Instagram DM Lead Capture Bot 🤖

Instagram is no longer just a photo-sharing app — it's a full-fledged engagement platform. In this project, we’re building an Instagram DM chatbot that helps businesses:

• Automatically reply to incoming messages
• Guide users through a mini lead capture flow (name, email, interest)
• Store captured leads in Supabase
• Run on a Node.js + Express backend (with TypeScript + pnpm)

💡 Why Instagram DMs?

• Over 2 billion monthly active users
• 80–90% open rate for messages 📬
• Users respond to DMs more than emails or forms

Businesses thrive where users already hang out — and that place is Instagram DMs.

🧠 What Makes DM Bots Special?

• ✅ Real-time conversations, not static forms
• ✅ Rich UX: Quick replies, emojis, images
• ✅ User handles attached to every message
• ✅ Strong engagement coming from Stories, Reels, and Posts

🛠 What We'll Build

• A webhook-enabled Express server
• Verified integration with Meta's Instagram Messaging API
• A guided lead collection flow via DMs
• Supabase storage for captured leads

📦 Tech Stack

• Node.js + Express
• TypeScript
• pnpm
• Supabase (or Firebase alternative)
• Axios for API communication
• ngrok for local testing
• Railway or Render for deployment