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Learn Instagram DM automation.

35 free lessons, from your first comment reply to flows, follow-ups and an AI agent you control. Screenshots show the real HyperDM screens.

7 SECTIONS · 35 LESSONS · ABOUT 185 MINUTES OF READING
COMMENT-TO-DMKEYWORDSFOLLOW GATESAI AGENT
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Section 1

Getting started

Create your account, connect Instagram and find your way around HyperDM.

  1. Lesson 1.1: Create your HyperDM accountSign up with email or Google, confirm your address and see what your Pro trial and Free include.
  2. Lesson 1.2: Connect your Instagram accountSwitch to a Business or Creator account if needed, connect, then read the badge.
  3. Lesson 1.3: A tour of the HyperDM dashboardHome, every sidebar section, the workspace switcher, Settings and in-app help.
  4. Lesson 1.4: Teammates, roles and workspacesOne workspace per brand, inviting teammates, what each role can do, and seats per plan.

Section 2

Your first automations

Reply to comments, story replies, story mentions and DM keywords, and set up what people see when they open your DMs.

  1. Lesson 2.1: Build and test your first automationThe whole path once: write the reply, connect, pick a post, turn it on, test it.
  2. Lesson 2.2: Comment-to-DM, every setting explainedKeywords, match modes, which posts it listens on, public replies and the DM.
  3. Lesson 2.3: Story replies: answer people who reply to your storySend your DM and link to anyone who replies to your story, keyword or not.
  4. Lesson 2.4: Story mentions: thank people who tag youSend a thank-you DM when someone tags your account in their story.
  5. Lesson 2.5: Keyword replies: answer a DM that contains a wordSomeone DMs PRICE, BOOK or HOURS and gets the right answer back.
  6. Lesson 2.6: Welcome prompts: questions people tap to start a chatUp to four tappable questions for people who open your DMs for the first time.
  7. Lesson 2.7: The main menu: links inside every DM threadA tappable menu in every DM thread that opens a link, a flow or an automation.
  8. Lesson 2.8: Comment-to-DM on Instagram ads and boosted postsAnswer comments on your ads and boosted posts with the same automation.
  9. Lesson 2.9: Keep your automations organized with foldersFolders for everything you build, moving several things at once, and the grid view.

Section 3

Gates, captures and follow-ups

Ask for a follow or an email, open the conversation before the link, and follow up with people who didn't tap.

  1. Lesson 3.1: Follow gate: send the link only to followersHold a link behind a live follow check with the flow builder's Follow gate step.
  2. Lesson 3.2: Capture emails in the DMAsk for an email after the link, or hold the link until an address arrives.
  3. Lesson 3.3: The opening message: when to send the linkAfter they reply or in the first message: how the opener decides whether your link lands.
  4. Lesson 3.4: Link tracking: see who tappedWhich links are tracked, where taps show up, and one nudge for people who didn't tap.
  5. Lesson 3.5: Sequences: follow-up DMs over daysTimed follow-up DMs on each person's clock, with reused messages, flows and per-step results.

Section 4

Templates and use cases

Ready-made setups for affiliates, coaches, service businesses and stores.

  1. Lesson 4.1: Templates and starting pointsStarter cards, Growth tools and the flow builder's recipes, and how to use one.
  2. Lesson 4.2: Share affiliate links from your commentsOne automation per product post, a keyword each, tracked links and honest numbers.
  3. Lesson 4.3: Capture leads for coaching and servicesCapture emails, send a booking link, and answer questions by keyword and with AI.
  4. Lesson 4.4: Sell products in your DMsAdd your catalog, answer PRICE with a checkout link and let the agent field questions.

Section 5

The flow builder

Draw the conversations that must go the same way every time, and hand a turn to the AI where it fits.

  1. Lesson 5.1: Your first flow on the canvasTemplates, triggers, steps, Design checks and Set live, plus what each plan gets.
  2. Lesson 5.2: The AI Step: hand one turn to the agentGive the agent a goal inside a flow, then branch on how the person replies.
  3. Lesson 5.3: Recognize intention: match a DM to a descriptionSend your saved DM when a message is worded close to a question you describe.
  4. Lesson 5.4: Rules: act when a contact's data changesWhen a tag, a field or a date changes, run actions once per contact. Starter and up.

Section 6

The AI agent

Let the agent answer the open questions your keywords can't, inside limits you set.

  1. Lesson 6.1: Teach the AI agent your businessKnowledge, voice, goals, and the switch that puts the agent to work.
  2. Lesson 6.2: Test it in the Playground, then set guardrailsDry-run answers with their sources, then set the checks every AI reply passes.
  3. Lesson 6.3: AI comment repliesPublic replies to comments it reads as clearly positive, in your tone.

Section 7

Run it day to day

Step into conversations, keep your contacts organised, send broadcasts and read the numbers.

  1. Lesson 7.1: Work the Inbox and take over a conversationFind the threads that need you, reply with files or saved replies, take over and hand back.
  2. Lesson 7.2: Run the Inbox as a teamAssign conversations, work from queues, leave internal notes, label threads and save views.
  3. Lesson 7.3: Contacts, tags and custom fieldsProfiles, tags and folders, custom fields as DM variables, filter groups, segments and merges.
  4. Lesson 7.4: Broadcasts inside Instagram's 24-hour windowOne message to a chosen audience, sent only where Instagram allows it.
  5. Lesson 7.5: Count results with conversion eventsName a result like a booked call, log it from a flow, and read the totals in Analytics.
  6. Lesson 7.6: Read your analytics honestlySeven tabs, one date range, the activity log and what each plan unlocks.

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