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Connect Instagram to Cursor

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Use Cursor's agent to find the reels people save and share, with live Instagram data next to your code. Lemonado connects them in about 2 minutes, no API keys needed.

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Why connect Instagram to Cursor?

Cursor's agent already sees your landing pages, tags and reporting code, but not the numbers they produce. Connected through Lemonado, it reads your Instagram reels, saves, reach and follows, so it can find the reels people save and share with today's numbers.

  • All your Instagram data

    Posts and reels, ready to ask about.

  • Always today's numbers

    Profile visits and follows, synced from Instagram automatically, so answers use today's numbers.

  • Connect all your tools

    Questions like "Do organic winners work as ads?" use Instagram and Meta Ads, TikTok Ads at once.

How to connect Instagram to Cursor

Before you start

  • A Instagram organic account you can sign in to
  • Cursor installed
  • A Lemonado account (the free trial works)
  1. 1

    Connect Instagram organic in Lemonado

    In Lemonado, open Connectors, find Instagram organic and sign in. Connect an Instagram professional (business or creator) account. Personal accounts have no insights.

  2. 2

    Turn on external access

    In the company's settings, open External tools, turn the connection on, choose which sources it can reach and copy the server URL.

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    https://mcp.lemonado.io/mcp
  3. 3

    Open your MCP config

    Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json for every project, or .cursor/mcp.json for this project only. Create the file if it doesn't exist.

  4. 4

    Add Lemonado

    Merge this into the file and save.

    json
    {
  "mcpServers": {
    "lemonado": {
      "url": "https://mcp.lemonado.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
  5. 5

    Sign in

    Cursor asks you to sign in to Lemonado. Approve access, then ask the agent about your data.

  6. 6

    Ask Cursor about Instagram

    Try "Replace the mock data in our dashboard with last month's real Instagram numbers, as a typed fixture." Or ask: "How did each post do?" or "What did we skip posting?"

Good to know

  • Editing the file directly avoids relying on menu labels that change between Cursor versions.

What can Cursor do with Instagram?

Cursor's agent reads your Instagram data while it edits: it fills components with real data, checks tracking code and writes the analysis next to your code.

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Replace the mock data in our dashboard with last month's real Instagram numbers, as a typed fixture.

Added fixtures/instagram.ts with last month's numbers and typed fields. The dashboard now renders real data in dev.

Source: Instagram organic + your code

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Reading this as an AI agent?

Everything an agent needs to set this up, in plain text. Paste this page's link into Cursor and ask it to connect you, or copy the block.

For agents · markdown
# Connect Instagram organic to Cursor (Lemonado MCP)

- Server URL: https://mcp.lemonado.io/mcp
- Transport: Streamable HTTP
- Auth: OAuth; the user signs in to Lemonado in the browser. No API keys.
- In Lemonado: connect the Instagram professional account. Connect an Instagram professional (business or creator) account. Personal accounts have no insights.
- In Cursor: ~/.cursor/mcp.json

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lemonado": {
      "url": "https://mcp.lemonado.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

First question to try: "Replace the mock data in our dashboard with last month's real Instagram numbers, as a typed fixture."

More: https://lemonado.io/integrations/instagram-organic · https://lemonado.io/llms.txt
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, through Lemonado. Connect your Instagram professional account in Lemonado, add Lemonado in ~/.cursor/mcp.json, and Cursor can find the reels people save and share with your live data.

Open Cursor's settings and find lemonado in the MCP list. A red dot or a sign-in prompt means the login expired. Restart Cursor after editing mcp.json. In Lemonado, check that Instagram organic is connected and External tools is on for the company. If insights are missing, check the account is a professional account. Instagram only keeps insights for professional accounts.

Yes, if both are connected in Lemonado. One connection reaches every source you allow, so you can ask things like "Do our best organic reels also perform as Meta ads?"

MCP is included in Lemonado's paid plans and in the free trial, so you can try it before you pay.

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