# AI Agents for Agencies: Guides | Maxbound

> Guides for agencies running AI agents for clients: briefing them in plain language, conversations, follow-ups, testing, approval and hand-over.

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These guides are for agencies that brief AI agents to run work for their clients: answering and qualifying conversations on WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and website chat, following up, scheduling posts and reporting. They follow the work in order: choosing what to automate, teaching the agent the client's business, testing it before it goes live, and running it day to day, including when it should hand a conversation to a person.

In Maxbound each client has its own workspace. Someone at the agency briefs an agent there in plain language, inside Maxbound or from Claude, ChatGPT or Codex through Maxbound's MCP server. The agent asks what it needs to know, works from the client's own sources, is rehearsed on past conversations in Simulations, and runs only once someone at the agency approves it.

## Start here

- [Best Way to Automate Instagram and Facebook Replies](https://maxbound.ai/blog/best-tool-to-automate-instagram-facebook-replies) — Which tool to automate Instagram and Facebook comment and DM replies depends on what the replies are. What Meta allows, what to check, and how to test tools (2026-07-25)
- [AI Tools for Social Media Engagement, by the Job They Do](https://maxbound.ai/blog/10-best-ai-tools-for-social-media-engagement) — AI tools for social media engagement do four jobs: answering, analysing, moderating and suggesting replies. Which tools do each, and how to pick (2026-03-12)
- [How to Set Up Human-in-the-Loop AI for Social Replies](https://maxbound.ai/blog/how-to-set-up-a-human-in-the-loop-ai-workflow) — Human-in-the-loop AI drafts each comment and DM reply, and a person approves it before it sends. How to set it up per client, review fast, and know when to let (2026-07-14)
- [How Long Should an AI Agent Wait Before Replying?](https://maxbound.ai/blog/the-delay-reply-feature-timing-is-everything) — Why an AI agent should wait a few seconds before answering a DM: people send messages in bursts. How a reply delay works, how long to set it per channel, (2026-02-13)

## Choosing how to automate replies

What the tools do, how they differ, and what a person should still own.

- [Best Way to Automate Instagram and Facebook Replies](https://maxbound.ai/blog/best-tool-to-automate-instagram-facebook-replies) — Which tool to automate Instagram and Facebook comment and DM replies depends on what the replies are. What Meta allows, what to check, and how to test tools (2026-07-25)
- [AI Tools for Social Media Engagement, by the Job They Do](https://maxbound.ai/blog/10-best-ai-tools-for-social-media-engagement) — AI tools for social media engagement do four jobs: answering, analysing, moderating and suggesting replies. Which tools do each, and how to pick (2026-03-12)
- [Busting the Myths of Instagram DM Automation Tools](https://maxbound.ai/blog/busting-the-myths-of-instagram-dm-automation-tools) — Four myths keep agencies answering Instagram DMs by hand: that customers hate automation, that it's all-or-nothing, that setup takes weeks, and that it gets (2026-07-26)
- [The 7-Stage Framework for AI Social Media Automation](https://maxbound.ai/blog/evolution-of-automated-social-media-engagement-software) — AI comment and DM automation grows through seven stages, from keyword triggers to agents that hand hard conversations to a person. What each stage fixes (2026-03-12)
- [AI vs Social Media Manager: Who Should Do What](https://maxbound.ai/blog/ai-vs-social-media-manager) — AI won't replace a social media manager, but it does take over parts of the job. Which tasks to give AI, which to keep with a person, and how the role changes (2026-03-12)

## Setting an agent up

Training it on the client's own material, keeping a person in the loop, and testing it before launch.

- [How to Train an AI Agent on Your Past Conversations](https://maxbound.ai/blog/learning-from-historical-conversations) — Past chats teach an AI agent how your team actually answers. What to include, what to leave out, how to turn history into answers a person checks, and how (2026-03-02)
- [Self-Improving AI That Learns Your Brand Voice](https://maxbound.ai/blog/self-improving-ai-that-learns-your-brand) — How an AI agent learns a brand's voice from the replies your team approves and edits, how to edit so it learns the right thing, and how to tell it is improving. (2026-02-04)
- [How to Set Up Human-in-the-Loop AI for Social Replies](https://maxbound.ai/blog/how-to-set-up-a-human-in-the-loop-ai-workflow) — Human-in-the-loop AI drafts each comment and DM reply, and a person approves it before it sends. How to set it up per client, review fast, and know when to let (2026-07-14)
- [How to Test an AI Agent Before It Answers Customers](https://maxbound.ai/blog/how-to-stress-test-ai-agents-before-go-live) — Test an AI agent on your client's real past conversations, not invented ones. What to put in the test set, how to grade it, and when it is ready to go live. (2026-07-18)
- [How to Add AI Chat to a Mobile App Without Leaking Keys](https://maxbound.ai/blog/securely-integrating-ai-chat-into-mobile-apps) — Never put an AI chat key inside a mobile app: anyone can pull it out of the bundle. Keep the secret on your server, hand the app a short-lived session token, (2026-07-25)
- [How to Answer Instagram DMs in Arabic for Clients](https://maxbound.ai/blog/how-to-answer-instagram-dms-in-arabic-for-clients) — A step-by-step playbook for agencies: connect, train and brief an agent for Arabic Instagram DM replies and comment-to-DM, dialects and spelling variants (2026-11-02)
- [How to Test a Kurdish Sorani WhatsApp AI Chatbot](https://maxbound.ai/blog/how-to-test-a-kurdish-sorani-whatsapp-ai-chatbot) — A step-by-step walkthrough for agencies: connect a client's WhatsApp, train a Sorani agent, rehearse it on past chats, and launch with approval on. (2026-11-01)
- [Comment Moderation Tool for Agencies: A Setup Playbook](https://maxbound.ai/blog/comment-moderation-tool-for-agencies-a-setup-playbook) — How agencies set up comment moderation for every client: a policy template, hide-vs-reply rules, approval settings and the mistakes that cost clients. (2026-10-29)

## Running it every day

When to reply, when to hand over to a person, covering nights and weekends, and order questions.

- [How Long Should an AI Agent Wait Before Replying?](https://maxbound.ai/blog/the-delay-reply-feature-timing-is-everything) — Why an AI agent should wait a few seconds before answering a DM: people send messages in bursts. How a reply delay works, how long to set it per channel, (2026-02-13)
- [Smart Escalations: When an AI Agent Should Hand Over](https://maxbound.ai/blog/knowing-when-to-pass-the-mic-smart-escalations-for-ai-agents) — When an AI agent should hand a conversation to a person: upset customers, questions it can't answer, sensitive topics and big buyers. How to set the rules (2026-02-25)
- [24/7 Social Media Replies: Covering Nights and Weekends](https://maxbound.ai/blog/24-7-autonomous-agents-for-your-community) — Three ways to answer a client's comments and DMs when your team is offline: a rota, scheduled checks or an AI agent. What each costs, what goes wrong, and how (2026-02-01)
- [WISMO and Order Automation in Instagram and Facebook DMs](https://maxbound.ai/blog/automate-social-media-dms) — How to automate 'where is my order' replies in Instagram and Facebook DMs, which tools can see order data, and how to turn a DM into an order without retyping (2026-03-12)

## Every post in this section, newest first

- [How to Answer Instagram DMs in Arabic for Clients](https://maxbound.ai/blog/how-to-answer-instagram-dms-in-arabic-for-clients) — A step-by-step playbook for agencies: connect, train and brief an agent for Arabic Instagram DM replies and comment-to-DM, dialects and spelling variants (2026-11-02)
- [How to Test a Kurdish Sorani WhatsApp AI Chatbot](https://maxbound.ai/blog/how-to-test-a-kurdish-sorani-whatsapp-ai-chatbot) — A step-by-step walkthrough for agencies: connect a client's WhatsApp, train a Sorani agent, rehearse it on past chats, and launch with approval on. (2026-11-01)
- [Comment Moderation Tool for Agencies: A Setup Playbook](https://maxbound.ai/blog/comment-moderation-tool-for-agencies-a-setup-playbook) — How agencies set up comment moderation for every client: a policy template, hide-vs-reply rules, approval settings and the mistakes that cost clients. (2026-10-29)
- [Busting the Myths of Instagram DM Automation Tools](https://maxbound.ai/blog/busting-the-myths-of-instagram-dm-automation-tools) — Four myths keep agencies answering Instagram DMs by hand: that customers hate automation, that it's all-or-nothing, that setup takes weeks, and that it gets (2026-07-26)
- [Best Way to Automate Instagram and Facebook Replies](https://maxbound.ai/blog/best-tool-to-automate-instagram-facebook-replies) — Which tool to automate Instagram and Facebook comment and DM replies depends on what the replies are. What Meta allows, what to check, and how to test tools (2026-07-25)
- [How to Add AI Chat to a Mobile App Without Leaking Keys](https://maxbound.ai/blog/securely-integrating-ai-chat-into-mobile-apps) — Never put an AI chat key inside a mobile app: anyone can pull it out of the bundle. Keep the secret on your server, hand the app a short-lived session token, (2026-07-25)
- [How to Test an AI Agent Before It Answers Customers](https://maxbound.ai/blog/how-to-stress-test-ai-agents-before-go-live) — Test an AI agent on your client's real past conversations, not invented ones. What to put in the test set, how to grade it, and when it is ready to go live. (2026-07-18)
- [How to Set Up Human-in-the-Loop AI for Social Replies](https://maxbound.ai/blog/how-to-set-up-a-human-in-the-loop-ai-workflow) — Human-in-the-loop AI drafts each comment and DM reply, and a person approves it before it sends. How to set it up per client, review fast, and know when to let (2026-07-14)
- [WISMO and Order Automation in Instagram and Facebook DMs](https://maxbound.ai/blog/automate-social-media-dms) — How to automate 'where is my order' replies in Instagram and Facebook DMs, which tools can see order data, and how to turn a DM into an order without retyping (2026-03-12)
- [AI vs Social Media Manager: Who Should Do What](https://maxbound.ai/blog/ai-vs-social-media-manager) — AI won't replace a social media manager, but it does take over parts of the job. Which tasks to give AI, which to keep with a person, and how the role changes (2026-03-12)
- [AI Tools for Social Media Engagement, by the Job They Do](https://maxbound.ai/blog/10-best-ai-tools-for-social-media-engagement) — AI tools for social media engagement do four jobs: answering, analysing, moderating and suggesting replies. Which tools do each, and how to pick (2026-03-12)
- [The 7-Stage Framework for AI Social Media Automation](https://maxbound.ai/blog/evolution-of-automated-social-media-engagement-software) — AI comment and DM automation grows through seven stages, from keyword triggers to agents that hand hard conversations to a person. What each stage fixes (2026-03-12)
- [How to Train an AI Agent on Your Past Conversations](https://maxbound.ai/blog/learning-from-historical-conversations) — Past chats teach an AI agent how your team actually answers. What to include, what to leave out, how to turn history into answers a person checks, and how (2026-03-02)
- [Smart Escalations: When an AI Agent Should Hand Over](https://maxbound.ai/blog/knowing-when-to-pass-the-mic-smart-escalations-for-ai-agents) — When an AI agent should hand a conversation to a person: upset customers, questions it can't answer, sensitive topics and big buyers. How to set the rules (2026-02-25)
- [How Long Should an AI Agent Wait Before Replying?](https://maxbound.ai/blog/the-delay-reply-feature-timing-is-everything) — Why an AI agent should wait a few seconds before answering a DM: people send messages in bursts. How a reply delay works, how long to set it per channel, (2026-02-13)
- [Self-Improving AI That Learns Your Brand Voice](https://maxbound.ai/blog/self-improving-ai-that-learns-your-brand) — How an AI agent learns a brand's voice from the replies your team approves and edits, how to edit so it learns the right thing, and how to tell it is improving. (2026-02-04)
- [24/7 Social Media Replies: Covering Nights and Weekends](https://maxbound.ai/blog/24-7-autonomous-agents-for-your-community) — Three ways to answer a client's comments and DMs when your team is offline: a rota, scheduled checks or an AI agent. What each costs, what goes wrong, and how (2026-02-01)

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