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# Facebook

> Monitor performance, configure Messenger, and publish posts for a connected Facebook Page.

## What is this?

**Facebook** brings together the tools provided for a connected Facebook Page — reviewing performance, configuring how Messenger responds to people, and publishing posts.

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  This section requires an active channel with a connected Facebook Page. Every page in it shows a "No Facebook Page Connected" message, with a prompt to connect one in Settings, until a Page is linked — and a plan-upgrade message if your plan doesn't include Facebook integration. Your platform administrator must have set up Facebook OAuth first.
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## What can I do here?

Use **Facebook** for three main jobs:

* review Page and post performance in **Insights**
* configure the connected Page's Messenger experience — persistent menu, welcome screen, commands, and conversation sync — in **Interaction**
* compose, publish, schedule, and draft posts to the connected Page in **Publishing**

| Page                                                         | Use it to                                                                       |
| ------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Insights](/workspace/facebook/facebook-insights)            | See Page metrics and lifetime metrics per post                                  |
| [Interaction](/workspace/facebook/facebook-user-interaction) | Set up the persistent menu, Get Started button, commands, and conversation sync |
| [Publishing](/workspace/facebook/facebook-publishing)        | Compose, schedule, publish, and save drafts of Page posts                       |

## How to use it

1. **Connect a Facebook Page.** Before any of these pages show data, connect a Page to your active channel — see [Channels](/workspace/channels).
2. **Start with performance visibility.** Use Insights to see how the Page and its recent posts are performing before you make operational changes.
3. **Configure Messenger interaction.** Interaction is where you set up the persistent menu, the Get Started welcome screen, Messenger slash commands, and sync of existing conversations into the platform.
4. **Publish deliberately.** Publishing should support a planned content workflow — compose, save as a draft if it's not ready, and publish or schedule when it is.

## Troubleshooting / Technical Notes

* **Reconnect the Page if a permission banner appears.** Insights and Publishing show banners when the `read_insights`, `pages_read_engagement`, or `pages_manage_posts` permissions are missing. Reconnect the Page in Settings.
* **Review Interaction settings after reconnecting.** The persistent menu and commands live on the Facebook side, so check them again after reconnecting the Page.
* **Keep work tied to the correct Page.** Facebook tools operate on the active channel.
* **Access is permission-based.** Viewing and editing use the `facebook:view`, `facebook:edit`, and `facebook:delete` permissions.

## Related docs

* [Channels](/workspace/channels)
* [Inbox](/workspace/inbox/overview)
* [Instagram](/workspace/instagram/overview)