AI DM REPLIES

Answer tricky DMs in seconds, in your own words

Some messages need you: a custom request, a question your FAQ doesn’t cover, someone ready to book. Press Suggested reply and Askenly drafts the answer from your hours, services and FAQ, based on what the person just asked. You check it and send it.When a DM needs you, press Suggested reply. Askenly drafts an answer from your hours, services and FAQ, and you send it.

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Suggested reply is for the moments you’re busy: one click drafts the answer, you check it and send.

Faster replies to the messages that make money

Your automations already answer the questions you’ve saved: opening hours, prices, the link. What reaches your Inbox is everything else, and those are often the people closest to buying. “Can I bring my sister too?” “Do you do weddings?” A slow or vague answer is where those sales go.

Suggested reply reads the last few messages, finds the facts in your business details and writes a short reply in plain language. You change a word if you need to and press send, instead of typing it from scratch on your phone between clients.

A draft never sends itself, and it only uses facts you gave it. If the answer isn’t in your details, the draft says it doesn’t know, so you never send a promise about a price you don’t charge or a time you aren’t open.

What the AI is allowed to read

These are the only facts a draft uses. Keep them current and every draft is accurate.

Business profile

Your business name, what you do, your location and how people should reach you.

Opening hours

The hours you set, so drafts can answer when you’re open and when you’re not.

Services

The services you offer with their length, so a draft can point people to the right one to book.

FAQ answers

The answers you saved for common questions, in your own wording.

Business knowledge

On paid plans, the notes you write in Settings → Business profile, or read from your website and checked by you.

The conversation

The last 10 messages in that chat, so the draft answers what the person actually asked.

How AI replies work in the Inbox

  1. Fill in your business details

    Add your hours, services and FAQ answers in the app. Better details make better drafts.

  2. A chat is handed to you

    Someone asks for a person, asks a question with no saved answer, or wants to book. The chat moves to Assigned with the reason.

  3. Press Suggested reply

    The draft appears in the message box in a few seconds.

  4. Edit and send

    Change anything you like. The message goes out from your account only when you send it.

Daily AI drafts by plan

AI reply drafts a day
PlanDrafts a day
Free20
Starter100
Growth400
Scale1,500

When the day’s drafts are used up, you can still reply by hand. Drafts reset every day.

Good habits for AI-drafted DMs

  • Keep your opening hours current, especially around holidays.
  • Write FAQ answers the way you’d say them in a DM, short and friendly.
  • Add every service you offer, even ones you rarely book online.
  • Read every draft before sending. You know things the AI doesn’t.
  • If a draft says it doesn’t know, add that answer to your FAQ so the next one does.

Where AI drafts save the most time

The busiest moments for a small business are also the moments it can’t type. A salon owner between clients, a coach on a call, a shop owner packing orders. Messages pile up, and each one needs a slightly different answer.

Drafts help most with the questions that are almost, but not quite, in your FAQ. Someone asks whether you can fit a longer appointment on Saturday, or whether a product comes in a size you mention on your services list. The draft pulls the relevant details together so you only need to check and adjust, instead of starting from a blank box.

Because the draft only uses your own details, it also keeps answers consistent across a team. Two teammates answering the same question start from the same facts.

What a draft looks like

A follower asks whether you’re open on Sunday. Your opening hours say Sunday 10am to 4pm, and your services list includes online booking. The draft answers with your hours and offers the booking link.

You read it, add a personal line if you like, and send. If your hours had no Sunday entry, the draft would say it doesn’t know rather than guess.

Example conversationDraft

Are you open on Sunday?

We’re open Sunday 10am to 4pm. Want me to send you the booking link?

Draft ready to review

AI reply questions

Can the AI reply to customers automatically?

Suggested replies never do: a person always presses send. On paid plans you can also switch on an Answer automation, which replies from your business details and hands the chat to you when they don’t cover the question.

Where does the AI get its answers?

Only from your business profile, hours, services and FAQ answers (plus your business knowledge on paid plans), and the last 10 messages in that chat.

Is my conversation data used to train AI models?

Drafts are generated for your workspace only. See the Privacy Policy section on AI suggested replies for how messages are handled.

What if I run out of drafts for the day?

The Suggested reply button stops offering drafts until the next day. You can still reply by hand, and higher plans include more drafts.

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