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A bot is not a special kind of Instagram account. It is a normal Professional account that you have given a tool permission to read and answer messages for. "Connecting" means granting that permission through Meta's own login screen.
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Instagram accountβMeta login and permissionβBot toolβAuto replies
You never hand over your password. You approve access once, and you can remove it any time.
Before you connect
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Use a Professional account
Business or Creator. Personal accounts cannot be connected to any official automation.
Settings β Account type and tools β Switch to professional account2
Turn on two-factor login
A connected account is a bigger target. Protect it before you link anything.
Accounts Center β Password and security3
Allow tools to see messages
Some tools need this switch on, otherwise they connect but never receive a message.
Settings β Messages and story replies β Message controls β Connected tools4
Link a Facebook Page, if asked
Many tools still connect through a Facebook Page. If yours asks for one, create a Page and link the Instagram account to it first.
Two ways to connect
Path A Β· easiest
A chatbot service
Sign upβConnect InstagramβApprove
- ManyChat, Chatfuel or similar
- Press "Connect Instagram" inside the tool
- Meta's login opens, you pick the account and approve
- No code, ready in about 15 minutes
- Free tiers are limited, then a monthly fee
Path B Β· your own bot
Meta's Instagram API
Developer appβLoginβWebhook
- Create an app at developers.facebook.com
- Add the Instagram product and its login
- Ask for the messaging permission
- Point a webhook at your server to receive messages
- Works for your own account while testing; serving other people's accounts needs Meta's app review
Which one? Pick Path A unless you want the bot to live inside your own software. Path B is free to run but takes a developer and, for public use, a review by Meta.
Check the connection worked
1
Message it from a second account
Send a DM with your trigger word and wait for the reply.
2
Look at what you approved
The tool should appear in your list of connected apps. This is also where you disconnect it.
Settings β Website permissions β Apps and websitesRules that keep the account safe
Do
- Connect only through Meta's official login screen
- Say in the bio that replies are automated
- Reply inside the 24 hours after a person's last message
Don't
- Type your Instagram password into a third-party app
- Use tools that log in as you and click around
- Message people who never contacted you
Your checklist
Instagram moves and renames its menus often, so a path here may sit one tap away from where it is on your phone. Search the setting's name in Settings if you cannot find it. Ticks on this page are not saved.
Evie is a web page, and a web page cannot touch Windows by itself. To let her open apps and change the volume on your HP laptop, a small helper runs on the laptop and takes orders only from Evie, only with your pairing code.
Not yet tried on a real Windows laptop. The helper was written without one to test on. If a step does not go as written here, tell Evie what you saw.
Connect in five steps
1
Open Evie on the laptop itself
In Edge or Chrome on the HP laptop, and sign in. A phone cannot reach the laptop's helper β the page has to be open on the same machine.
evie-assistant.pages.dev2
Download the helper
One small file. It uses Windows' own PowerShell and installs nothing else.
Download Evie-Laptop-Setup.cmd3
Run it
Double-click the file in Downloads. If a blue "Windows protected your PC" box appears, choose More info, then Run anyway.
Downloads β Evie-Laptop-Setup.cmd β More info β Run anyway4
Note the pairing code
The window shows a short code. Keep it open until the next step is done. The helper now starts by itself every time you sign in to Windows.
5
Pair Evie with it
Type the code once. If the browser asks to let this site reach devices on your local network, allow it.
β° β Settings β Laptop control β ConnectTry it
"Open Notepad""Open YouTube on the laptop""Volume up""Mute""Next song""Lock the laptop"
What she can and cannot do
Can
- Open named apps: Notepad, Calculator, File Explorer, Word, Excel, Chrome, Spotify and a few more
- Open a website in the browser
- Volume up / down, mute, play / pause, next / previous song
- Lock the laptop
Cannot
- Run commands, or read, move or delete files
- Type or click for you
- Work while the laptop sleeps, or from your phone
- Open an app that is not installed
If it does not work
- "I can't reach the laptop helper" β run the setup file again, or sign out of Windows and back in.
- Wrong code β the code is in the helper's window; run the setup file again to see it.
- Nothing happens in the browser β allow local network access for Evie's site when the browser asks.
Turn it off
Say "disconnect the laptop": the helper stops and Evie forgets the code. To remove it for good, delete the shortcut "Evie laptop helper" from the Windows Startup folder.
The fuller guide β microphone, installing Evie as an app, "Hey Evie" β is on the guide page (Open in new tab).
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