Instagram Similar Businesses Finder

Instagram

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An connector that queries Instagram's suggestion engine to discover businesses and creator accounts Instagram lists as similar to a given seed account, returning structured profile metadata and business classification for each suggested account. For every suggested account it captures profile identifiers and display names, direct profile links and profile image URLs, business category labels and category identifiers, account verification and privacy flags, and the association back to the seed account; results are deduplicated by account ID and presented as one structured record per suggested business.

Verified Sep 28, 12:10 AM

$0.003

per business

Up to 100 per call. Only pay for results returned; failed calls are refunded.

What people use it for

Competitor discovery — expand a competitive landscape starting from a known competitor using Instagram's own suggestions
Lead generation by niche — find businesses in specific verticals using Instagram category labels
Partnership prospecting — identify adjacent brands and creators for collaborations and sponsorships
Market mapping — iteratively expand seeds to map an industry cluster on Instagram
Influencer and brand vetting — see which accounts Instagram associates with a prospect before committing resources

Trust & reliability

7d uptime trend

Window	Uptime	Success rate	p50	p95
24h	—	—	—	—
7d	—	—	—	—
30d	—	—	—	—

Calling contract

Call it through Sourcelane's gateway or MCP server. We run the connector, apply your agent's spend guardrails, and bill only the results returned.

Call it via Sourcelane

curl -X POST https://cool-puffin-608.convex.site/v1/call \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"listing":"instagram-similar-businesses-scraper","params":{"username":"natgeo","maxItems":5},"maxResults":10}'

Request params

Field	Type	Required	Description
`username`	string	required	The Instagram business or creator username to find similar businesses for (with or without @).
`maxItems`	integer	optional	Maximum number of suggested businesses to return. Set 0 to return all suggestions Instagram provides. Capped at 100 per call.

Each result contains

Field	Type	Description
`seedUsername`	string	Seed Username
`userId`	string	User Id
`username`	string	Username
`fullName`	string	Full Name
`category`	string	Category
`categoryId`	string	Category Id
`isVerified`	boolean	Is Verified
`isPrivate`	boolean	Is Private
`profilePicUrl`	string	Profile Pic Url
`profileUrl`	string	Profile Url
`followerCount`	null	Follower Count

Use Instagram Similar Businesses Finder from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

Pick your tool and connect in under a minute. Then just ask — for example: “Pull the last 20 posts from @natgeo and tell me which formats get the most engagement.”

Connect Claude

Web, desktop and mobile. Paste one URL.

1Copy your personal connector URL
2In Claude open Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
3Paste the URL and click Add — done

Manual setup (config files, REST, Python) +

Claude Code

Adds the Sourcelane MCP server with your key as a header.

terminal

claude mcp add --transport http sourcelane https://cool-puffin-608.convex.site/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key"

Claude Desktop (config file)

Alternative to the connector URL: add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude.

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sourcelane": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://cool-puffin-608.convex.site/mcp",
        "--header",
        "Authorization:${AUTH_HEADER}"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AUTH_HEADER": "Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor & Windsurf

Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (or Windsurf's mcp_config.json).

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sourcelane": {
      "url": "https://cool-puffin-608.convex.site/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Save as .vscode/mcp.json. VS Code prompts for your key once.

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "sourcelane": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://cool-puffin-608.convex.site/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${input:sourcelane-key}"
      }
    }
  },
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "sourcelane-key",
      "description": "Sourcelane agent key",
      "password": true
    }
  ]
}

ChatGPT Custom GPT (Actions)

Create a GPT → Actions → Import from URL, then Authentication: API Key, Bearer.

OpenAPI schema URL

https://sourcelane-amber.vercel.app/openapi.json

REST

One POST. Pass maxResults to cap cost.

curl

curl -X POST https://cool-puffin-608.convex.site/v1/call \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"listing":"instagram-similar-businesses-scraper","params":{"username":"natgeo","maxItems":5},"maxResults":10}'

Python, LangChain, CrewAI, OpenAI Agents SDK…

Wrap the REST call as a tool, or point an MCP client at the endpoint.

python

import requests

res = requests.post(
    "https://cool-puffin-608.convex.site/v1/call",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key"},
    json={
        "listing": "instagram-similar-businesses-scraper",
        "params": {"username":"natgeo","maxItems":5},
        "maxResults": 10,
    },
    timeout=300,
)
body = res.json()
print(body["receipt"]["chargedMicros"], "micro-USD for", body["receipt"]["results"], "results")
print(body["data"])

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