generated: '2026-08-27'
method: probed
source: >-
  https://docs.instacart.com/developer_platform_api/guide/tutorials/mcp (published endpoint URLs),
  https://docs.instacart.com/mcp_servers.md, and a live anonymous tools/list POST to
  https://mcp.instacart.com/mcp
provider: Instacart
providerId: instacart
name: Instacart Developer Platform MCP Server
description: >-
  Instacart publishes a first-party, remote Model Context Protocol server that exposes the Instacart
  Developer Platform's two shoppable-page operations as MCP tools. The production endpoint is
  https://mcp.instacart.com/mcp over Streamable HTTP, authenticated with an Instacart Developer
  Platform API key passed as an Authorization Bearer header. A separate development endpoint exists at
  https://mcp.dev.instacart.tools/mcp. Both endpoints answered an anonymous tools/list with HTTP 200
  and the full tool schemas, so the tool contract below is observed, not inferred.
deployment:
  mode: remote
  endpoint: https://mcp.instacart.com/mcp
  transport: streamable-http
  auth: api-key
  verified: probed
  environments:
    - name: production
      endpoint: https://mcp.instacart.com/mcp
      probed: '2026-08-27'
      tools_list_status: 200
    - name: development
      endpoint: https://mcp.dev.instacart.tools/mcp
      probed: '2026-08-27'
      tools_list_status: 200
  auth_note: >-
    Instacart's tutorial states "you need to pass your API key as an authorization header when
    connecting to the MCP server" and the MCP inspector walkthrough sets Header name Authorization
    with the API key in the Bearer Token field. tools/list is nevertheless served anonymously;
    tools/call was not exercised, since doing so would create real pages on Instacart Marketplace.
status: published
x-evidence:
  fetched: '2026-08-27'
  method: POST
  url: https://mcp.instacart.com/mcp
  request: '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
  http_status: 200
  raw: mcp/instacart-mcp-tools.json
tools:
  - name: create-recipe
    description: Create a recipe page on Instacart Marketplace
    required: [title, ingredients]
    input_schema_source: live tools/list response (mcp/instacart-mcp-tools.json)
    rest_operation: createRecipePage
  - name: create-shopping-list
    description: Create a shopping list page on Instacart Marketplace
    required: [title, lineItems]
    input_schema_source: live tools/list response (mcp/instacart-mcp-tools.json)
    rest_operation: createShoppingListPage
tool_count: 2
docs:
  - https://docs.instacart.com/developer_platform_api/guide/tutorials/mcp
  - https://docs.instacart.com/mcp_servers
  - https://docs.instacart.com/mcp_servers/get-started/use-instacarts-mcp-server
  - https://docs.instacart.com/mcp_servers/changelog
other_servers:
  - name: Instacart Enterprise MCP Server
    docs: https://docs.instacart.com/mcp_servers
    mode: remote
    endpoint: null
    auth: oauth
    verified: searched
    note: >-
      Separate from the Developer Platform server above. Documented at /mcp_servers as supporting
      store-availability checks, recipe ingredient lookup and order assembly, but the endpoint URL,
      onboarding, rate limits and access provisioning are all gated behind "contact your Instacart
      representative", so no endpoint is recorded. Documentation site published 2026-03-15.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com