Musicians
Keep the fan who asks for your release. They send MUSIC in a comment or DM. Fanaura asks for their number, adds them to your fans, and sends your latest release.
MUSICInstagram DM automation
Fanaura turns Instagram comments into DMs and contacts you own.
When someone comments your keyword, Fanaura replies under the post and sends them a DM with your link. Before the page opens, it can ask for an email or phone number, and every person who shares one becomes a contact on your account.
How it works
One keyword sends your link and keeps the person who asked.
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Pick a link and a keyword.
Choose the page people should reach, such as an episode, a booking page, or a pre-save, and the word they comment, such as GUIDE.
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Fanaura replies and sends the DM.
Each comment with your keyword gets a public reply and a private message with your journey link. The keyword can also work in Instagram DMs, texts, and emails.
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They become a contact you own.
The journey link can ask for an email or phone number before the page opens. Every visit and answer is saved to that contact.
Who uses it
Every kind of account keeps its audience with one keyword.
Each card shows the keyword Fanaura suggests when you set up that kind of account.
Podcasters
Keep the listener who asks for your episode. They send EPISODE in a comment or DM. Fanaura asks for their number, adds them to your audience, and sends your latest episode.
EPISODECreators
Keep the brand contact who asks for your rates. They send RATES in a comment or DM. Fanaura asks for their number, adds them to your audience, and sends your rate card.
RATESPhotographers
Keep the client who asks for your photos. They send PHOTOS in a comment or DM. Fanaura asks for their number, adds them to your audience, and sends your portfolio.
PHOTOSCoaches and teachers
Keep the client who wants to book you. They send COACH in a comment or DM. Fanaura asks for their number, adds them to your audience, and sends your booking page.
COACHInfluencers
Keep the follower who asks for your link. They send LINK in a comment or DM. Fanaura asks for their number, adds them to your audience, and sends the link you pasted.
LINKAuthors and speakers
Keep the reader who asks for your book. They send BOOK in a comment or DM. Fanaura asks for their number, adds them to your audience, and sends your book page.
BOOKBusinesses and brands
Keep the customer who asks for your offer. They send NEWS in a comment or DM. Fanaura asks for their number, adds them to your audience, and sends your offer.
NEWSWhere it runs
Run your keyword from the web, your iPhone, or your AI assistant.
On the web
Creator mode at app.fanaura.com builds and publishes journeys today, with your audience and blasts beside them.
On iPhone
The Fanaura iPhone app runs Journeys, Audience, Blast, Settings, and Aura Chat. The App Store listing is not published yet, so you create your account on the web first.
In your AI assistant
Connect the Fanaura MCP server in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or another assistant that supports MCP connectors. Give it your link and keyword, and the journey can go live in one message.
https://app.fanaura.com/mcp
Questions
Read the answers about Instagram DM automation.
What is Instagram DM automation?
Instagram DM automation sends a private message for you when someone takes an action, such as commenting a keyword on your post. Fanaura sends that DM with your link and saves the person as a contact when they share an email address or phone number.
How does comment to DM work in Fanaura?
You pick a link and a keyword. When someone comments that keyword on your posts or sends it in a DM, Fanaura posts a public reply under the comment and sends them your journey link in a private message. Fanaura writes up to ten versions of the public reply so your replies stay varied.
Does Fanaura reply to every comment?
Fanaura replies only to comments and DMs that use your keyword. Every journey needs a keyword, and you answer every other comment yourself.
Which Instagram accounts work with Fanaura?
Fanaura connects to an Instagram creator or business account. You can switch a personal account to a creator or business account in the Instagram app.
How does Fanaura collect emails and phone numbers?
The journey link can ask a new visitor for an email address or a phone number before the page opens. Each person who shares their details becomes a contact on your account, with every visit and answer on one timeline.
Is Fanaura a ManyChat alternative?
Yes. Both send a DM when someone comments a keyword on Instagram. Fanaura sends a journey link that can collect an email or phone number before the page opens, keeps each person as a contact with their visits and answers, and does not charge per contact. Read the full comparison with ManyChat.
How much does Fanaura cost for Instagram DM automation?
Starter is $9.99 a month and includes Instagram journeys, Aura Chat, and two journey links a month. Pro is $29.99 a month and adds email and ten journey links a month. Ultimate is $49.99 a month and adds texting and unlimited journey links. Fanaura has no free plan, and plans do not charge per contact. See every plan.
Can ChatGPT or Claude set up my Instagram automation?
Yes. Connect https://app.fanaura.com/mcp in an assistant that supports MCP connectors, sign in to Fanaura, and ask it to send your link when someone comments your keyword. The journey goes live in that one request when Instagram is connected and your account is ready to publish. Read the MCP server guide.
Is Fanaura still built for musicians?
Yes. Musicians use the same comment-to-DM journeys, and the full web studio adds pre-save campaigns, tours, merch, fan heat maps, and the Flow Builder. See the music platform.
Start with one keyword
Create an account and publish your first keyword.
Connect Instagram, paste your link, and choose the word people comment.