Provides keyword and phrase search over Threads posts, returning matching posts with filters for recency, likes, and replies, plus options for match mode, only-new deduplication, and summary rows.
Click on "Deploy Server".
Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type @ followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@Threads Keyword Search MCP Server Find Threads posts about cold email from the last 30 days with 50+ likes"
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
An MCP server for the Mamba Labs Threads Keyword Search actor on Apify. Search Threads for keywords and get one flat row per post that contains them.
Related MCP server: Enterprise Threads MCP Server
Each keyword is searched the way Threads search works for a visitor who is not logged in, which shows about 20 to 25 posts per search. By default a post is kept only when the keyword's words are in its text, next to each other and in order, so loosely related results are set aside and not charged. A post found by several keywords is returned once with every keyword it matched. Filters for age, likes, and replies, and an only new posts memory for schedules. Each keyword also returns one free summary row. No Threads or Instagram account, login, or key is used.
All of the work runs on Apify. This package is a thin client that starts the actor run, waits for it, and hands back the dataset rows.
You need Node.js 18 or newer and an Apify account with an API token.
Add this to your Claude Desktop config (claude_desktop_config.json), Cursor, or any MCP client:
{
"mcpServers": {
"mamba-threads-keyword-search": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@mambalabsdev/mcp-threads-keyword-search"
],
"env": {
"APIFY_TOKEN": "your-apify-token"
}
}
}
}Restart the client. The search_threads_posts tool appears.
Node.js 18 or newer.
An Apify API token from console.apify.com/account/integrations, set as APIFY_TOKEN. The server lists its tool without a token; a call needs one.
"Find Threads posts about cold email from the last 30 days."
"Which Threads posts mention our competitor by name this week?"
"Collect Threads posts about hubspot alternatives with their like counts."
search_threads_posts. One tool. Example arguments:
{
"keywords": [
"cold email",
"hubspot alternative"
],
"match_mode": "phrase",
"since_days": 30
}Every buyer facing input of the actor. Omitted inputs take the actor's own defaults.
Input | Type | Required | Description |
| array | no | Words or phrases to search Threads for, up to 50. |
| integer | no | Posts per keyword, up to 50 (Threads shows about 20 to 25). Default 25. |
| string | no | phrase, all_words, or off. Default phrase. |
| integer | no | Set aside posts older than this many days. |
| integer | no | Set aside posts with fewer likes. |
| boolean | no | Return matching replies too. Default true. |
| boolean | no | Skip posts an earlier run returned. Default false. |
| string | no | Name for the only new posts memory. |
| string | no | Optional cost cap for the run. |
| string | no | auto or residential. Default auto. |
Pay per event on Apify, billed to your Apify account. Prices in USD.
Event | Free plan | Bronze | Silver | Gold |
| $0.0025 | $0.002375 | $0.00225 | $0.002125 |
| $0.0015 | $0.0015 | $0.0015 | $0.0015 |
Summary rows, refused input, posts set aside by your filters, and already delivered posts are free. Mamba Labs pays the platform costs of the run, Apify proxy traffic included.
apify.com/mambalabs/threads-keyword-search
MIT. See LICENSE.
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