Paste a Reel or video-post link and your assistant works with the spoken words, no download, no re-upload, no caption export needed.
get_transcriptsearch_videoslist_channel_videosget_creditsAny MCP client connects the same way: point it at the server URL and send a TranscriptFetch API key as a bearer header (on claude.ai, OAuth replaces the key).
https://transcriptfetch.com/mcpnpx mcp-remote https://transcriptfetch.com/mcp \
--header "Authorization: Bearer tf_live_YOUR_KEY"Search and profile listing cover Instagram alongside transcript fetching; Instagram has no public playlist surface.
get_transcript(video)Accepts public Reel links (instagram.com/reel/...), video posts (/p/...) and older IGTV uploads. Since Instagram exposes no caption file, every fetch transcribes the audio and returns timestamped segments with the language detected automatically, so a Spanish-language Reel yields Spanish text with no flag from you. A clip whose audio holds no speech comes back empty, and empty results are never billed.
search_videos(query, platform: "instagram")Keyword search on Instagram, returning Reels and video posts with URLs that go straight into get_transcript.
list_channel_videos(channel)Takes a public profile URL (instagram.com/username/) and returns the account's recent video posts, up to 50 per call, so an agent can read a creator's last few weeks of Reels without a list of links.
get_credits()The free balance check. A social team sweeping a competitor's last month of Reels can count the links, check the balance, and know the whole job fits before starting it.
Instagram never publishes captions as something you can export. What you see on a Reel is rendered for viewing only, and the official Instagram APIs are built for publishing and insights, not for reading back what a video said. So the only reliable route to the words is the audio itself, which is exactly what this server transcribes.
No, it returns the spoken words from the video's audio. The written caption is visible in a browser and copyable there; the speech is what needs transcription, and that is this server's job.
Public Reels, video posts and IGTV uploads, via instagram.com/reel/… or /p/… links. Private accounts are not accessible, and Stories only exist for 24 hours.
Instagram exposes no caption file either way, so every fetch goes to AI Fallback Transcription. Reels are short, so it is seconds, not minutes.
Yes. The channel tool accepts a public Instagram profile URL, and search_videos accepts Instagram as its platform. Every returned URL can be sent straight to get_transcript.
Whatever was spoken. The language is detected per video and returned with the transcript; nothing is translated on the way through.
50 free credits a month. Caption fetches cost one credit; AI Fallback Transcription is billed by audio duration, only on delivery. Failed or empty results are never billed. Paid plans start at $5 for 1,000 credits.
Sign up, grab a key, paste one config block into your client. Your assistant reads Instagram from then on.