meta-insights-mcp

An MCP server exposing Meta (Facebook / Instagram) business insights through the Graph and Marketing APIs, using a System User access token.

Install

pip install meta-insights-mcp
# or
uv add meta-insights-mcp
# or run ad-hoc without installing
uvx meta-insights-mcp

Configuration

The server reads its configuration from environment variables:

Connect to Claude

Add one of the following to your MCP client config (Claude Desktop: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json; Claude Code: ~/.claude.json or project .mcp.json).

Recommended — zero-install via uvx

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "meta-insights": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["meta-insights-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "META_ACCESS_TOKEN": "EAAG..."
      }
    }
  }
}

After pip install

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "meta-insights": {
      "command": "meta-insights-mcp",
      "env": {
        "META_ACCESS_TOKEN": "EAAG..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Module form (fallback)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "meta-insights": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "meta_insights_mcp"],
      "env": {
        "META_ACCESS_TOKEN": "EAAG..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Tools

User-scoped (always available)

Business-scoped (enabled when META_BUSINESS_ID is set)

Meta setup required

Before the server returns data, you need (in Meta Business Manager):

1. A Business App in Meta for Developers tied to your Business Manager

2. A System User with scopes: ads_read or ads_management, pages_read_engagement, business_management

3. Asset assignment: assign the Ad Account(s) and Page(s) you want to read to the System User (this is the step people most often miss — a valid token with unassigned assets returns empty data)

4. A System User access token — pass it as META_ACCESS_TOKEN

Use check_token_status to verify scopes and expiry.

Testing locally with the MCP Inspector

The MCP Inspector is a browser-based UI (provided by Anthropic) that lets you call your tools directly — no AI needed. Great for verifying the server works before connecting it to Claude.

# From the project root, with your venv active
mcp dev meta_insights_mcp/server.py

This launches:

• Your Python MCP server

• A local web UI (opens automatically in your browser)

In the Inspector:

1. Click Connect at the top

2. Open the Tools tab

3. Try these in order:

   • check_token_status — no args; confirms your token is valid and shows scopes/expiry

   • list_meta_assets — no args; lists ad accounts and Pages assigned to the System User

   • get_ad_account_insights — paste an ad_account_id from the previous step

4. Enable business-scoped tools by setting META_BUSINESS_ID in your shell / .env before launching the Inspector, then call list_business_assets

If list_meta_assets returns empty arrays, the token is fine but the System User has no assets assigned yet — fix that in Meta Business Settings (see "Meta setup required" above).

Development

git clone <repo>
cd meta-mcp-server
python3 -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -e .        # editable install

# Run the MCP Inspector
mcp dev meta_insights_mcp/server.py

# Or run the server directly (stdio)
meta-insights-mcp

Publishing

Build wheel + sdist:

pip install build
python -m build        # produces dist/*.whl and dist/*.tar.gz

Upload to TestPyPI first (sandbox):

pip install twine
python -m twine upload --repository testpypi dist/*
pip install -i https://test.pypi.org/simple/ meta-insights-mcp   # verify

Then to real PyPI:

python -m twine upload dist/*

License

MIT