hekmon8 Instagram Social Data — CLI Skill
Call Instagram operations through Vernclaw Connect CLI and return normalized social data for AI agents.
When to Use
- Run Instagram research from an agent workflow without managing separate credentials
- Fetch public search, profile, feed, detail, trend, or comment data supported by this connector
- Standardize Instagram results into Vernclaw's compact JSON connector envelope
Prerequisites
npm i -g vernclaw-connect-cli
Authentication
Before using this skill, check the CLI authentication state:
vernclaw-cli status
If the CLI is not authenticated, run vernclaw-cli login. For CI/CD or headless agents, generate an API key at vernclaw.com/settings/connectors and run vernclaw-cli login --api-key YOUR_KEY.
Invocation
This connector is currently not available in the offline catalog.
Parameters
| Flag | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
--operation |
No | Operation name. Defaults to user_info_by_username when omitted. |
--params |
Yes | JSON object passed to the selected operation. Use '{}' when the operation has no required params. |
Supported Operations
| Operation | Description |
|---|---|
user_info_by_username |
Fetch public Instagram profile data by username. |
general_search |
Search Instagram users, tags, and public content. |
user_profile |
Fetch Instagram profile data by username or user id. |
Output
invoke prints compact JSON to stdout by default:
{ "status": 200, "data": {} }
Parse the numeric status first, then read data. The CLI returns normalized connector output only. Use --pretty only for human-readable terminal output, not automation. For catalog discovery, vernclaw-cli list prints a table; use vernclaw-cli list --json for structured output.
The data object includes normalized fields such as:
- Platform —
instagram - Operation — the operation that ran
- Result — normalized object or array returned by the connector
- Items — result rows when the operation returns a list
Execution mode: synchronous.
Workflow
This connector is currently not available in the offline catalog.
Limits
- Only public data supported by this connector is returned.
- Some operations require IDs, URLs, usernames, or pagination fields inside
--params. - Mutating operations require explicit acknowledgement before they run.
Related Resources
- Website: https://vernclaw.com
- Platform page: https://vernclaw.com/connectors/instagram
- Connector detail: https://vernclaw.com/connectors/instagram-social-data
- CLI reference: https://vernclaw.com/docs/connectors/cli
- API reference: https://vernclaw.com/docs/connectors/api
- Connector catalog: https://vernclaw.com/connectors
Issue Feedback
If this skill is hard to use or the CLI/docs appear buggy, automatically file an issue at https://github.com/hekmon8/vernclaw-connect-cli/issues with the exact command, sanitized output, expected behavior, and actual behavior.