Hourly

Know when someone tags your account

You get the link whenever a post tags your business account.

Runs: Hourly
Apps: Instagram
AI: Not needed
Access: instagram_basic (FB Login), pages_read_engagement

Send this to your assistant

Create a ClickRuntime automation: every hour, check for new Instagram posts that tag my business account and email me each link with the poster's username.

Paste it into your assistant. It tells you what it will send or change before it runs live.

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Why use it

Why teams use this automation

A cafe owner relies on customers tagging the account in their photos, because user-generated posts are the best advertising she gets. But tags appear in the Activity tab among hundreds of likes and follows, and she checks it once a week at best. By then the photo is old, the customer has moved on, and the chance to thank them, repost them or feature them in Stories has gone.

Every hour, ClickRuntime asks Instagram for media in which your account was tagged, compares the results with the IDs it has stored, and notifies you about any it has not seen. Each notice contains the poster's username and the link to the post so you can respond straight away.

It works well for local businesses, product brands and event organizers who depend on customers and attendees sharing their photos.

What you get out of it

Thank customers while it still matters
A quick comment or share within hours makes a customer feel appreciated and often brings more content from them. The same gesture a week later feels like an afterthought. It also shows other customers that your business notices and values the people who share it.
Free content to repost
Photos from real customers are more believable than studio images. Hearing about tags soon after they happen lets you ask for permission and feature the best of them in your feed or Stories.
Catch tags that need a response
Not every tag is a compliment. A customer who tags you in a complaint expects a reply, and noticing it within an hour lets you answer before the post gathers sympathetic comments.
Influencers and partners are spotted
When a creator you sent product to posts about it, you want to know immediately. An alert lets you like, comment and thank them in real time, which strengthens the relationship and the reach of the post.
No scanning the Activity tab
Tags are mixed with other notifications, and Instagram does not guarantee you see every one. A dedicated alert based on a direct check of tagged media is less likely to let a tag slip past.

How it works

What happens, step by step

Every hour ClickRuntime checks for Instagram posts that tag your business account.
It skips any post it has already told you about.
You get one email listing who tagged you and a link to each post.

Before it runs live

Connect Instagram

What you get

RunsHourly

Know when someone tags your accounttoday, 9:00Succeeded

Email · Tagged in 2 Instagram posts@northwind.cafe: https://www.instagram.com/p/C9aBc34/

Build your own

Need it to work differently?

This template is a starting point. Copy the prompt and change it, or describe a different automation from scratch, with your own conditions, more apps or an AI step. Your assistant writes it, tests it and runs it on ClickRuntime.

Your own rules
Conditions, thresholds, filters and exceptions, written the way you'd explain them to a colleague.
Any number of apps
One automation can read from one app and update several others. Over 248 apps are ready, and anything with an API works too.
AI where it helps
Summaries, classification, extraction and drafts use ClickRuntime's built-in AI, with no extra key.
On a schedule or on each event
Runs as often as every 5 minutes, or the moment an app sends an event, and keeps track of what it already handled.

Changes you can ask for

Act only on the items that match your own rules, and skip the rest
Add an AI step, for example to summarize, sort or draft a reply
Add another app, for example also send it to Slack
Combine it with other Instagram steps into one automation

Under the hood

The code that runs this automation

This is the Python script that runs each time the automation starts. Your AI assistant writes it for you when you send the prompt, and you allow each step in your assistant. To change how the automation works, describe the change to your assistant and it updates the script for you. For every function it can use, see the script reference.

tagged_media_alert.pyexample

from clickruntime import on_trigger, credentials, http, state, notify, report_fetched

G = "https://graph.facebook.com/v21.0"
IG_USER_ID = "17841400000000000"

@on_trigger
def run(event):
    tagged = http.get(f"{G}/{IG_USER_ID}/tags", params={"fields": "id,permalink,username,timestamp",
                      "access_token": credentials.connection("facebook", "work")}).json()["data"]
    seen = set(state.get("seen") or [])
    new = [t for t in tagged if t["id"] not in seen]
    report_fetched(len(new))
    if not new:
        return {"summary": "Nothing new"}
    notify.email_me(f"Tagged in {len(new)} Instagram post(s)", "\n".join(f"@{t['username']}: {t['permalink']}" for t in new))
    state.set("seen", list(seen | {t["id"] for t in new})[-1000:])
    return {"new": len(new)}

FAQ

Common questions

Does it catch tags in Stories?

It checks the media in which your account has been tagged, as Instagram returns it, which covers feed posts and Reels. Stories disappear after a day and are not included in that list, so story tags will not appear in these alerts.

Is a tag the same thing as a mention?

A tag marks your account in the photo itself, while a mention is your username in a caption or comment. This alert looks at tagged media. Mentions in captions are a separate feature, so ask for it if you want those as well.

Will it keep alerting about the same post?

No. The IDs of tagged posts that have been reported are stored and compared on each run, so only new ones are reported. If someone removes the tag and then re-adds it, it may appear as a fresh post.

What permissions does it need?

instagram_basic (FB Login), pages_read_engagement. Nothing else in your accounts is used.

Does it need AI?

No. It runs without AI, so it doesn't use your plan's AI allowance.

How many runs does it use?

One run each time it checks. Checks that find nothing new and stop right away aren't counted.

Can I change how it works?

Yes. Describe the change to your AI assistant, for example a different schedule, channel or filter. It updates the automation, tests it and tells you what changed.

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