--- title: "Connect Facebook Lead Ads and Manychat - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Lead\" fires in Facebook Lead Ads, your agent runs \"Find User by Name\" in Manychat." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/facebook-lead-ads-to-manychat" --- # Connect Facebook Lead Ads and Manychat When **New Lead** fires in [Facebook Lead Ads](https://apiant.ai/connections/facebook-lead-ads), your agent runs **Find User by Name** in [Manychat](https://apiant.ai/connections/manychat), or **New or Updated Custom Field** in Manychat to **Find Leads** in Facebook Lead Ads. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Facebook Lead Ads **1** trigger Facebook Lead Ads **3** actions Manychat **1** trigger Manychat **12** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Facebook Lead Ads and Manychat to do together? 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Facebook Lead Ads and Manychat can do together ### From Facebook Lead Ads to Manychat - When **New Lead** in Facebook Lead Ads then **Find User by Name** in Manychat - When **New Lead** in Facebook Lead Ads then **Get page info** in Manychat ### From Manychat to Facebook Lead Ads - When **New or Updated Custom Field** in Manychat then **Find Leads** in Facebook Lead Ads - When **New or Updated Custom Field** in Manychat then **Get Lead** in Facebook Lead Ads Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with Facebook Lead Ads and Manychat ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 15 actions - Trigger **New Lead** Triggers when someone submits one of your Facebook or Instagram lead ad forms. Returns the lead's answers plus the ad, campaign and form it came from. - Action **Find Leads** Returns the leads submitted on a lead form, optionally only those received after a given time. - Action **Get Lead** Returns one lead by its ID, with the answers the person gave on the form. - Action **Get Lead Form** Returns a lead form's details, including its status, lead count and questions. - Trigger **New or Updated Custom Field** Triggers when a subscriber custom field is created on the Manychat page, or an existing one's name, type or description changes. - Action **Add custom field** Creates a new subscriber custom field on your Manychat page, with the name, data type and description you choose. - Action **Add tag** Creates a new tag on your Manychat page. - Action **Create Subscriber** Creates a new Manychat subscriber (contact) from a name plus an email, phone or WhatsApp number, and returns the created subscriber. - Action **Delete tag** Deletes a tag from your Manychat page and removes it from every subscriber that has it. This cannot be undone. - Action **Find User by Name** Returns up to 100 subscribers whose full name matches the name you specify. - Action **Get page info** Returns details of the connected Manychat page: its id, name, category, avatar, username, about text, description, Pro status and timezone. - Action **List custom fields** Returns every subscriber custom field defined on the Manychat page, with each field's id, name, type and description. - Action **List flows** Returns all automations (flows) on the connected Manychat page, along with the folders they are organized in. - Action **List tags** Returns every tag defined on your Manychat page, with each tag's id and name. - Action **Send flow** Sends one of your Manychat automations (flows) to a subscriber. - Action **Set bot field** Sets the value of a Manychat bot field (an account-wide field shared by all subscribers). - Action **Set Custom Field** Sets the value of one custom user field on a Manychat subscriber. ## Each app on its own - [ **Facebook Lead Ads** Facebook lead ads make signing up for business information easy for people and more valuable for businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connections/facebook-lead-ads) - [ **Manychat** Manychat is an all-in-one Messenger Marketing platform.](https://apiant.ai/connections/manychat) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Facebook Lead Ads - [ **Facebook Lead Ads to MINDBODY** MINDBODY is a powerful business management software that combines your scheduling, task automation...](https://apiant.ai/connect/facebook-lead-ads-to-mindbody) - [ **Facebook Lead Ads to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/facebook-lead-ads-to-hubspot) - [ **Facebook Lead Ads to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/facebook-lead-ads-to-salesforce) - [ **Facebook Lead Ads to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/facebook-lead-ads-to-slack) - [ **Facebook Lead Ads to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/facebook-lead-ads-to-google-sheets) - [ **Facebook Lead Ads to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/facebook-lead-ads-to-gmail) ## More into Manychat - [ **HubSpot to Manychat** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-manychat) - [ **Google Sheets to Manychat** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-manychat) - [ **Gmail to Manychat** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-manychat) - [ **Google Calendar to Manychat** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-manychat) - [ **Google Drive to Manychat** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-manychat) - [ **Mailchimp to Manychat** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-manychat) Questions ## Facebook Lead Ads and Manychat, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Facebook Lead Ads? Any of Facebook Lead Ads's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Lead. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Manychat when something happens in Facebook Lead Ads? Any of Manychat's 12 actions, including Create Subscriber, Send flow, Add custom field and Add tag. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Manychat to Facebook Lead Ads? Yes. When something happens in Manychat, your agent can act in Facebook Lead Ads too. This page covers both directions: Manychat's triggers and Facebook Lead Ads's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Facebook Lead Ads or Manychat? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use Facebook Lead Ads and Manychat without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.