--- title: "Connect Instagram and TimelinesAI - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Comment\" fires in Instagram, your agent runs \"Send Uploaded File to Existing Chat\" in TimelinesAI." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/instagram-to-timelinesai" --- # Connect Instagram and TimelinesAI When **New Comment** fires in [Instagram](https://apiant.ai/connections/instagram), your agent runs **Send Uploaded File to Existing Chat** in [TimelinesAI](https://apiant.ai/connections/timelinesai), or **New Incoming Chat** in TimelinesAI to **Get User Info** in Instagram. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Instagram **3** triggers Instagram **13** actions TimelinesAI **6** triggers TimelinesAI **1** action What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Instagram and TimelinesAI 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) TimelinesAI holds your WhatsApp conversations, Instagram holds your posts, comments and direct messages. Joining them lets a comment or DM on Instagram turn into a file sent to the right WhatsApp chat, and lets a file uploaded in TimelinesAI become a draft post ready to publish. Profile and post lookups fill in the details. Example flows ## What Instagram and TimelinesAI can do together ### From Instagram to TimelinesAI - When **New Comment** in Instagram then **Send Uploaded File to Existing Chat** in TimelinesAI ### From TimelinesAI to Instagram - When **New Incoming Chat** in TimelinesAI then **Get User Info** in Instagram - When **New Uploaded File** in TimelinesAI then **Create Post** in Instagram 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 Instagram and TimelinesAI ## Triggers and actions 9 triggers ยท 14 actions - Trigger **New Comment** Triggered when someone comments on one of your Instagram posts - Trigger **New Media Posted** Triggered when a new post is published on your Instagram account - Trigger **New Message** Triggered when a new direct message arrives in your Instagram inbox - Action **Create Carousel Container** Create a draft carousel post with multiple images/videos before publishing. - Action **Create Media Container** Create a draft media container for photos/videos/reels before publishing. - Action **Create Post** Publish a draft media container to instagram (final publishing step). - Action **Get Conversation** Get details about a specific instagram dm conversation (participants, etc). - Action **Get Post Comments** Get comments on an instagram post. - Action **Get Post Insights** Get instagram post insights/analytics (impressions, reach, engagement, etc.). - Action **Get Post Status** Check the processing status of a draft post container. - Action **Get User Info** Get instagram user info including profile details and statistics. - Action **Get User Insights** Get instagram account-level insights/analytics (profile views, reach, impressions, etc.). - Action **Get User Media** Get instagram user's media (posts, photos, videos). - Action **List All Conversations** List all instagram dm conversations for the authenticated user. - Action **List All Messages** List all messages from a specific instagram dm conversation. - Action **Reply To Comment** Reply to a comment on instagram media. - Trigger **New Incoming Chat** Triggers when a new incoming chat is created. - Trigger **New Outgoing Chat** Triggers when a new outgoing chat is created. - Trigger **New Received Message** Triggers when a new incoming message is received. - Trigger **New Sent Message** Triggers when a new message is sent. - Trigger **New Uploaded File** Triggers when new uploaded_file is created. - Trigger **New Whatsapp Account** Triggers when new whatsapp_accounts is created. - Action **Send Uploaded File to Existing Chat** Sends uploaded file to existing chat. ## Each app on its own - [ **Instagram** Instagram is a social media platform for sharing photos, videos, and stories.](https://apiant.ai/connections/instagram) - [ **TimelinesAI** TimelinesAI allows you to share access to your personal or business Whatsapp account, integrate it with...](https://apiant.ai/connections/timelinesai) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Instagram - [ **Instagram to Clerk** Clerk is a user authentication and management platform that lets developers add sign-in, profiles, and...](https://apiant.ai/connect/instagram-to-clerk) - [ **Instagram to Google Maps Platform** APIs and SDKs for maps, geocoding, routing, places search, and location-based data in apps.](https://apiant.ai/connect/instagram-to-google-maps-platform) - [ **Instagram to Pipedream** Pipedream is a workflow automation and integration platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/instagram-to-pipedream) - [ **Instagram to Pipefile** Pipefile streamlines the collection of personal, financial, and otherwise sensitive documents to keep your...](https://apiant.ai/connect/instagram-to-pipefile) - [ **Instagram to Shift4** Payment processing platform with a REST API for card and alternative payment transactions across e-commerce...](https://apiant.ai/connect/instagram-to-shift4) - [ **Instagram to Supernotes** Collaborative note-taking app for creating linked notecards with checklists, images, and tasks, with a REST...](https://apiant.ai/connect/instagram-to-supernotes) ## More into TimelinesAI - [ **HubSpot to TimelinesAI** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-timelinesai) - [ **Salesforce to TimelinesAI** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-timelinesai) - [ **Slack to TimelinesAI** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-timelinesai) - [ **Google Sheets to TimelinesAI** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-timelinesai) - [ **Google Calendar to TimelinesAI** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-timelinesai) - [ **Google Drive to TimelinesAI** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-timelinesai) Questions ## Instagram and TimelinesAI, answered ### ### Can the agent send a WhatsApp message to someone who just messaged us on Instagram? TimelinesAI's listed action sends an uploaded file to an existing chat, so there has to be a chat with that person already. The agent builds it that way and tests every scenario before it goes live. ### ### Can a file uploaded in TimelinesAI be published on Instagram automatically? The agent can create a draft media container from the file and check its processing status, and publishing is a separate listed step you can include. Each scenario is tested before the setup keeps running. ### ### What can start an automation from Instagram? Any of Instagram's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New Comment, New Media Posted and New Message. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in TimelinesAI when something happens in Instagram? Any of TimelinesAI's 1 action, including Send Uploaded File to Existing Chat. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from TimelinesAI to Instagram? Yes. When something happens in TimelinesAI, your agent can act in Instagram too. This page covers both directions: TimelinesAI's triggers and Instagram's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Instagram or TimelinesAI? 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 Instagram and TimelinesAI 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.