Manage Instagram DM automation from Claude

After a few months you have rules on old reels, keywords nobody uses and comments that slipped through. Ask Claude what is running, switch rules off and on, and send the DMs that were missed, without opening a dashboard.

For Instagram professional accounts · Updated October 2026

One-time setup in Claude

Claude → Customize → Connectors
# Claude (web or desktop)
Customize → Connectors → Browse connectors → search "CueEditio" → Connect

# Or add it by URL: Customize → Connectors → + Add → Add custom connector
Name:  CueEditio
URL:   https://www.cueedit.io/api/mcp/mcp
  1. 1.Open Customize → Connectors in Claude and find CueEditio.
  2. 2.Click Connect and sign in to CueEditio. Approve access.
  3. 3.If no Instagram account is connected yet, Claude gives you the connect link.

Ask Claude

You

Which Auto DM rules are still on? Pause anything on reels older than a month.

Claude

You have 5 active rules. 3 are on reels from August (keywords PDF, LINK, TEMPLATE). Pause those 3 and keep the 2 from this week?

Example conversation. Post names and counts will be your own.

The CueEditio tools that run

  • list_autodm_rulesEvery rule with its keywords, message, posts and active or paused status.
  • set_autodm_rule_statusPauses or resumes a rule.
  • list_commentsShows comments with dm_sent and dm_eligible, so Claude can see who was missed.
  • send_dmDMs a commenter directly, one per comment.

How it works

  1. 1.Ask what is running

    "List my Auto DM rules and which posts they cover."

  2. 2.Clean up

    Pause rules for old offers, resume the ones you need. Claude confirms each change.

  3. 3.Find the gaps

    Claude checks recent posts for comments with no DM and a still-open 7-day window.

  4. 4.Send the missed DMs

    After your yes, it DMs them, about 6 seconds apart, and stops on the first error.

In Claude you type the request in a normal chat. Claude asks before every reply, DM or rule, and you can keep a Project with your DM templates so every chat uses the same links.

Limits to know

  • Instagram only lets a business DM someone who commented, as a private reply to that comment. The agent cannot cold-DM people who never commented.
  • One DM per comment. A second send to the same comment returns already_dmed unless you tell the agent to force it.
  • The comment must be 7 days old or newer. Older comments come back with dm_eligible false.
  • At most 600 DMs and 600 public replies per hour per account, below Meta’s ceiling of 750.
  • Reading posts, comments and rules works on the free plan. Sending replies, DMs and creating rules needs CueEditio Pro ($6 or ₹459 a month).

Questions

No. Instagram only allows a business to message people who commented on its posts (a private reply) or who messaged it first. CueEditio sends private replies to commenters only.

It can pause and resume rules and create new ones. To change a rule’s text, create a new rule and pause the old one, or edit it in the CueEditio dashboard.

Every DM and reply, whether from a rule or from Claude, shows up in CueEditio under Auto DM → Activity.

Yes. Every agent connection is listed in CueEditio Settings. Remove it and access stops at once.

Custom and directory connectors work on Claude Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise. On Team and Enterprise an owner may need to allow the connector first.

Connect CueEditio to Claude

Create an account, connect your Instagram professional account, then add the MCP server above. Reading comments is free; sending replies and DMs needs Pro.

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