Does the Facebook MCP read private groups?

No. It only searches public groups and pages. Private groups are not accessible.

Do I need a Facebook login?

No. You only need a Reddinbox API key. Reddinbox runs the search on its side.

Is Facebook included in the free trial?

No. The free trial covers Reddit and Hacker News. Facebook needs Starter or Pro.

Can it post or message in groups?

No. It is read-only and built for research.

Facebook via MCP

A Facebook MCP server for public groups and pages

Search public Facebook groups and pages from Claude, Cursor or Claude Code. Many niche communities discuss problems in Facebook groups and nowhere else. This puts that text next to your Reddit and X results.

Needs Starter or Pro. Not in the free trial

Get your API key I already have an account

Free trial. No credit card required.

What you get

What the Facebook server does

Search public Facebook groups and pages by topic
Raw posts with link, engagement and community
Find the conversations your Reddit search misses
Same hosted endpoint as every other platform

Try it

Prompts for Facebook

Paste any of these into your assistant once the server is connected.

You ask
Search public Facebook groups for people asking for a better way to manage rental properties. List the pain points.
search_threads returns posts from public groups with links.
You ask
What do local business owners in Facebook groups complain about when it comes to booking software?
search_threads plus summarize_feedback returns themes with sources.
You ask
Compare Facebook group chatter and Reddit threads about meal-prep subscriptions.
A two-platform search with the platforms parameter.

Tools

Tools that work on Facebook

search_threads

Search Reddit, X, Hacker News, Bluesky and Facebook. Spam and AI-generated noise is filtered out. Returns raw posts with links.

querystringrequired: What to search for.
platformsstring[]: Limit to specific platforms. Defaults to all your plan allows.
communitystring: Subreddit or community to search within.
timestring: Time range, e.g. day, week, month, year.
limitnumber: Max posts to return.

Example response

{
  "posts": [
    {
      "platform": "reddit",
      "title": "The new export flow is much slower after the update",
      "body": "Since the last release, exporting takes over a minute...",
      "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/example/comments/abc123/",
      "author": "example_user",
      "community": "r/example",
      "engagement": {
        "upvotes": 214,
        "comments": 58
      },
      "created_at": "2026-09-30T14:12:00Z"
    }
  ]
}

summarize_feedback
Summarize sentiment and themes from a query or from posts you already fetched.
querystring
Search and summarize. Provide this or posts.
postsobject[]
Posts from search_threads to summarize.
focusstring
What to focus on, e.g. a feature name.
Example response
```
{
  "summary": "Mostly negative on export speed; positive on the new dashboard.",
  "themes": [
    {
      "label": "Slow exports",
      "sentiment": "negative",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.reddit.com/r/example/comments/abc123/"
      ]
    }
  ]
}
```
run_research
Run a full Reddinbox research strategy on a topic: keyword and community selection, multi-platform search, filtering.
topicstringrequired
Topic to research.
Example response
```
{
  "strategy": {
    "keywords": [
      "export slow"
    ],
    "communities": [
      "r/example"
    ]
  },
  "posts": []
}
```

Install

Connect your client

The same endpoint serves every platform. Pick your client.

terminal

claude mcp add --transport http reddinbox https://reddinbox.com/api/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer rdb_your_api_key"

Replace the placeholder with your key. Full Claude Code setup and troubleshooting

Know before you start

Limits

Only public groups and pages are covered. Private groups are never searched.
Facebook search needs a paid plan (Starter or Pro).
get_thread works for Reddit and Hacker News threads. For Facebook, use the posts that search_threads returns.

Frequently asked questions

Back to the Reddinbox MCP overview

Try the Facebook MCP server

Create a key, paste the config and ask your first question.