Connect Instacart to AI agents

Connect Instacart to Claude, Codex, Cursor, or other AI agents for your entire team. Metorial security, governance, observability, and gives your team a unified Magic MCP url to connect.

Supported Tools

create_recipe_page

Create Recipe Page

Create a shoppable recipe page on Instacart Marketplace. Provide recipe details (title, ingredients, instructions) and receive a hosted URL where users can match ingredients to available products at nearby retailers and add them to their cart for delivery or pickup. Requires **Developer Platform API key** authentication.

sandbox_advance_order

Sandbox: Advance Order

Simulate order lifecycle progression in the sandbox/development environment. Creates a test shopper, assigns a batch, and advances the order status. Each call to advance moves the batch through its status progression. **Delivery progression:** acknowledged → picking → verifying_replacements → checkout → receipt_sanity_check → delivering → completed **Pickup progression:** acknowledged → picking → verifying_replacements → checkout → receipt_sanity_check → bags_check → staged Only available in the **development** environment.

create_user

Create Connect User

Create a Connect user account with an associated delivery address. Connect users are required before placing orders. The user ID you provide must be unique across all retailer customers. Requires **Connect OAuth** authentication with the `connect:fulfillment` scope.

get_order

Get Order

Retrieve details for a specific order or list all orders for a Connect user. Includes order status, fulfillment details, item information, and delivery tracking. Requires **Connect OAuth** authentication with the `connect:fulfillment` scope.

find_stores

Find Stores

Find stores offering delivery, pickup, or last mile delivery near a location. Search by geographic coordinates, address, or postal code. Returns store names, location codes, and availability details. Requires **Connect OAuth** authentication with the `connect:fulfillment` scope.

list_cart_service_options

List Cart Service Options

List available delivery or pickup time slots for a specific user and cart. Unlike preview service options, this uses the customer's actual cart items and store location to provide accurate availability, including item-specific restrictions (e.g., alcohol delivery windows). Requires **Connect OAuth** authentication with the `connect:fulfillment` scope.

create_order

Create Order

Create a delivery or pickup order for a Connect user. Provide the store location, items, and fulfillment preferences. For delivery orders, you can specify address, tip, and delivery instructions. Orders are fulfilled by Instacart shoppers who pick items from the selected store. Requires **Connect OAuth** authentication with the `connect:fulfillment` scope.

create_shopping_list_page

Create Shopping List Page

Create a smart shopping list page on Instacart Marketplace. Provide a list of products and receive a hosted URL where users can view matched products at nearby retailers and add them to their cart. Requires **Developer Platform API key** authentication.

cancel_order

Cancel Order

Cancel an existing order. Orders can only be cancelled before a shopper is assigned (i.e., before the order status moves to "acknowledged"). Requires **Connect OAuth** authentication with the `connect:fulfillment` scope.

get_nearby_retailers

Get Nearby Retailers

Look up retailers available on Instacart Marketplace near a given postal code. Returns retailer names, keys, and logos. Retailer keys can be used to filter recipe or shopping list pages to show products from a specific store. Requires **Developer Platform API key** authentication.

preview_service_options

Preview Service Options

Preview available delivery or pickup time slots before a customer has signed in or started shopping. Provides a preview of time windows based on postal code and anticipated shopper availability. Requires **Connect OAuth** authentication with the `connect:fulfillment` scope.

reserve_service_option

Reserve Service Option

Reserve a delivery or pickup time slot for a Connect user. The reservation holds the time slot for 10 minutes. Use the returned serviceOptionHoldId when creating an order. A user can only have one active reservation at a time. Requires **Connect OAuth** authentication with the `connect:fulfillment` scope.

More integrations teams use with Instacart

Hubspot

Create, read, update, and delete CRM objects including contacts, companies, deals, tickets, and custom objects. Manage associations between CRM records. Track engagements such as calls, emails, meetings, notes, and tasks. Send transactional and marketing emails, manage campaigns, and handle subscription preferences. Build and manage marketing workflows, sequences, and automation actions. Manage CMS content including blog posts, landing pages, and HubDB tables. Handle commerce data including products, orders, invoices, quotes, and payments. Create and manage contact lists for segmentation. Configure deal, ticket, and order pipelines with custom stages. Search and filter CRM records. Bulk import and export CRM data. Manage users, teams, and account settings. Subscribe to webhooks for real-time notifications on object creation, deletion, property changes, merges, and association changes.

Salesforce

Manage CRM data including Accounts, Contacts, Leads, Opportunities, Cases, and custom objects. Create, read, update, and delete records. Query data using SOQL and search across objects using SOSL. Perform bulk data operations for large-scale imports, exports, and migrations. Execute composite requests to batch multiple operations in a single API call. Access analytics, reports, and dashboards. Manage files and attachments associated with records. Interact with Chatter feeds, posts, and groups for social collaboration. Subscribe to real-time change events via Change Data Capture and Platform Events. Manage org metadata including custom objects, fields, layouts, and workflows. Query data using GraphQL for precise data retrieval across related objects.

Apolloio

Search and prospect B2B contacts and companies from a database of over 275 million people and 70 million organizations. Enrich people and company data with emails, phone numbers, and firmographic details. Create and manage contacts, accounts, deals, and tasks. Add contacts to email sequences and manage sequence statuses. Log and search call records. Perform bulk operations for contact creation, account creation, task creation, and data enrichment.

Attio

Manage a customizable CRM workspace including records, lists, notes, tasks, and comments. Create, read, update, delete, and search records across standard and custom objects (people, companies, deals). Upsert records using unique attributes to avoid duplicates. Organize records into lists (e.g., sales pipelines) and manage list entries. Create and manage notes attached to records, assign and complete tasks, and handle threaded comments. Configure the data model by defining custom objects and attributes. Access workspace member information, meeting data, and call recording transcripts. Subscribe to real-time webhook events for records, lists, notes, tasks, comments, and more.

Dataforseo

Retrieve practical DataForSEO API v3 data for SEO, SEM, ecommerce, business listings, Google Play apps, content analysis, and AI optimization. Supports Google/Bing/Yahoo/YouTube organic SERP live search, Google Ads keyword metrics, DataForSEO Labs keyword and domain intelligence, backlinks, OnPage audits and results, domain analytics, Google Shopping and Amazon Merchant tasks, Business Listings and Google Reviews, Google Play App Data tasks, and AI keyword, LLM mentions, and live LLM response benchmarking.

Item

Manage people, companies, and custom objects in item. Query shared views, inspect schema, batch upsert records, list users, and trigger webhook-based skills.

Technical notes for Instacart

Create shoppable recipe pages and shopping lists with ingredient-to-product matching on Instacart Marketplace. Discover nearby retailers by postal code. Manage grocery delivery and pickup order fulfillment including creating, updating, and canceling orders. Query available stores, delivery time slots, and pickup windows. Track order status through lifecycle events (picking, delivering, delivered, canceled). Receive real-time item-level updates (found, replaced, refunded) and delivery tracking with shopper GPS coordinates. Serve and track Carrot Ads (sponsored products, banner ads, brand pages) across storefronts. Ingest and manage product catalog data. Handle post-checkout order status pages. Collect order feedback and ratings. Manage customer data for privacy compliance. Link retailer customer accounts to Instacart accounts. Simulate order workflows in a sandbox environment.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about connecting Instacart to AI agents with Metorial.

  1. Can Metorial connect Instacart to AI agents?
    Yes. Metorial connects AI agents to Instacart through a governed integration layer, so teams can use the provider while keeping access controlled and observable.
  2. Metorial is MCP compatible and lets teams expose approved provider tools to MCP-capable agents and clients through a controlled access layer.
  3. Metorial applies policies across users, groups, providers, agents, and individual tools, then records the context around every agent interaction.
  4. Yes. Metorial records provider activity so teams can inspect tool calls, troubleshoot integrations, and give security teams the visibility they need.