Instagram + Gemini integration
Connect Instagram to Gemini
ConnectChats brings your Instagram chats into Gemini. Ask Gemini to catch you up, find any message and draft replies. Nothing gets sent until you approve it.
Free to start. No app to install. Every send needs your OK.
What Gemini can do with your Instagram
ConnectChats gives Gemini a small set of tools. Gemini calls them when you ask about your Instagram chats, and only for the chats you share.
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Catch you up
Ask what you missed and Gemini reads your unread Instagram chats, then gives you the short version: who needs an answer, what was decided, what can wait.
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Find any message
The address someone sent last month, the price a client agreed to, the link from a group chat. Gemini searches your Instagram history and quotes the message.
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Draft replies
Gemini writes the reply in your tone, in the chat's language, with the context of the whole thread. You read it, edit it, and send it.
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Send with your OK
When you approve a draft, ConnectChats sends it from your own Instagram account and confirms delivery. Auto-send only runs in chats where you switch it on.
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Things to ask Gemini
Type these in Gemini once Instagram is linked.
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Which Instagram DMs need an answer from me?
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Summarize my unread Instagram messages.
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Find the Instagram conversation where the brand offered a collaboration.
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Translate the last Instagram message from Marie and draft a reply.
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Draft a polite no to the Instagram request from yesterday.
How to connect Instagram to Gemini
It takes about two minutes. You do it once, and the same account then works in every AI app you add.
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Add ConnectChats to Gemini
- In the Gemini web app, open Settings, then Connected Apps, and add ConnectChats with https://api.connectchats.com/mcp as the server URL.
- Gemini opens the ConnectChats sign-in page, where you sign in with your passkey.
- In a prompt, type @ and pick ConnectChats to use your linked chats.
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Link your Instagram account
- Open https://connectchats.com/app and choose Link a chat app, then Instagram.
- Sign in to your Instagram account through Meta's own sign-in page.
- If you use two-factor authentication, confirm the sign-in on your phone.
- Your chats appear in the dashboard, where you choose which ones your AI app can see.
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Pick the chats Gemini can see
Every chat is listed in your ConnectChats dashboard. Share all of them or only the ones you choose. Gemini never sees the rest.
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Ask Gemini about your Instagram
Open a new conversation in Gemini and ask about your chats. Gemini calls ConnectChats when it needs your messages.
How Instagram and Gemini work together
ConnectChats links to your Instagram direct messages. You sign in with your Instagram account and your AI app sees the DM threads you choose to share. Posts, comments and stories stay out of it.
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Instagram in ConnectChats
One to one DMs and group chats are supported, including message requests. Shared posts, reels, photos and voice messages show up as short text descriptions. Each linked chat starts with its last 200 messages, then every new message arrives as it is sent. Creator and business accounts work too, which helps when your inbox is mostly people asking the same questions.
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ConnectChats in Gemini
The Gemini web app can add custom apps from an MCP server URL on eligible accounts. Add ConnectChats once, sign in with your passkey, and pick it with @ in any prompt where you want Gemini to see your chats. Google limits custom apps in Gemini to people 18 or older in the US, signed in with a personal Google account, in English, with Keep Activity on. Work and school accounts are not supported. Custom apps are connected in the Gemini web app, then also work in the Gemini mobile app. The same ConnectChats account works in every AI app, so the chats you already linked are available in Gemini without linking them again. ConnectChats only sees the chats you choose to share, and it asks for your approval before any reply is sent.
Your Instagram stays under your control
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You pick the chats
Gemini only sees the Instagram chats you share. Unshare a chat and it disappears from every AI app at once.
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Drafts by default
Gemini prepares replies. You approve each one before it reaches Instagram, unless you turn on auto-send for that chat.
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Stored messages are encrypted
Stored messages are encrypted with a key that only your passkey can unlock. We never train models on your messages.
Questions
Can Gemini read my Instagram messages?
Yes, once you link Instagram in ConnectChats and add ConnectChats to Gemini. Gemini reads only the chats you share, and only when you ask it something that needs them.
Can Gemini send Instagram messages for me?
Gemini can draft a reply and send it after you approve it. Messages go out from your own Instagram account. You can allow automatic sending for specific chats, and it stays off everywhere else.
Is the Instagram to Gemini integration free?
Yes. The free plan links two chat apps and works in every supported AI app, with no limit on what you ask. No card needed.
Do I need to install anything?
No. You add ConnectChats inside Gemini and link Instagram from your browser. There is no app to download and nothing runs on your computer.
Does it work with other AI apps too?
Yes. The same ConnectChats account works in ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, Manus, Muse and any AI app that supports remote MCP servers. Link Instagram once and use it everywhere.
Does it help with a busy creator or business inbox?
Yes, that is a good fit. Your AI app can sort DMs that need a reply, summarize requests and draft answers you approve before they are sent.
Does Messenger come with it?
Messenger is a separate chat app in ConnectChats, linked with your Facebook account. Both use the same kind of Meta sign-in.
Can I use ConnectChats with Gemini today?
Yes, on accounts where Gemini offers custom apps. Add ConnectChats with https://api.connectchats.com/mcp in the Gemini web app under Settings, Connected Apps, then sign in with your passkey.
Will it work with a Google Workspace account?
No. Google does not offer custom apps in Gemini for work or school accounts, so use ConnectChats with a personal Google account.
Related pages
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