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# Installation

There are several prerequisites to building a Messenger chatbot, which we will assume are already taken care of. Before we start, please make sure that you already have:

* an active Facebook account
* a Facebook page for your chatbot to be associated with that you are an admin of
* a CSML chatbot ready to go

## 1. Login with facebook

In CSML Studio, visit **Channels > Connect new channel > Messenger**. Click on **Continue with Facebook** to grant permissions to CSML Studio to connect bots to your chosen pages. This starts a standard Facebook login flow:

![Select any page you might want to associate with the bot](/files/-M938a4BPHIx4szgrVE7)

After this, simply select the page you want to link to the bot, and wait a few seconds.

Voilà! You can now search for your chatbot in Facebook Messenger (it will be listed under the page's name).

![Search for your chatbot in the search bar. It will appear under the Businesses section.](/files/-M7oAQvu4AdB9fE9Qabl)

![](/files/-M7oAQvvENzuN2EXt9n6)