How to Automate Instagram DMs with AI 2026 | Insta DM Automation with Claude | Instagram AI Agent — Transcript
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- 0:00Hi guys, in this video we are going to
- 0:01see how to automate your Instagram DM
- 0:03messages using Cloud AI on instant DM
- 0:07website. First step you have to get the
- 0:09API key from the Cloud website. Login to
- 0:11platform.cloud.com.
- 0:13Make sure minimum you have $5 on your
- 0:15credit balance. In case if you don't
- 0:17have, please add minimum $5 to credit
- 0:20balance. For that you have to check the
- 0:22billing section under the API key. After
- 0:24adding your payments, go to the API key
- 0:26section. Then create a new key and give
- 0:28some unique name. Click on the add
- 0:30button, then the API key will appear.
- 0:32Make sure you copy it. It won't appear
- 0:35again. Step one is completed. You got
- 0:37your Cloud API keys. In step two, open
- 0:40instant DM official website and go to
- 0:42the setting section in the left side
- 0:44bottom. Click on API configuration and
- 0:47paste that
- 0:48Cloud code here and save. Now click on
- 0:51this Instagram DM option, then click on
- 0:55flow automation.
- 0:57Create new automation. Now you can see
- 1:01two option, manually configure and Cloud
- 1:04AI reply. So you have to click on the
- 1:07second option, Cloud AI reply.
- 1:10So you can name your automation here.
- 1:13I'm just
- 1:14giving product one because it's a random
- 1:17product automation. So I'm giving
- 1:20product one. We are going to set up the
- 1:21trigger. So add a new trigger. So you
- 1:24can set specific keyword when someone is
- 1:27DMing you, you can automate the Cloud.
- 1:30So I'm choosing the option one. You can
- 1:33automate your stories also using
- 1:35particular word. And you can automate
- 1:37your post ads and live comment sections
- 1:41also. So I'm going to choose audience DM
- 1:43message contains. Then click on the
- 1:45custom word. You can set up any
- 1:47particular custom word someone is DMing
- 1:50you, this Cloud will automate the those
- 1:52messages. You can name anything you
- 1:55want. Again I'm giving us product or you
- 1:57can name anything. If you are selling a
- 1:59product. code a course, you can name it
- 2:01as course or you are fitness guy, you
- 2:04can mention fitness. Any word any
- 2:06particular word as you are this based on
- 2:09your needs and interest, you can set up
- 2:11but this particular automation. Then in
- 2:14the AI reply section, you can
- 2:16choose the cloud particular model. So
- 2:19depending on that, the tokens will be
- 2:21charged. So I'm using cloud 4.5 here
- 2:27because I think it takes some less
- 2:29tokens API keys. You can choose the rich
- 2:32text here.
- 2:33If you want a plain text reply, you can
- 2:35choose plain text also, but the rich
- 2:38text is recommended. In prompt section,
- 2:41there are two options, guided and
- 2:43custom. You can choose custom, I suggest
- 2:45because
- 2:46depending on the needs and your
- 2:48audience, you can customize how the
- 2:50cloud should reply. There are some
- 2:52examples over here. You can choose that
- 2:55example. So if you want
- 2:57a support bot, you can choose this
- 2:59template. Or if you want to appoint a
- 3:01schedule with your audience or like
- 3:04business, anything, you can choose this
- 3:06and to
- 3:07shortlist the leads, you can choose and
- 3:10so many other options as well. You can
- 3:12choose based on whatever your needs. So
- 3:15I'll just choose the product recommender
- 3:18for now. Still you can go and modify the
- 3:21the template you got. Also in advanced
- 3:24settings, you can see multiple options
- 3:26like reply mode. You want to reply as a
- 3:28single message or multiple messages. All
- 3:31those things you can customize here. I
- 3:32recommend simple
- 3:34single message. You can adjust your
- 3:36message context like how big it should
- 3:38be or how small it should be. Each
- 3:41message you can set the token limit.
- 3:43Output max tokens, I keep it as it is.
- 3:48Then click on set live. Yes, publish my
- 3:51changes. Claude is now integrated to
- 3:54your instant DMs. So, whenever that
- 3:56particular message will appear on your
- 3:59instant DM, the Claude will
- 4:00automatically reply. You can automate
- 4:03and add more triggers, more content on
- 4:06this section, this area. In this plus
- 4:09button, you got so many options. So, you
- 4:12can
- 4:13question, ask for name, email, phone
- 4:16number, uh
- 4:17any particular text response, you can
- 4:19collect the address. Everything is you
- 4:22can do. So, basically, it can be useful
- 4:25for your your business purposes to
- 4:27collect data and generate leads, all
- 4:29those things. It is very, very useful.
- 4:31That's it, guys. Now, your Instagram
- 4:34direct messages are connected with
- 4:36Claude. It can automatically reply. I'll
- 4:38show you a quick demo using two
- 4:40different account from two different
- 4:42phone how Claude is responding to the
- 4:45messages in real time. Actually, I
- 4:47modified multiple keywords after that,
- 4:50and I modified the prompt as well. The
- 4:52message is received on this account, and
- 4:55the Claude is immediately responding. It
- 4:57mentioned like, "Thanks for reaching
- 4:59out. What kind of help you are looking
- 5:01for?" Now, I'm going to ask "Battery is
- 5:04draining so fast. Help me." This is the
- 5:07another account, but I'm not responding
- 5:09from here, but the
- 5:12Claude AI is doing the job. So, it
- 5:14responded back, "Got it. Let me help you
- 5:16fix the battery drain." All are pretty
- 5:18good and useful for the iPhone users.
- 5:21So, this is how it works. So, when you
- 5:23ask for battery tips, it search on the
- 5:25internet and bring the best result and
- 5:27respond back to the audience without
- 5:30your help, and it is very, very, very
- 5:32useful for me. So, I'm going to test
- 5:34out. So, if you guys want to try, go and
- 5:37check the instant DM website, and hope
- 5:39this tool will help you to generate more
- 5:41audience and develop your business. Try
- 5:43out and let us know how the tool is.
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