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Mark an Instagram DM thread as read

Automatically mark an Instagram DM thread as read on instagram.com. Mark an Instagram DM conversation as read by opening it, by the conversation partner's username. Instagram has no separate "mark as read" button — opening a conversation is what clears its unread state — so this opens it and confirms the unread flag actually cleared. Idempotent — reports if the thread is already read instead of reopening it.

Input

username required

Handle of the conversation partner, without @.

Output

status required
username required
threadId optional

FAQ

Mark an Instagram DM conversation as read by opening it, by the conversation partner's username. Instagram has no separate "mark as read" button — opening a conversation is what clears its unread state — so this opens it and confirms the unread flag actually cleared. Idempotent — reports if the thread is already read instead of reopening it.
Ask an AI agent connected to Reduck to run reduck/instagram.com/mark_dm_read, or run it from a terminal with the Reduck CLI: npx @reduck-ai/cli@latest run --script reduck/instagram.com/mark_dm_read
You do not need one. "Mark an Instagram DM thread as read" drives the real instagram.com pages in a browser, so it works whether or not instagram.com offers an API for this.
Required: username.
It returns status, threadId, username.
Yes. It acts as you on instagram.com: on your own Chrome it reuses your session, and on a Reduck-hosted browser it loads the instagram.com cookies saved by the Reduck extension.
It makes changes on instagram.com, like sending, posting, booking or buying something.
Ask an AI agent connected to Reduck to run reduck/instagram.com/mark_dm_read, or run it from a terminal with the Reduck CLI: npx @reduck-ai/cli@latest run --script reduck/instagram.com/mark_dm_read
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