--- title: "Connect Facebook Messenger and folk - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Message Sent to Page\" fires in Facebook Messenger, your agent runs \"Create Deal\" in folk." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/facebook-messenger-to-folk" --- # Connect Facebook Messenger and folk When **New Message Sent to Page** fires in [Facebook Messenger](https://apiant.ai/connections/facebook-messenger), your agent runs **Create Deal** in [folk](https://apiant.ai/connections/folk), or **Company Added** in folk to **Send Media Message** in Facebook Messenger. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Facebook Messenger **1** trigger Facebook Messenger **8** actions folk **11** triggers folk **16** 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 Messenger and folk to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Facebook Messenger and folk can do together ### From Facebook Messenger to folk - When **New Message Sent to Page** in Facebook Messenger then **Create Deal** in folk - When **New Message Sent to Page** in Facebook Messenger then **Create Note** in folk ### From folk to Facebook Messenger - When **Company Added** in folk then **Send Media Message** in Facebook Messenger - When **Company Custom Field Updated** in folk then **Send Message** in Facebook Messenger 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 Messenger and folk ## Triggers and actions 12 triggers · 24 actions - Trigger **New Message Sent to Page** Triggers when someone sends your Facebook Page a new Messenger message. - Action **Get Conversation Messages** Returns the messages in one Messenger conversation of a Facebook Page, newest first. - Action **Get Message Details** Returns one Messenger message sent to or from a Facebook Page. - Action **Get Page Conversations** Lists a Facebook Page's Messenger conversations, newest first. - Action **Get User Pages** Retrieves a list of pages the user manages, including tasks and access tokens. - Action **Mark Message Seen** Marks a person's latest Messenger message to a Facebook Page as seen. - Action **Send Media Message** Sends an image, video, audio clip or file over Messenger from a Facebook Page to a person who has messaged the Page. - Action **Send Message** Sends a Messenger text message from a Facebook Page to a person who has messaged the Page. - Action **Toggle Typing Indicator** Shows or hides the typing indicator in a person's Messenger conversation with a Facebook Page. - Trigger **Company Added** Triggers when a new company is created or added to a group. - Trigger **Company Custom Field Updated** Triggers when a company custom field (for example tag, status, text, assignee) is updated. - Trigger **Company Removed** Triggers when a company is deleted from the workspace or removed from a group. - Trigger **Company Updated** Triggers when a company basic field (like name, email or URL) in a group is updated. - Trigger **Deal Added** Fires when a new deal is created. - Trigger **Deal Removed** Fires when a deal is deleted from a pipeline. - Trigger **Deal Updated** Fires when a deal is updated (stage change, field update). - Trigger **Person Added** Triggers when a new person is created or added to a group. - Trigger **Person Custom Field Updated** Triggers when a person custom field (for example tag, status, text, assignee) is updated. - Trigger **Person Removed** Triggers when a person is deleted from the workspace or removed from a group. - Trigger **Person Updated** Triggers when a person basic field (like first name, job title, email or URL) in a group is updated. - Action **Create Company** Creates a company in folk, optionally adding it to a group and setting that group's custom fields. - Action **Create Deal** Creates a deal in a folk group, optionally linked to companies and people, and sets that deal type's custom fields. - Action **Create Group** Creates a group in folk. A default "All people" table view is added to the group automatically. - Action **Create Note** Creates a note on a folk person, company or deal. Optionally posts it as a reply to an existing note. - Action **Create Person** Creates a person in folk, optionally adding them to a group and setting that group's custom fields. - Action **Create Reminder** Creates a reminder on a folk person, company or deal, scheduled with an iCalendar recurrence rule. - Action **Delete Company** Deletes a company from folk by its id. - Action **Delete Person** Deletes a person from folk by their id. This also removes their custom fields, notes and associations. - Action **Find a Company** Searches folk companies by name, email or website and returns the matches, with the first one broken out for easy mapping. - Action **Find a Person** Searches folk people by email, full name or phone and returns the matches, with the first one broken out for easy mapping. - Action **Get a Company** Fetches one folk company by id, including its custom field values. - Action **Get a Note** Fetches one folk note by id, with its text, author and the record it is attached to. - Action **Get a Person** Fetches one folk person by id, including their custom field values. - Action **List Groups** Returns the groups in the folk workspace, with each group's id, name and visibility. - Action **Update Company** Updates a folk company. Only the fields you fill in are changed; list fields such as emails replace the whole list. - Action **Update Person** Updates a folk person. Only the fields you fill in are changed; list fields such as emails replace the whole list. ## Each app on its own - [ **Facebook Messenger** Facebook Messenger is a messaging app and platform.](https://apiant.ai/connections/facebook-messenger) - [ **folk** folk is the next generation CRM for teams](https://apiant.ai/connections/folk) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Facebook Messenger - [ **Facebook Messenger to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/facebook-messenger-to-hubspot) - [ **Facebook Messenger to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/facebook-messenger-to-salesforce) - [ **Facebook Messenger to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/facebook-messenger-to-slack) - [ **Facebook Messenger to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/facebook-messenger-to-google-sheets) - [ **Facebook Messenger to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/facebook-messenger-to-gmail) - [ **Facebook Messenger to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/facebook-messenger-to-google-calendar) ## More into folk - [ **Stripe to folk** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/stripe-to-folk) - [ **ActiveCampaign to folk** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-folk) - [ **Airtable to folk** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-folk) - [ **Asana to folk** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-folk) - [ **ClickUp to folk** ClickUp is an all-in-one app to plan, track, and manage your work in a beautifully intuitive environment.](https://apiant.ai/connect/clickup-to-folk) - [ **Discord to folk** Discord is an all-in-one voice and text chat for gamers.](https://apiant.ai/connect/discord-to-folk) Questions ## Facebook Messenger and folk, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Facebook Messenger? Any of Facebook Messenger's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Message Sent to Page. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in folk when something happens in Facebook Messenger? Any of folk's 16 actions, including Create Company, Create Deal, Create Group and Create Note. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from folk to Facebook Messenger? Yes. When something happens in folk, your agent can act in Facebook Messenger too. This page covers both directions: folk's triggers and Facebook Messenger's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Facebook Messenger or folk? 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 Messenger and folk 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.