ManyChat · Controlled Vocabulary

ManyChat Dynamic Block Vocabulary

6 Terms 3 Groups Updated

ManyChat Vocabulary is a controlled vocabulary published by ManyChat on the APIs.io network, defining 6 terms.

The terms are organized into 3 groups — cardinality_rules, channel_variants, and docs.

Defined terms include messages, quick_replies, actions, Response Reference for Facebook Automation, and Response Reference for Instagram, WhatsApp, and Telegram Automation.

A controlled vocabulary pins the words an API’s schemas, parameters and documentation use to one agreed definition each — the shared language a human or an agent needs to read the API the same way its authors do.

Term Groups

cardinality_rules 3 channel_variants 2 docs 1

Terms

messages

quick_replies

actions

Response Reference for Facebook Automation

Response Reference for Instagram, WhatsApp, and Telegram Automation

https://manychat.github.io/dynamic_block_docs/

Controlled Vocabulary

generated: '2026-08-13'
method: searched
source: https://manychat.github.io/dynamic_block_docs/
note: >-
  ManyChat publishes one controlled vocabulary: the Dynamic Block v2 response format, hosted by the
  ManyChat GitHub organization. It is the closed set of message, button, action and quick-reply types a
  partner endpoint may return into a ManyChat conversation, and it is the only versioned surface ManyChat
  ships (`"version": "v2"`). Every term below is read verbatim from that reference; nothing is inferred.
  ManyChat publishes no JSON Schema for it — the vocabulary is prose plus examples.
vocabulary:
  name: ManyChat Dynamic Block
  version: v2
  machine_readable_schema: false
  docs:
    - https://manychat.github.io/dynamic_block_docs/
terms:
  - group: message.type
    values:
      - {term: text, definition: A plain text message. Supports url, flow and node buttons.}
      - {term: image, definition: 'An image file. Messenger supports JPG, PNG and GIF. Supports url, call, buy, flow and node buttons.'}
      - {term: video, definition: A video file message.}
      - {term: audio, definition: An audio file message.}
      - {term: file, definition: A generic file attachment.}
      - {term: cards, definition: A gallery of cards.}
  - group: button.type
    values:
      - {term: call, definition: Dials a phone number.}
      - {term: url, definition: Opens an external link.}
      - {term: node, definition: Jumps to a content node in the current automation. Channel caveats apply.}
      - {term: flow, definition: Jumps to another automation (flow).}
      - {term: buy, definition: Initiates a purchase.}
      - {term: dynamic_block_callback, definition: Calls the External Request endpoint again.}
  - group: action.action
    values:
      - {term: add_tag, definition: Applies a page tag to this contact.}
      - {term: remove_tag, definition: Removes a page tag from this contact only (not from the page).}
      - {term: set_field_value, definition: Writes a custom field value on this contact.}
      - {term: unset_field_value, definition: Clears a custom field value on this contact.}
  - group: quick_reply.type
    values:
      - {term: node, definition: Quick reply that jumps to a content node.}
      - {term: flow, definition: Quick reply that jumps to an automation.}
      - {term: dynamic_block_callback, definition: Quick reply that calls the External Request endpoint again.}
  - group: field.type
    source: 'components.schemas.CustomField.type / BotField.type in https://api.manychat.com/swagger/compileJson?type=Page_API'
    values:
      - {term: text}
      - {term: number}
      - {term: date}
      - {term: datetime}
      - {term: boolean}
cardinality_rules:
  messages: {max: 10}
  quick_replies: {max: 11}
  actions: {max: 5}
channel_variants:
  - Response Reference for Facebook Automation
  - Response Reference for Instagram, WhatsApp, and Telegram Automation