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Chatfuel

Chatfuel is a no-code AI-powered chatbot and business-automation platform for conversational commerce across Meta-owned messaging channels — WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, TikTok, and an embeddable website chat widget. Trusted by 18,000+ businesses and an official Meta Business Partner, Chatfuel lets teams build automated flows and AI agents that qualify leads, answer customer questions, take bookings, run re-engagement campaigns, and hand off to live agents. For developers Chatfuel exposes an HTTP Broadcasting API (api.chatfuel.com) for sending blocks and flows to users, a Dashboard API (dashboard.chatfuel.com/api) for programmatically creating and managing bots and page bindings, and a JSON API plugin for calling external services from inside a bot flow.

Chatfuel publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Chatbots, Conversational AI, Messaging, and Marketing Automation.

Chatfuel’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, pricing, signup flow, and 16 more developer resources.

35.0/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 16/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
AccessSelf serve
2 APIs
CompanyChatbotsConversational AIMessagingMarketing AutomationCustomer SupportWhatsAppInstagramFacebook MessengerNo-Code

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 35.0/100 · thin
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 10.4 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.5 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 9.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 16/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Chatfuel Broadcasting API

HTTP API for sending any block or flow from a bot to a user via a POST request, including targeting users by attribute. Rate limited to 25 requests per second per bot. Requests ...

Chatfuel Dashboard API

HTTP API to programmatically create and modify bots and pages — create bots, clone bot content, generate role-based invite links, and bind/unbind bots to Facebook pages. Authent...

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Chatfuel Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Chatfuel Authentication

http/apiKey · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Chatfuel Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 4

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: chatfuel
name: Chatfuel
description: Chatfuel is a no-code AI-powered chatbot and business-automation platform for conversational commerce across
  Meta-owned messaging channels — WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, TikTok, and an embeddable website chat widget.
  Trusted by 18,000+ businesses and an official Meta Business Partner, Chatfuel lets teams build automated flows and AI agents
  that qualify leads, answer customer questions, take bookings, run re-engagement campaigns, and hand off to live agents.
  For developers Chatfuel exposes an HTTP Broadcasting API (api.chatfuel.com) for sending blocks and flows to users, a Dashboard
  API (dashboard.chatfuel.com/api) for programmatically creating and managing bots and page bindings, and a JSON API plugin
  for calling external services from inside a bot flow.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/chatfuel/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- y-combinator
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
image: https://chatfuel.com/favicons/apple-touch-icon.png
tags:
- Company
- Chatbots
- Conversational AI
- Messaging
- Marketing Automation
- Customer Support
- WhatsApp
- Instagram
- Facebook Messenger
- No-Code
apis:
- name: Chatfuel Broadcasting API
  description: HTTP API for sending any block or flow from a bot to a user via a POST request, including targeting users by
    attribute. Rate limited to 25 requests per second per bot. Requests are authenticated with a chatfuel_token.
  humanURL: https://docs.chatfuel.com/en/articles/790461-broadcasting-api
  baseURL: https://api.chatfuel.com
  tags:
  - Broadcasting
  - Messaging
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.chatfuel.com/en/articles/790461-broadcasting-api
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/chatfuel-authentication.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/chatfuel-rate-limits.yml
- name: Chatfuel Dashboard API
  description: HTTP API to programmatically create and modify bots and pages — create bots, clone bot content, generate role-based
    invite links, and bind/unbind bots to Facebook pages. Authenticated with a Bearer Dashboard API token. Designed primarily
    for internal use and subject to change without notice.
  humanURL: https://docs.chatfuel.com/api/dashboard-api
  baseURL: https://dashboard.chatfuel.com/api
  tags:
  - Dashboard
  - Bot Management
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.chatfuel.com/api/dashboard-api
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/chatfuel-authentication.yml
common:
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.chatfuel.com/en/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.chatfuel.com/en/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.chatfuel.com/en/collections/168839-api
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.chatfuel.com/en/collections/168839-api
- type: Support
  url: https://docs.chatfuel.com/en/
- type: Blog
  url: https://chatfuel.com/blog
- type: Pricing
  url: https://chatfuel.com/pricing
- type: SignUp
  url: https://app.chatfuel.com/
- type: Login
  url: https://app.chatfuel.com/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://chatfuel.com/files/TermsOfUse.pdf
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://chatfuel.com/privacy-policy.html
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.chatfuel.com/
- type: Compliance
  url: https://chatfuel.com/gdpr
- type: Website
  url: https://chatfuel.com
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/chatfuel-authentication.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/chatfuel-rate-limits.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/chatfuel-conventions.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/chatfuel-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/chatfuel-conformance.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/chatfuel-domain-security.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/chatfuel-packages.yml
- type: Components
  url: components/chatfuel-components.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/chatfuel-llms.txt
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence