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How to Use AI to Reply to Instagram Messages

Keyword bots only go so far. Here's how to use agentic AI to understand and answer real Instagram messages in your brand's voice.

How it works

Step by step

1

Connect your account

Link Instagram to Defuser AI so the AI can read and respond to your DMs and comments.

2

Give the AI your knowledge

Feed Talksy your FAQs, product info, policies and tone so its answers are accurate and on-brand.

3

Set its goals and limits

Tell the AI what it should try to do — answer, qualify, sell — and what it must escalate to a human.

Features

More steps

Define the handover

Set rules for when the AI passes a conversation to your team, like refunds or complaints.

Test with real questions

Throw varied, messy questions at it and refine its knowledge until the answers hold up.

Monitor and improve

Review AI conversations in the inbox and keep adding to its knowledge so it gets sharper over time.

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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

How is AI replies different from keyword auto-replies?

Keyword replies match exact triggers; agentic AI like Talksy understands intent and answers free-text questions conversationally.

Can the AI hand a conversation to a human?

Yes. You set handover rules so the AI escalates sensitive or complex chats to your team.

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Written by Tabarak Ur Rehman ChaudhryFounder & CEO, Defuser AI · View profile
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