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Managing Instagram DMs without opening the app

A former Meta software engineer published a tutorial showing Muse handling his Instagram DMs automatically, so he can deal with his inbox without opening Instagram.

RRui Fu ·2026-09-26 ·instagram.com 1 errands done

Try it yourself

Copy this to Muse and replace the [brackets] with your own details:

Every day at [8 pm], go through my Instagram DMs: answer routine questions using [my reply template] and send me a list of the ones that need me personally.

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A utility phone tree cleared in four minutes

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