Connect Nimble to WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok and AI Chat

By Alva Chew 5 min read Updated October 30, 2026

Leads and customers message you on WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, TikTok, Telegram, web chat or email, but your pipeline lives in Nimble. AeroChat answers those conversations in both directions. It checks Nimble when a customer asks where their quote or project stands, and it records what they tell you as it goes: the contact, the answers that qualify them, the deal and a note of the conversation. It connects through Nimble’s public API. You describe the workflow in your own words, and AeroChat builds it.

What you can do with Nimble and AeroChat

  • Send chat leads to Nimble. When someone leaves their name and email or phone in chat, AeroChat finds or creates the contact and adds a note of the conversation.
  • Qualify leads and open deals. AeroChat asks your qualifying questions, records the answers on the contact and creates a deal in the right stage.
  • Answer deal status questions. AeroChat finds the customer’s deal and tells them what its stage means for them, in words you choose.
  • Recognise returning contacts. AeroChat looks the person up by phone or email and uses what Nimble already knows, such as their owner and open deals.
  • Hand hot leads to the right person. AeroChat passes the conversation to the contact’s owner in Nimble, with a summary.

Works on every chat channel

Your leads and customers message you wherever they already are. The same Nimble connection and the same workflows run on every channel AeroChat supports, and Nimble stays the record whichever one they use.

Channel What your leads and customers can do
WhatsApp Message your WhatsApp Business number to ask about your services, leave their details or check where their quote or project stands. Voice notes are transcribed, so a spoken request works too.
Instagram Send the same requests by direct message. A comment on your post can get an automatic reply that moves the conversation to a DM.
Facebook Messenger Send the same requests to your Facebook Page. Comments on your Page posts can get an automatic reply too.
TikTok Send the same requests by TikTok direct message or TikTok Shop buyer chat. Both arrive in the same TikTok inbox.
Telegram Send the same requests to your business on Telegram.
Web chat Do the same from the chat on your website, without leaving the page.
Email Write to your Gmail or Office 365 address and get the same answer the chat gives.

How the connection works

AeroChat connects through Nimble’s public API. It searches, creates and updates contacts, adds notes and tasks to them, and reads and writes deals in your pipelines. Each workflow uses only what its recipe asks for.

To connect, a Nimble administrator generates an API token in Settings, then API Token, and copies it. Paste it into the AeroChat dashboard when AeroChat asks.

You describe the workflow in your own words. AeroChat builds it as a draft, works out which Nimble calls it needs, and asks you to connect. Keys and credentials are entered in the AeroChat dashboard and never pass through the conversation.

Workflows to copy

Copy this into AeroChat

When someone gives their name and email or phone number in chat, search Nimble for a contact with that email or phone. If there is one, update it. If not, create a contact with their name, email, phone and the channel they used. Add a note with a short summary of what they asked about. Set the source to chat (example).

Copy this into AeroChat

When a customer asks where their quote or project stands, find their contact in Nimble by phone or email and look up their open deal. Tell them what its stage means: Proposal sent means “your proposal is with you, reply here with any questions”, Contract signed means “we will confirm your start date this week” (examples). If there is no open deal, ask for their reference number and hand the conversation to our team.

Who uses it

Nimble is used by small teams that sell through relationships, such as consultants, agencies, recruiters and professional services firms. Any of them can use it to keep chat leads and client questions in the same record as their email and calls.

What stays in Nimble

Nimble stays your record. Contacts, deals, tasks, groups and reporting live there, and your team still works the deals and owns the relationship.

AeroChat handles the conversation. It looks up what the customer asks about, creates and updates the records your recipe asks for, and leaves the rest to Nimble and your team.

Questions

Does AeroChat work with Nimble?

Yes. AeroChat connects through Nimble’s public API with an API token an administrator generates in Nimble.

Can WhatsApp leads go straight into Nimble?

Yes. When a lead gives their details in chat, AeroChat creates or updates the Nimble contact and adds a note of the conversation.

Do I need a developer?

No. You describe the workflow in your own words, generate an API token in Nimble and paste it in, and switch it on. AeroChat builds the Nimble connection from your description and shows a checklist of what is left to do.

Which plan do I need?

Workflows via Skills are on every plan, Free included. Choose by message volume: Starter covers 500 AI responses a month and 3 seats, Growth covers 2,000 responses and 10 seats and adds payment links and broadcasts, and Advanced covers 5,000 responses and 25 seats.

Using a different system? If it has a public API, it connects to AeroChat the same way: describe what you want, paste in its key, and it runs.

Can’t find your tool? Message us in the chat on this page and we’ll tell you how it connects.

Connect Nimble and try it

Paste the first recipe, add your Nimble API token, and leave your own name and email in the chat.

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