Policy & trust
What Instagram's rules genuinely allow, what the official API can and cannot do, and where the real limits sit. The plain version, so you can build on ground you understand instead of guessing which tactic is safe.
Everything here is written against Meta's official Instagram platform, which is the only way we'll ever tell you to automate. Where a rule is genuinely unclear, we say that plainly rather than guessing on your behalf.
Instagram's 24-hour messaging window, and what it means for follow-ups
Instagram lets an automation send freely for 24 hours after the person's last message to you, and a comment does not start that clock. Which actions o
Read → September 4, 2026Do you need a Facebook Page for Instagram DM automation?
No. Instagram DM automation works without a Facebook Page when the tool connects through Instagram's own login, which Meta documents as not requiring
Read → August 16, 2026Do you need consent to send automated Instagram DMs?
Yes, but Instagram's API collects most of it for you, because an automated DM can only reach someone who contacted you first. The consent you still ow
Read → August 11, 2026Is it safe to connect your Instagram to a third-party app?
Yes, when the app uses Instagram's official login, you approve it on Instagram's own screen and it never sees your password. What you grant is a named
Read → August 8, 2026Why isn't my Instagram DM automation working?
Instagram DM automation stops working for a short list of reasons. The rule was never set live, the comment didn't qualify, a deferred link is waiting
Read → August 7, 2026Can you auto-DM new followers on Instagram?
No. Instagram never announces a new follower to any app, and its API only lets a tool reply to someone who messaged first, so an Instagram auto-DM for
Read → August 6, 2026Can you schedule Instagram DMs?
You can schedule an Instagram DM by hand: text only, from the phone app, inside a chat that already exists. You cannot schedule one through an automat
Read → August 5, 2026Instagram DM limits: how many, and how long?
Instagram allows 750 automated private replies per hour per account, 100 messages a second, and 1,000 bytes of text per DM. Meta's published ceilings,
Read → August 4, 2026Is ManyChat safe? An honest answer
Yes, ManyChat automates Instagram through Meta's official API and never sees your password, which is the line that decides whether a tool is safe. The
Read → July 10, 2026Is Instagram DM automation allowed? The rules, plainly
What Meta actually permits, what gets accounts in trouble, whether a DM bot counts, and how to tell a compliant tool from a risky one.
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