Post to Instagram from Cursor.
Connect Cursor to xpost once, and you can ask it for a Instagram post — written in the shape Instagram takes, waiting in your queue until you approve it.
Your first post is free. No credit card.
Connecting Cursor
Three steps, about two minutes. Once it is done, every network is available to it, not just Instagram.
- 1
Add the MCP server
In Cursor open Settings → Tools & Integrations → New MCP Server and paste this address.
- 2
Sign in to xpost
Press Connect beside xpost. Log in once in the browser and the connection is made.
- 3
Ask for a post
In the agent chat, say what you want, for which accounts and when. Approve the post from the link it gives you or in your queue.
What Cursor can make for Instagram
The same limits the composer checks, so a draft your assistant writes is one Instagram will actually take.
| Post types | Feed post, carousel of up to 10, reel, story |
|---|---|
| Pictures and video | Photos and video, cropped to Instagram’s frames automatically |
| Caption length | Up to 2200 characters, counted as you type |
| First comment | Yes |
| Tagging | People on the photo, product tags from your shop, up to 3 collaborators |
| Also | Music on reels, a cover frame for video, a first comment |
| Daily limit | 100 posts a day per account, set by Instagram |
What happens when you ask
It drafts, in Instagram's shape
It waits for you
You get a receipt
Questions people ask
Yes. Connect Cursor to xpost and it can write, schedule and publish Instagram posts for your account. It cannot publish on its own — every post it creates waits in your approval queue until you approve it.
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