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API Direct

io.apidirect/api-direct

Search social media, news, forums and Google Maps: LinkedIn, X, Reddit, TikTok, YouTube.

Uptime
100.0%
3 direct probes · 30d
Response
723ms
last probe
Tools
102
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Resources
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Prompts
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Tools · 102

list_skills

START HERE for common goals. Lists the ready-made API Direct skills — expert playbooks that chain these tools (with non-obvious filters like author_title, mentions_company, author_company, freshness w…

get_skill

Get a ready-made skill's step-by-step playbook with your inputs filled in, then follow it. Returns an ordered recipe of tool calls to execute. PREFER running a matching skill over improvising raw sear…

search_linkedin

Search LinkedIn posts. Provide a `query` and/or a filter below. Powerful filters: author (posts BY a person), author_title (posts by people with a given job title, e.g. Founder/CEO — applies alongside…

linkedin_person_posts

Get recent posts authored by a LinkedIn person by profile URL or public slug. Returns posts with engagement metrics (likes, comments, shares, reactions), author info, images, videos, and articles.

linkedin_post_details

Get detailed information about a specific LinkedIn post by URL. Returns full post text, author details, and engagement metrics (likes, comments, shares, reaction breakdowns).

linkedin_company_details

Get detailed information about a LinkedIn company page by URL. Returns company name, description, employee count, locations, specialities, industry, website, and similar companies.

linkedin_company_posts

Get recent posts from a LinkedIn company page by URL. Returns posts with engagement metrics (likes, comments, shares, reactions).

search_linkedin_companies

Search LinkedIn companies by keyword. Returns company name, description, followers, and logo.

search_linkedin_jobs

Search LinkedIn job listings by keyword. Returns title, company (with company_id), location, posting date, job type, experience level, workplace type, industry, salary, and full description. Filter by…

linkedin_job_details

Get detailed information about a specific LinkedIn job listing by URL or numeric job ID. Returns title, company, location, posting date, job type, experience level, workplace type, industry, salary, b…

search_twitter

Search Twitter/X posts.

search_twitter_users

Search Twitter/X users by keyword. Returns profile data including username, bio, follower counts, and verification status.

twitter_user_profile

Get detailed profile information for a Twitter/X user by username. Returns follower/following counts, bio, verification status, and account metadata.

twitter_user_tweets

Get tweets posted by a specific Twitter/X user.

twitter_user_followers

Get the followers of a specific Twitter/X user.

twitter_user_following

Get the accounts that a specific Twitter/X user is following.

twitter_verified_followers

Get the verified (blue checkmark) followers of a specific Twitter/X user.

twitter_user_replies

Get replies posted by a specific Twitter/X user.

twitter_tweet_details

Get detailed information for a single tweet by its ID. Returns full content, engagement metrics, and author info.

twitter_tweet_retweets

Get the users who retweeted a specific tweet.

twitter_tweet_quotes

Get the quote tweets for a specific tweet.

twitter_tweet_comments

Get the comments (replies) on a specific tweet.

twitter_trends

Get the current trending topics for a specific location on Twitter/X. Use woeid=1 for Worldwide.

search_reddit

Search Reddit posts.

search_reddit_comments

Search Reddit comments.

search_reddit_users

Search Reddit users by keyword. Returns profile data including username, karma scores, account age, and bio.

search_youtube

Search YouTube videos.

search_youtube_channels

Search YouTube channels by keyword. Returns channel name, description, subscriber count, and thumbnail.

get_youtube_comments

Get comments from a YouTube video. Returns each comment's text, author, like count, reply count, date, a direct link, and up to 5 preview replies. Billed $0.005 per page.

youtube_channel_details

Get details for a YouTube channel: channel name, description, subscriber count, video count, total views, country, creation date, verification status, external links, profile picture, and banner. Prov…

youtube_video_details

Get details for a YouTube video: title, full description, channel name and ID, publish date, duration in seconds, view count, category, keywords, and thumbnail. Works for regular videos, Shorts, and l…

search_instagram

Search Instagram posts by keyword.

search_instagram_users

Search Instagram users by keyword. Returns username, full name, verification status, and profile picture.

instagram_user_profile

Get the full profile for a single Instagram user by username or profile URL. Returns biography, follower / following counts, media count, category, external link, verification status, country the acco…

instagram_user_posts

Get a single Instagram user's recent posts and reels (their feed) by profile URL or username. Returns captions, engagement metrics (likes, comments, shares, views), author metadata, hashtags, and ment…

instagram_post_details

Get full details for a single Instagram post, reel, or IGTV video by post URL or shortcode. Returns the caption, like/comment/share/view counts, media URLs, carousel slides, audio track info, tagged u…

instagram_user_followers

Get an Instagram user's followers by username or profile URL. Returns username, full name, user ID, verification and privacy status, and profile picture for each follower, 50 per page (billed per page…

instagram_user_following

Get the accounts an Instagram user follows, by username or profile URL. Returns username, full name, user ID, verification and privacy status, and profile picture for each account, 50 per page (billed…

instagram_user_stories

Get an Instagram user's currently active stories (last 24 hours) by username or profile URL. Returns each story's media URLs (image or video), post time and expiry, link stickers, mentions, tagged use…

instagram_user_highlights

Get an Instagram user's story highlights tray by username or profile URL. Returns each highlight's ID, title, story count, cover image, created / updated dates, and link. Use instagram_highlight_stori…

instagram_highlight_stories

Get the stories saved in one Instagram highlight by highlight ID (from instagram_user_highlights) or highlight URL. Returns the highlight's title and cover plus every story's media URLs, post time, li…

instagram_post_comments

Get the comments on an Instagram post or reel by post URL or shortcode. Returns each comment's text, author details, like and reply counts, date, and link, up to 15 per page (billed per page), sorted …

instagram_comment_replies

Get the replies to one Instagram comment (its thread) by post URL or shortcode plus the comment ID from instagram_post_comments. Returns each reply's text, author details, like count, date, link, and …

instagram_post_likes

Get the users who liked an Instagram post or reel by post URL or shortcode. Returns username, full name, user ID, verification and privacy status, and profile picture for every liker Instagram exposes…

instagram_hashtag_posts

Get Instagram posts and reels for a hashtag. Returns the same post objects as search_instagram (captions, engagement metrics, media URLs, author metadata, hashtags, mentions) plus the hashtag's total …

search_threads

Search Threads (Meta's Threads app) posts by keyword. Returns post text, author, engagement metrics, media, and post permalinks. Billed $0.006 per request.

search_threads_users

Search Threads (Meta's Threads app) users by keyword. Returns username, full name, verification status, and profile picture. Billed $0.006 per request.

threads_user_profile

Get the full profile for a single Threads (Meta's Threads app) user by username. Returns biography, bio links, follower count, verification status, and profile metadata. Billed $0.006 per request.

threads_user_posts

Get a single Threads (Meta's Threads app) user's recent posts by username. Returns post text, engagement metrics, media, timestamps, and permalinks. Billed $0.006 per request.

truthsocial_user_posts

Get a single Truth Social user's recent posts (their feed) by username. Returns post text, engagement metrics (replies, reposts, likes), media attachments, hashtags, reply status, and permalinks. Up t…

search_bluesky

Search Bluesky posts by keyword. Billed $0.003 per page.

search_bluesky_users

Search Bluesky users by keyword. Billed $0.003 per page.

bluesky_user_profile

Get a Bluesky user's full profile by handle, DID, or profile URL. Billed $0.003 per request. Provide exactly one of username or url.

bluesky_user_posts

Get a user's feed by handle: their posts, replies, and reposts in feed order (the pinned post first, then newest first), each flagged with is_reply, is_repost, and is_pinned. Billed $0.003 per page. P…

bluesky_user_followers

Get the followers of a Bluesky user, newest first. Billed $0.003 per page. Provide exactly one of username or url.

bluesky_user_following

Get the accounts a Bluesky user follows, newest first. Billed $0.003 per page. Provide exactly one of username or url.

bluesky_user_likes

Get the posts a Bluesky user has liked, newest first. Billed $0.003 per page. Provide exactly one of username or url.

bluesky_post_details

Get a single Bluesky post by URL or ID. Billed $0.003 per request. Provide exactly one of url or post_id.

bluesky_post_comments

Get the replies to a Bluesky post. Billed $0.003 per request. Provide exactly one of url or post_id.

bluesky_post_likes

Get the users who liked a Bluesky post, newest first. Billed $0.003 per page. Provide exactly one of url or post_id.

bluesky_post_quotes

Get the posts that quote a Bluesky post, newest first. Billed $0.003 per page. Provide exactly one of url or post_id.

bluesky_post_reposts

Get the users who reposted a Bluesky post, newest first. Billed $0.003 per page. Provide exactly one of url or post_id.

search_tiktok

Search TikTok videos by keyword.

search_tiktok_users

Search TikTok users by keyword. Returns username, bio, follower/following counts, likes, and video count.

tiktok_user_profile

Get the full profile for a single TikTok user by username, numeric user ID, or profile URL. Returns bio, bio link, follower/following counts, total likes, video count, verification status, join date, …

tiktok_video_details

Get full details for a single TikTok video by video URL or numeric video ID. Returns the caption, play/like/comment/share/save counts, watermark-free playback and download URLs, cover images, music tr…

facebook_page_details

Get detailed information about a Facebook page including name, followers, categories, contact info, and verification status.

facebook_page_posts

Get recent posts from a Facebook page by page ID.

facebook_page_photos

Get photos from a Facebook page.

facebook_page_videos

Get videos from a Facebook page. Requires the delegate_page_id from the page details endpoint.

facebook_page_reels

Get reels from a Facebook page. Requires the reels_page_id from the page details endpoint.

facebook_page_reviews

Get reviews for a Facebook page.

facebook_group_details

Get Facebook group details including name, description, members count, and privacy setting.

facebook_group_posts

Get posts from a public Facebook group.

facebook_post_comments

Get comments on a Facebook post by post ID. Returns each comment's text, author details, reaction and reply counts, date, and any attachment.

search_facebook_posts

Search Facebook posts by keyword across all of Facebook. Optionally scope results to a place with location_id (resolve one via the search_facebook_locations tool).

search_facebook_pages

Search Facebook pages by keyword.

search_facebook_videos

Search Facebook videos by keyword.

search_facebook_events

Search Facebook events by keyword. Optionally scope results to a place with location_id (resolve one via the search_facebook_locations tool).

search_facebook_locations

Resolve a place name (city, region, or country) to Facebook location IDs. Use the returned id as the location_id argument to search_facebook_posts or search_facebook_events to scope a search to that p…

search_forums

Search forum posts across the web.

search_news

Search news articles from thousands of sources worldwide.

search_web

Search the web (Google organic results). Returns title, URL, snippet, source and domain for each result. Supports country and language targeting, time filters, city-level geo, and an optional Google A…

google_ai_mode

Send a prompt to Google's AI Mode and get back a structured conversational reply (reply_parts: paragraphs, headings, lists, images) with reference_links citations. Use session_token from a previous re…

search_places

Search Google Maps places (local businesses, points of interest) by free-text query. Returns place_id, name, address, phone, website, rating, review count, opening hours, coordinates, and more. Option…

place_details

Get full details for a Google Maps place by place_id (the ChIJ... value returned by search_places). Returns name, address, phone, website, rating, review counts per star, opening hours, photos sample,…

place_reviews

Get user reviews for a Google Maps place by place_id. Each review includes rating, review text, author info, timestamps, photos, and any owner response. Each page returns up to 10 reviews. The `langua…

place_photos

Get photos and videos for a Google Maps place by place_id. Returns photo URLs (both standard and large), coordinates, and capture timestamps. Photos and videos are returned together — filter by the ty…

search_amazon_products

Search Amazon products by keyword across 24 marketplaces. Returns ASIN, title, price, original price, rating, ratings count, Prime status, sales volume, badges, and delivery info. Filter by category, …

amazon_product_details

Get full details for an Amazon product by ASIN (the 10-character code returned by search_amazon_products). Returns pricing, buy box with seller_id, availability, condition, photos, videos, specs, abou…

amazon_seller_profile

Get an Amazon seller's profile by seller ID (from a product's main_buy_box.seller_id). Returns seller name, logo, about text, registered business name and address, average rating, total ratings, posit…

amazon_seller_reviews

Get customer feedback for an Amazon seller by seller ID. Each review includes author name, text, star rating, date, and whether the seller responded. Filter by star rating (5_stars..1_stars) or positi…

amazon_seller_products

Get the catalog of products sold by an Amazon seller by seller ID. Returns the same product objects as search_amazon_products plus the seller's total catalog size. Each page returns ~16 results; sorta…

amazon_best_sellers

Get Amazon best-seller rankings for a category — Best Sellers, New Releases, Movers & Shakers, Most Wished For, or Gift Ideas. Each item includes rank, rank change, ASIN, title, price, and rating. Eac…

trustpilot_company_reviews

Get a company's Trustpilot reviews plus its full profile (TrustScore, star rating, review counts, per-star breakdown, categories, claimed/verification status, reply behaviour, contact details). Each r…

search_trustpilot_companies

Search Trustpilot companies by name or keyword. Each match includes business_unit_id, name, domain, website, Trustpilot page URL, logo, TrustScore rating, stars, review count, categories, and location…

trustpilot_category_companies

List the companies in a Trustpilot category (20 per page, up to 500 pages) with name, domain, TrustScore, review count, categories and location, plus the category's size and subcategories. Filter by c…

trustpilot_category_newest

Get the newest companies added to a Trustpilot category (a short unpaginated list, often 0-10 entries) with name, domain, TrustScore, review count and location, plus the category's size and subcategor…

trustpilot_category_details

Get a Trustpilot category: display name, number of businesses, parent category, and its subcategories with their ids and business counts. Works for top-level, second- and third-level category slugs.

search_trustpilot_categories

Search Trustpilot categories by keyword. Returns up to 6 fuzzy matches with category_id and name; the search never returns zero matches, so check the names. Feed a category_id into trustpilot_category…

trustpilot_user_profile

Get a Trustpilot reviewer's public profile (name, country, review count, verified, likes, reads) and the reviews they have written across all companies, 20 per page, each with the company name/domain,…

batch_requests

Execute up to 100 API Direct requests in a single call — any mix of the other tools' endpoints (e.g. 50 twitter_user_profile lookups + 50 instagram_user_profile lookups). Items run concurrently server…

Prompts · 63

competitor-conquest-radar

Intercept people publicly complaining about a competitor — on LinkedIn, X and Reddit — the moment they post.

hiring-signal-account-builder

Turn fresh job posts that imply a tooling gap into ranked accounts, the internal budget owner, and a cross-platform talking point.

competitor-employee-poacher

List a named competitor's employees in a target role across LinkedIn, X and Instagram — sourced from their own profiles, not the company page.

market-map-similar-companies

Crawl one seed's similar-companies graph on LinkedIn, then cross-fill the gaps with AI competitor lists and funding news into a full, sized market map.

distress-layoff-early-warning

Detect competitor instability from a surge of 'open to work' employees, cross-checked against X, Reddit, layoff forums and the news wire.

series-a-inflection-detector

Find startups hiring their first GTM/finance exec — then confirm the raise across news and X.

pe-roll-up-target-finder

Harvest fragmented local operators across Google, Facebook, LinkedIn and news — with owner contacts plus live sale and succession signals — for acquisition outreach.

founder-launch-signal-radar

Surface founders announcing launches across LinkedIn, X, and Reddit — filtered to founders, then graded for conviction and traction.

ai-serp-reputation-audit

See what Google's AI tells the public about your brand — then trace that narrative back to the Reddit, news, and forum sources you can actually fix.

crisis-amplification-tracer

For a damaging tweet, map who's spreading it and how angry the room is — then check if the crisis has jumped to Reddit, the press, and forums.

enterprise-account-health-monitor

Score a key B2B account's churn risk from employee posts, rival-tool job reqs, risk-event news, and public switching chatter.

churn-intent-saver

Catch 'I'm cancelling / switching' posts across X, Reddit and forums and prioritize the loudest accounts for a save.

rising-creator-early-detector

Find undervalued creators across TikTok, Instagram and YouTube by engagement-to-follower ratio before they blow up.

storefront-to-human-contact-bridge

Turn a business listing into the owner's emails, phones and every linked social — Instagram, X, Facebook and LinkedIn — resolved into one person.

trend-to-founder-to-inbox

Catch a rising topic, find the B2B founders posting about it on LinkedIn and X, then surface their contact channel.

just-funded-outreach-window

Catch companies the week they raise — when budgets are fresh and buyers are saying yes

switcher-harvesting-engine

Find the people actively shopping away from a rival across Reddit, X, forums and LinkedIn, and intercept them mid-defection

local-buying-intent-capture

Catch locals the moment they post — on Facebook, Reddit, or X — that they need exactly what you sell

pre-call-account-dossier

Walk into every discovery call already knowing the company, its latest moves across web and news, and the buyer's hot buttons

layoff-wave-interceptor

Catch freshly laid-off talent across LinkedIn, X and Reddit within days of the announcement, before every other recruiter circles back

reddit-deep-expertise-sourcer

Surface passive technical experts across Reddit, forums and X by the depth of the answers they give, not the resumes they wrote

creative-talent-direct-line

Find portfolio-grade creative talent across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and X — and pull their public emails and portfolio links in one pass

local-trades-talent-scout

Map a trade's local operators and the named standout staff in their reviews, then optionally source individual performers self-promoting on Instagram and TikTok — all with direct contact

omnichannel-brand-sentiment-pulse

Track one brand keyword across the social networks you choose and roll it into a single share-of-positive scoreboard

ugc-advocate-creator-finder

Surface the happiest creators posting about your brand across Instagram, TikTok and X — handing back follower counts and contact emails

cross-platform-video-share-of-voice

Find the creators dominating your topic across YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram and rank them by reach and sentiment

employee-advocacy-vs-official-voice

Measure whether your employees — and the wider public — out-amplify your own company page on LinkedIn

high-reach-detractor-radar

Catch only the angry brand mentions across X, Reddit and Facebook and rank them by the size of the audience that could see them

one-star-review-triage-queue

Surface the angriest reviews and public complaints nobody has answered yet, ranked so your team replies in the order that protects your reputation most

crisis-statement-reaction-gauge

Measure whether your crisis statement calmed the room or poured gas on it — on X and, optionally, across Reddit, news, and forums

executive-mention-tracker

Catch every mention of a named leader across LinkedIn, X, news, Reddit, and optionally YouTube and Facebook, and split the wins from the reputation risks

competitor-hiring-roadmap-decoder

Reverse-engineer a rival's unannounced roadmap from the roles they just opened — then cross-check it against the news and open web

pricing-objection-miner

Harvest authentic, sentiment-scored pricing complaints about a rival across the platforms you choose to arm your sales battlecard

review-weakness-miner

Surface a rival's recurring failures from their angriest reviews and complaint threads across Google, Facebook, and Reddit

paid-creative-reverse-engineer

Teardown a competitor's best-performing video hooks and angles across Facebook, TikTok and YouTube

turnaround-acquisition-target-finder

Find established local businesses with proven demand but failing management — the owner's direct line, plus cross-platform proof the reputation is broken

dtc-traction-scout

Catch consumer brands breaking out across TikTok, Reddit and YouTube before they raise, then surface the founder's inbox

fresh-fundraise-detector

Catch founders the day they announce a round across X, LinkedIn and Reddit, rank them by real traction, and corroborate against fresh press before everyone else calls

creator-contact-extractor

Turn any niche into a contact sheet of reachable creators — with public emails and links — across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and X

viral-tiktok-pattern-miner

Reverse-engineer the week's winning short-form hooks, sounds, and formats across TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram before they saturate

tweet-amplifier-outreach-list

Turn one viral tweet — plus optional Instagram and LinkedIn creators on the same topic — into a reach-ranked amplifier list for your launch

niche-youtube-creator-leaderboard

See who's actually winning a niche by momentum, not follower vanity — YouTube core, optionally extended to TikTok and Instagram

geo-trend-divergence-radar

Catch a topic breaking in one region before it spreads — diff live X trend lists across markets, then confirm the surge on TikTok and in regional news

local-category-complaint-miner

Sweep one-star reviews — plus optional Reddit, X, and Facebook chatter — across a metro's category to surface the unmet needs nobody is solving

buyer-intent-serp-ai-map

Map the affiliate, comparison, AI-answer, and community landscape that owns a high-intent buying keyword

hiring-demand-leading-indicator

Turn fresh job-posting velocity for an emerging skill into a forward demand signal — triangulated with news and practitioner chatter — and a map of who is investing

cross-platform-trend-validation-funnel

Promote a topic only when it surges at once across X, Reddit, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and the news — killing one-platform fads

feature-request-harvester

Turn scattered "I wish it could" chatter across Reddit, forums, X, YouTube and Facebook into a ranked, evidence-backed feature backlog

outage-early-warning-siren

Detect an incident from a corroborated cross-platform complaint surge minutes before the support queue floods

support-deflection-gap-finder

Find the questions users keep asking that no doc, video, or AI answer deflects — across forums, Reddit, X and YouTube

influencer-complaint-rescue

Catch a high-follower complaint on Instagram, X, or TikTok and get a private contact to fix it before it spreads

local-contact-harvester

Turn a niche and a city into a deduped, CRM-ready list of every local business — across Google Maps and Facebook — with phones, emails, and social handles

unhappy-customer-winback-miner

Find local businesses whose own 1-star reviews — on Google and (optionally) Facebook — name the exact pain your product fixes, then hand you the owner to pitch

owner-decision-maker-outreach-chain

Go from a map pin to the decision-maker, then open with a genuine hook pulled from their latest LinkedIn post, Google review, press mention, or Instagram

local-ai-visibility-audit

Reveal which local businesses get recommended for 'best X in city' across Google's AI and the community threads it cites — and which strong, well-reviewed ones stay invisible

new-location-expansion-signal-detector

Catch a brand opening in a new metro weeks early by triangulating its local hiring cluster, Maps footprint, local press, and resident chatter

adverse-media-sweep

Scan every public surface — press, web, social, video, and forums — for lawsuits, fraud claims, and negative chatter before you onboard a person or company

cross-platform-identity-resolver

Pin one real person to all of their social handles and confirm the match with shared bio links and emails

cited-dossier-verifier

Generate a subject dossier, then independently re-verify every AI-stated claim against its primary source and optional first-hand social corroboration

reviewer-footprint-tracker

Trail one Google reviewer across nearby venues — and optionally the wider web and X — to infer their home turf and daily routine

local-smb-lead-gauntlet

Turn a map full of local businesses into a contact-rich, multi-platform lead dossier for every place

cross-platform-demand-triangulation

Prove a niche is not just hot but accelerating by triangulating fresh demand and buyer-intent signals across up to six independent platforms — and run only the ones you trust

city-market-entry-scan

Get a 360-degree read on one city before you expand — local chatter on Facebook and Reddit, trending hooks, competitor density, and hiring momentum — running only the lenses you choose.

How to use

Add to your Claude Desktop / Cursor / Cline MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "api_direct": {
      "url": "https://apidirect.io/mcp",
      "transport": "streamable-http"
    }
  }
}