# Send a private reply to a commenter — Instagram DM and comments

Botize method — `instagram_messaging.private_reply` (action).

Send a direct message to the person who wrote a comment on one of your posts or reels, without needing them to have written to you first. Instagram allows one single private reply per comment and only within 7 days of the comment. If the person answers, you can keep the conversation going for the next 24h.

This is an action: it runs as a step of a task. Several can be chained.

## Fields you set

The field's internal name, its type and the values it accepts. These fields accept `{{...}}` tags from earlier steps.

- `comment_id` *(string)* — Comment Id
- `message_text` *(string)* — Message

## Output variables

Data this step makes available. Reference them in later steps with the double-brace tag.

- `{{recipient_id}}` *(text)* — Recipient Id
- `{{message_id}}` *(text)* — Message Id

## Account

Needs a connected Instagram DM and comments account in Botize: https://botize.com/en/app/instagram_messaging/authenticate

## This app

Every trigger and action for Instagram DM and comments: https://botize.com/en/app/instagram_messaging.md

## How to build this

An AI assistant (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor…) can create and edit these tasks in the user's account through the Botize MCP connector, included in every plan:

    https://webhook.botize.es/mcp

- Connection guide: https://botize.com/en/mcp
- Agent map: https://botize.com/llms.txt
- New account: https://botize.com/en/join (500 free operations, no card)

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Machine-readable summary for AI assistants. Human version: https://botize.com/en/method/instagram_messaging/private_reply