/instagram/profile

### `call_endpoint` (~223 tokens)

Call an endpoint

Fetch live data from one endpoint. Costs the credits listed in the catalogue (empty results and failures are free). The full response is saved and a result_id is returned with a trimmed view; use read_result to see more of it for free.

Input parameters:

- `fields` (array): Keep only these keys on each item, e.g. ["username","followers","ext.public_email"]. Dotted paths descend.
- `fresh` (boolean): Bypass caches and fetch fresh. Always charged.
- `idempotency_key` (string): Send the same key to retry safely: a replay returns the original response and is charged 0.
- `jq` (string): A jq expression over the saved response envelope, e.g. ".data.items[] | {id, text}".
- `max_items` (integer): Items shown in the view (default 10). The saved result is always complete.
- `params` (object): Query inputs, e.g. {"handle":"natgeo"}
- `path` (string, required): Endpoint path, e.g. /v1/instagram/profile

### `read_result` (~152 tokens)

Read a saved result

Re-slice a result saved by call_endpoint: jq, fields, max_items, or summary for an outline with byte sizes. Local and free. Never call the endpoint again just to see a different part.

Input parameters:

- `fields` (array): Keep only these keys on each item, e.g. ["username","followers","ext.public_email"]. Dotted paths descend.
- `jq` (string): A jq expression over the saved response envelope, e.g. ".data.items[] | {id, text}".
- `max_items` (integer)
- `result_id` (string, required): The result_id returned by call_endpoint.
- `summary` (boolean): An outline of the structure with byte sizes, instead of values.

### `get_credits` (~25 tokens)

Credit balance

Remaining credits, plan and this period’s usage for the configured key. Free.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/app-insightsocial-insightsocial/insightsocial#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-10-05: 49
- 2026-10-04: 80
- 2026-10-03: 55

## Common questions

### What is the InsightSocial MCP server?

InsightSocial is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as app.insightsocial/insightsocial. Live public data from Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, X and 20 more networks, via one key. This page covers its npm package (insightsocial).

### Is the InsightSocial MCP server safe to use?

InsightSocial scores 49 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 5 October 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. Its build provenance is signed and verified. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the InsightSocial MCP server expose?

InsightSocial exposes 5 tools: search_endpoints, describe_endpoint, call_endpoint, read_result, get_credits. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 539 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the InsightSocial MCP server still maintained?

InsightSocial is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 October 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What licence is the InsightSocial MCP server under?

InsightSocial declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/insightsocial
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/insightsocial
- Repository: https://github.com/insightsocial/cli
- Website: https://www.insightsocial.app/docs
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/app-insightsocial-insightsocial/insightsocial.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/app-insightsocial-insightsocial/insightsocial.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/app-insightsocial-insightsocial/insightsocial