Pil runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. Last commit 16 Sep 2026.
PIL: local-first knowledge base for your Instagram saved posts, with a read-only MCP server.
We read the source, 18 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df
Things with no honest explanation: a promise that contradicts the code, code that runs at install time while hiding what it does, data leaving the machine.
p = subprocess.run(["instagram-cli"] + args, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=300)
What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.
p = subprocess.run(["instagram-cli"] + args, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=300)
with open(os.path.join(HERE, name), 'rb') as f:
try { execSync(`node --check ${tmp}`, { stdio: 'pipe' }); ok(true, 'script[' + i + '] syntax'); }
window.eval(fs.readFileSync(path.join(HERE, 'ring-component', 'pil-ring.js'), 'utf8'));
Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.
Code changes quietly between releases, and nobody reads the diff of a dependency. We do, on every release — watch Pil and you get told the day something new turns up.
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add pil -- uvx personal-instagram-library
{
"mcpServers": {
"pil": {
"args": [
"personal-instagram-library"
],
"command": "uvx"
}
}
}
[mcp_servers.pil]
command = "uvx"
args = ["personal-instagram-library"]
{
"mcpServers": {
"pil": {
"args": [
"personal-instagram-library"
],
"command": "uvx"
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"pil": {
"args": [
"personal-instagram-library"
],
"command": "uvx"
}
}
}
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