Rebuild Your ManyChat Automations in LinktoDM
Almost everything you ran on Instagram in ManyChat has a direct equivalent here, usually with fewer clicks, because LinktoDM only has Instagram and Facebook to think about. Rebuild the logic rather than trying to carry the old automation across — the ManyChat structure (trigger, public reply, opening DM, button, follow-up) maps onto LinktoDM’s editor step for step.
What replaces what
Section titled “What replaces what”| In ManyChat | In LinktoDM |
|---|---|
| Auto-DM from comments | Post automation |
| Keyword trigger on a comment | Specific Word trigger — plus Any Word, and Intent Match for “any comment that means this” |
| Public reply under the comment | Public comment reply, written by you or generated by AI |
| Several reply variations | Message variations, picked at random |
| Opening DM | Opener message |
| DM with buttons and links | Text, buttons and attachments — up to 10 buttons, images, video, GIFs and carousels |
| Follow-up message after a button | Follow-ups with conditions |
| Delay between steps | Delay, or the Delay node in a flow |
| Story reply automation | Story automation — replies, reactions and mentions |
| Keyword automation in DMs | Chat automation |
| Flow Builder | Flow builder, or describe the flow and let AI build it |
| Collecting email or phone in a flow | Collect email and phone number |
| Tags and custom fields | Tags and custom fields, with Zapier triggers when they change |
Start with Create an Instagram Comment-to-DM automation for the common case; it walks the editor end to end.
Worth adding while you’re here
Section titled “Worth adding while you’re here”A few things have no ManyChat counterpart, so porting your old flow one-for-one leaves them on the table:
- Ask to Follow — hold the DM until the commenter follows you.
- Backtrack comments — run a new automation back over comments already sitting on the post, up to 7 days old.
- One automation across every post — set it to apply to all posts and reels, or to your next post, instead of wiring one automation per post.
- Intent Match — describe what a comment should mean instead of guessing every spelling of it.
What doesn’t move across
Section titled “What doesn’t move across”LinktoDM is built for Instagram, with Facebook Pages and Messenger alongside it. If your ManyChat account also ran WhatsApp, SMS, Telegram or email broadcasts, those have no equivalent here and are the one part of a migration that needs a different plan. There’s a fuller side-by-side on the LinktoDM vs ManyChat comparison page.
You should now have
Every automation from your notes rebuilt in LinktoDM, with the ManyChat features that have no equivalent here identified rather than discovered later.