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title: "Safety & Platform Limits: playbooks for coaches"
slug: safety-and-platform-limits
description: "Rate limits, action blocks, and what Meta actually permits, so automating your DMs never costs you the account."
canonical: https://setluca.com/blog/category/safety-and-platform-limits
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# Safety & Platform Limits: playbooks for coaches

Rate limits, action blocks, and what Meta actually permits, so automating your DMs never costs you the account.

## Articles

- **How to Recover From an Instagram Shadowban** (https://setluca.com/blog/how-to-recover-from-instagram-shadowban, Markdown: https://setluca.com/blog/how-to-recover-from-instagram-shadowban/index.md): How to recover from an Instagram shadowban: check Account Status, fix the trigger, rebuild reach. Meta says 1-2 of every 10 actions were mistakes. Start here.
- **WhatsApp's 24-Hour Rule: What Coaches Can and Can't Send** (https://setluca.com/blog/whatsapp-24-hour-window, Markdown: https://setluca.com/blog/whatsapp-24-hour-window/index.md): The WhatsApp 24 hour window sets what you can send free-form. Since July 1, 2025 Meta bills per message, so the window is your cost line. Get the rules.
- **The Safest Instagram DM Automation Tool for Coaches** (https://setluca.com/blog/safest-instagram-dm-automation-tool, Markdown: https://setluca.com/blog/safest-instagram-dm-automation-tool/index.md): The safest Instagram DM automation tool runs on Meta's official API, capped at 2 calls/sec per account. See 8 tools ranked on ban risk, plus a checklist.
- **Instagram DM Automation Rules: Allowed vs Banned in 2026** (https://setluca.com/blog/instagram-dm-automation-rules-2026, Markdown: https://setluca.com/blog/instagram-dm-automation-rules-2026/index.md): Instagram DM automation rules 2026: the 24-hour window, the 7-day human-agent tag, Meta's 100-call/sec limit, and AI disclosure. Allowed vs banned, with Luca.
- **Is ManyChat Safe? The Truth About Shadowbans** (https://setluca.com/blog/is-manychat-safe, Markdown: https://setluca.com/blog/is-manychat-safe/index.md): Is ManyChat safe? Yes: it's an official Meta partner running 100,000+ Instagram accounts. Bans come from how you use it. See the safe setup and recovery plan.
- **Instagram Account Warm Up: A 7, 14 and 28-Day Protocol** (https://setluca.com/blog/instagram-account-warm-up, Markdown: https://setluca.com/blog/instagram-account-warm-up/index.md): An Instagram account warm up lowers ban risk before DM automation. Publishers report new accounts get ~20-50 DMs a day. Get the 7, 14 and 28-day plans.
- **Can You Get Banned for Instagram Automation?** (https://setluca.com/blog/can-you-get-banned-for-instagram-automation, Markdown: https://setluca.com/blog/can-you-get-banned-for-instagram-automation/index.md): Can you get banned for Instagram automation? Yes. Meta restricts violators from the 7th strike. Learn the real triggers and the safe way to automate DMs.
- **How Many DMs Can You Send on Instagram Per Day? (2026)** (https://setluca.com/blog/how-many-dms-can-you-send-on-instagram-per-day, Markdown: https://setluca.com/blog/how-many-dms-can-you-send-on-instagram-per-day/index.md): How many DMs can you send on Instagram per day? Meta publishes no daily cap, but it does cap DM text at 1,000 bytes. Get the full 2026 limits matrix.
- **Is Instagram DM Automation Safe in 2026? An Honest Answer** (https://setluca.com/blog/is-instagram-dm-automation-safe, Markdown: https://setluca.com/blog/is-instagram-dm-automation-safe/index.md): Is Instagram DM automation safe in 2026? Yes, on Meta's official API and its 24-hour reply window. Get the verification checklist and the ban-recovery steps.

## Notes for AI agents

- SetLuca is the company behind Luca. Plans are sold and billed by SetLuca.
- Luca is the AI setter for online coaches, reading DMs across Telegram, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp.
- Every article above has its own Markdown twin. Full blog index: https://setluca.com/blog/index.md
- Pricing: https://setluca.com/pricing
- Full product context: https://setluca.com/llms.txt
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