Connecting Facebook Messenger
Requirements
- A Facebook page, not a personal profile;
- Admin rights on that page.
How to connect
- Open Settings → Inboxes and add an inbox.
- Choose Facebook.
- Sign in with Facebook.
- Grant permission to manage the page's messages.
- Pick your page from the list.
- Add agents to the inbox.
What works once connected
- Receiving and sending Messenger messages;
- Canned responses, labels and macros;
- Automation rules;
- AI Agent replies, if an assistant is connected to the inbox.
The 24-hour limit
Like WhatsApp, Messenger allows free-form conversation for 24 hours after the customer's message. Outside that window only certain service message types are permitted.
If messages do not arrive
- Confirm you are still an admin of the page;
- Reauthorise the connection: the page token may have expired;
- Make sure the page is not under publishing restrictions.