Instagram + Manus integration
Connect Instagram to Manus
ConnectChats brings your Instagram chats into Manus. Ask Manus 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 Manus can do with your Instagram
ConnectChats gives Manus a small set of tools. Manus 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 Manus 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. Manus searches your Instagram history and quotes the message.
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Draft replies
Manus 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 Manus
Type these in Manus 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 Manus
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 Manus
- In Manus, open Settings, then Integrations, then Custom MCP Servers, and click Add Server.
- Name it ConnectChats and paste https://api.connectchats.com/mcp as the server URL.
- Complete the ConnectChats sign-in with your passkey when Manus asks, then run the connection test.
- In a new task, ask Manus about your messages.
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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 Manus can see
Every chat is listed in your ConnectChats dashboard. Share all of them or only the ones you choose. Manus never sees the rest.
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Ask Manus about your Instagram
Open a new conversation in Manus and ask about your chats. Manus calls ConnectChats when it needs your messages.
How Instagram and Manus 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 Manus
Manus can add your own MCP servers next to its built-in integrations. Once ConnectChats is added, Manus can pull messages into a task, for example to collect every supplier quote from a group chat into a table. Manus checks that it can reach the server and lists the ConnectChats tools before you use them. Long tasks can call ConnectChats many times. Tool calls are not limited on the ConnectChats free plan. Manus can draft replies as part of a task. Each one waits for your approval in ConnectChats unless the chat has auto-send on.
Your Instagram stays under your control
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You pick the chats
Manus 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
Manus 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 Manus read my Instagram messages?
Yes, once you link Instagram in ConnectChats and add ConnectChats to Manus. Manus reads only the chats you share, and only when you ask it something that needs them.
Can Manus send Instagram messages for me?
Manus 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 Manus 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 Manus 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 Manus reply to messages on its own while it runs a task?
It can prepare replies, but they wait as drafts until you approve them. Turn on auto-send only for chats where you are comfortable with that.
Where are custom MCP servers in Manus?
Under Settings, Integrations, Custom MCP Servers. Manus also lets you add an MCP server by URL from its Connectors page.
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