General Q&A

Hey, I’m new to Manychat and Make.When someone sends us a DM on Instagram, I only get the contact_id and first name, but I need the username or scope ID to use later in Clay for data enrichment.Does anyone know how to fetch the username or scope ID directly from Manychat when a user messages us?

My DM automation is not triggering with one keyword on free account. Here is a screenshot of the automation, I am not sure why. Any ideas?  

I'm making an auto-binary funnel, how do I make the message leave at a specific time. For example, I have a person who chooses the time of the webinar at 10:00 a.m., registers for it at 4 a.m., and I need to send a message with a link to the webinar in 1 hour, how do I do this?

Has anyone noticed IG hiding comments - it’s only being hidden on carousel posts (vs reels). It’s not affecting the ManyChat trigger, but curious why this might be the case...

Hi guys, please help me.Context / stackBuilding an IG bot. Pipeline: ManyChat (Instagram) → External Request (JSON) → n8n (self-hosted v1.105.4) → OpenAI (4o-mini, Assistants API) → Respond to Webhook (JSON) → (ManyChat) Response Mapping → Send Message {ai_response}.Logs/records in Supabase.Conversation memory design (how we keep context) We use the OpenAI Assistants API with persistent threads per Instagram subscriber. On the first message we create a thread and store the mapping in Supabase: subscriber_id → thread_id. On the next messages we reuse the same thread (read thread_id from Supabase), append the user’s text, create a run, then poll run status in n8n (Check Run Status → If Completed? → Wait 3s & Retry). When the run is completed, we fetch the latest assistant message, save it to Supabase, and return JSON to ManyChat via Respond to Webhook:   { "ai_response": "..." } Expected behaviorManyChat sends JSON to n8n: { "subscriber_id": "1482029640", "text": "Hi" } n8n ge

Hi, Im just wondering if there is anyway to extract the leads that are coming in to my DMS and obtain their social handle, like their instagram username. Would be very helpful. 

Like many others here before me, I can’t complete the initial step of connecting my new Manychat account to a new Instagram account I’ve just created. When I try to log in using my Instagram username, Manychat displays Instagram's browser login web form and I get the error, "Sorry, your password was incorrect. Please double-check your password." I know for a fact that I entered my password correctly because I can log into the IG phone app with that same password.Even if I reset my IG password, I still cannot log in via this web form using the new password.I've also tried logging in with my email address and that doesn't work either.I saw a YouTube video that said you need to set your Instagram account to either a Business or Creator so I set mine to Business and that didn’t fix the problem.What's the trick to connecting ones Manychat account to their Instagram account?

I was just told the Comment Reply can work on Meta Ads Manager if you choose an existing post to run as an ad. Is that true?

Hello! My automation was working when I tested and previewed it, tried it once from another account was also working. Now, it stopped working at all whenever I try to write the keyword. Any clue why is this happening? Thanks 

Update: I am currently in touch with ManyChat’s helpdesk to see if they could fix this issue. Currently they are trying to gather more information and example to investigate. Will keep this post updated time-to-time for everyone’s benefit! :)---Hi everyone! I’ve been trying out ManyChat for a few days now and am currently on my 2-weeks trial of the Pro version. I’m using it primarily to automate Instagram DMs and it’s feature with Instagram as a form of Data Collection (To collect basic info for sign-ups). Primarily I’m focusing on triggering account DMs when they comment to my post / reel as well as replies to my IG Stories. I’ve created my automation flow for an upcoming post and story, linking it to my brand account. I did a test on one of my current post using my personal and back-up accounts and it seemed that they are working just fine as intended. So I thought its ready to go Live for my new IG Post and Story - like hooray isn’t it? But guess what - as soon as I posted and trigg

Dear all. I am new with Manychats and just signed up for the pro version, I need help. I set up a flow successfully to collect emails and when I tested it by providing an email address like a lead, It worked however, I cant find the email or contact on my back end. I can only see them only in the Live chat. Is this normal? Also the contacts that are shown on my dashboard, are they contacts that opted in or what because it’s a bit confusing. I will appreciate anyone’s help

As of today, September 15, my Many Chat triggers are not working for my IG profile. I tried all of the refreshing and other steps but it is still not working. Can an acutal human help me?

Hi there,my problem is that my Instagram automations are not being triggered, even though the page is connected.Here’s what I’ve tried so far: I reconnected my Instagram account to ManyChat. I checked the permissions and made sure all required access was granted. I duplicated the automation and restarted it to test if this solved the problem. I generated a new automation  I do not have any restrictions on Instagram - already checked that  Despite these steps, the automations still do not work. I already have a Support-Ticket, but no answer to my mails. Could someone please help me resolve this issue, since we started a launch and need the automations?Thank you for your support!Anne 

Hi everyone, I need help understanding how to parse a webhook response in a ManyChat workflow, especially when the response comes as an array of outputs. Could someone explain the best way to handle this or share an example?

Hola comunidad,Estamos enfrentando un problema en Instagram relacionado con los carruseles de opciones en Android.Ya validamos los permisos y actualizaciones, pero el error persiste: al usuario no le permite mover el carrusel para ver las diferentes categorías.Compartimos este caso con soporte de Manychat y nos confirmaron que se trata de un bug de Meta, ya escalado a su equipo. Sin embargo, aún no tenemos una fecha de resolución.Quisiera preguntarles: ¿Alguien más está experimentando este mismo inconveniente? ¿Han encontrado alguna solución temporal o workaround para que los usuarios en Android puedan interactuar correctamente con los carruseles? ¡Muchas gracias de antemano por cualquier orientación o experiencia que puedan compartir! 🙏Saludos,Gustavo

Can anyone tell me how to get a human agent to help me?  I used the AI service to start this and it took me down a destructive rabbit hole that I had to figure out myself hhow to undo and I can’t get any actual help.  I am on a trial and if THIS is how we are treated I will NOT be continuing on to a paid version.

I use the free version of manychat. I would appreciate advise on how to turn this auto response off “We will get back to you during our working hours — our team is always online during this time.”thank you

I’m having an issue with the Manychat coexistence mode with WhatsApp Business. It’s my first time connecting, everything seemed fine, but when testing incoming messages, I’ve sended messages from 4 different numbers: only 2 of them reach both Manychat and WhatsApp Business, while the other 2 only arrive on WhatsApp, not on Manychat. Does anyone know what could be happening?With these numbers, even if I start the conversation from Manychat, I can send messages and the number receives them, but no reply shows up in Manychat. I have no idea what’s causing this, I already deleted and reconnected the integration twice.SummaryManychat + WhatsApp in Coexistence ModeTest results: 2 numbers OK (Sending and Receiving via Manychat). 2 other numbers: I can send through Manychat, but cannot receive messages in Manychat from them.

Hi everyone when I try login with my insta account it shows your account is already connected to your account and it shows that switch account then what should I do i have that account only

Hi everyone,I'm currently using an automation in Manychat that's connected to all Instagram posts (not specific ones).I'm trying to find a way to identify which specific post generated a lead.Is there any method to either: Dynamically retrieve the Instagram Post ID or some unique identifier inside the automation flow triggered by a comment or DM? Or add a custom identifier (like a post number or slug) to the URL or UTM parameters, in a way that it’s passed into the flow and can be stored in a Custom User Field? The goal is to track which post each lead came from, even when using the same automation across multiple posts.Thanks in advance!

🚨 Urgent help neededHi everyone,Are you also experiencing issues with ManyChat today? In our account, messages are not being sent at all, or in rare cases they go out with a ~1h.+  delay.This has fully stopped our client communication.We already contacted support, but I wanted to check — is this a global issue or just with our account? 

A friend wants the cheapest ManyChat product for their team of 6-10 live agents. What would you recommend? They do not need to automate any chatbot flows. Could they purchase two Marketing Automation subscriptions for a single Facebook account where they run ads?

Hi is there any way to get post id or post linkHere's an idea user leaves comments in any post I get the id of the post but preferably the link of the post.{{last_request.source_request.media.id}} like this

I am receiving an error when trying to send a message in Manychat to a Facebook contact that says “Something went wrong on the server. Please try again.”I’m noticing the messages do send, but they’re delayed. Anything I can do on my end to fix this?

Hey everyone,We have thousands of contacts in our ManyChat broadcast list, and everything was working fine until a few hours ago. However, we’ve noticed that new people who click "Get Updates" are NOT being added to our broadcast list anymore.I’ve checked Messenger, and people are still clicking the button “Get updates” and engaging with the flow, but no new contacts have been added in the last 5-6 hours. They are only shown in the contacts section but they are not added to our broadcast list. Is anyone else experiencing this? Could this be a ManyChat bug, a Facebook API issue, or something else? Any insights or fixes would be greatly appreciated!Thanks in advance!