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Autopilot or approval mode?

Updated 21 October 2026

Each channel has its own mode. Switch it on the Channels page: on a one-click channel, the Draft / Autopilot switch sits next to Connected.

The Draft switch on the Instagram channel

AutopilotApproval mode
Who sends the reply?The AI, straight awayYou, after reading the draft
Speed for the customerInstantAs fast as you approve
Best forWebsite chat, common questions, after-hoursNew channels, sensitive businesses, learning how the AI answers

Approving drafts

In approval mode, drafts wait in the Unibox (the dashboard shows Drafts to approve). Open the chat, read the draft, change it if you like, and press Approve & send. You can also press Discard and write your own.

A draft waiting for approval: press Approve & send

Let the AI answer people who came from your posts and ads

On your one-click channels (WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger) you can keep approval mode and let the AI reply on its own to the right people. Tick Let the AI answer on its own under the channel. It then replies automatically to anyone who came from:

  • a comment keyword automation,
  • a DM keyword automation, or
  • a Meta ad.

Tick Let the AI answer on its own

Everyone else, such as friends or people who simply wrote in, still gets a draft for you to approve.

Two things always override the mode

  • A chat that has been handed to a person stays in approval mode until you resolve it.
  • A person you have switched the AI off for, or have replied to yourself in the last day, gets no AI reply at all. See Taking over a chat.
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