Before you start
- A connected channel to build the superpower for.
- The post concept ready — a superpower runs on the comments of a specific post, so decide what that post says and what it asks people to do before you build the automation around it.
- A plan for what you want to automate — which comments should match, and what the reply should say.
- Helpful but optional: the tutorial on generating a superpower with AI, to see the finished shape before building one yourself.
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Start from scratch
Open Superpowers from the left sidebar and click New Superpower. Dynamo offers templates first, but you are building your own.
At the bottom, next to "Prefer to start from scratch?", click Create your own. That opens the same editor a template would, just empty.
Tip: If a template is close to what you need, start there instead and edit it — you will end up in this identical editor with a head start.
Create your own, at the bottom of the template picker. - 2
Name it and set the basics
The editor has two halves: Superpower settings on the left, Condition Groups on the right. The right side starts on "No groups yet" — you will fill that in shortly.
Give the superpower a name you will recognise in the library. Optionally add a Scheduler hashtag of at least three characters (they are case-sensitive), and use Choose end date to set when it stops running, in the timezone shown next to the label. Leave the date empty and it runs until you turn it off.
The empty editor: settings left, no groups yet on the right. A name and scheduler hashtag filled in. - 3
Optional: add post conditions
Expand Post conditions (Facebook only) to hold the private reply back until the post itself hits a milestone. As the panel explains, the private reply is sent to the selected groups after the post reaches the conditions you add.
Toggle on Add share condition, Add like condition, or Add comments condition and set the threshold. Note the caveat in the panel: the count is approximate.
Tip: This is a gate on the whole post, not on the individual commenter — useful for "unlock the reward once this post hits 100 shares" mechanics.
Share, like, and comment thresholds for the post. - 4
Optional: decide what wins a conflict
Expand Overrides by Channel Superpowers to choose which channel-level superpower takes precedence when it clashes with this post-level one.
Toggle Troll Buster or Master support to let them override. Leave them off and this superpower’s own rules win.
Let Troll Buster or Master support override this superpower. - 5
Add your first condition group
Click Add group. The dialog splits the same way the editor does: Group details on the left — a group name plus its Conditions — and Replies on the right, tabbed into Public replies and Private replies with a running count of each.
Name the group after what it matches, not what it sends ("Correct answer", "Tagged a friend"). You will be reading these names in a list later.
The Add group dialog: conditions on the left, replies on the right. - 6
Pick the user action
Every group starts with a User Action condition — what the person actually did. The dropdown offers Left a comment, Tagged a friend, and Used keyword.
Left a comment matches anyone who commented at all. Tagged a friend adds a count, so you can require three tagged friends rather than one. Used keyword is the most specific: you list the keywords, and Dynamo also builds a list of variations, typos, and misspellings so "wrd" or "w0rd" still match "word". Remove any variation with its × if it is too loose.
Tip: The variation list is where keyword automations usually succeed or fail. Skim it before saving — an overly broad variation can match comments you never intended.
The three user actions available. Tagged a friend, requiring 3 friends. A keyword plus its generated typo variations. - 7
Narrow it with property conditions
The row of buttons under the condition adds more conditions, joined to the one above with AND — so every condition in the group has to be true.
User Property matches a field on the person: pick the property (the picker is searchable and shows each type, like "Paying · boolean" or "Country · string"), then a comparison and a value. Retention Property matches on recency, such as Last Seen within a number of days. Social Property matches engagement state — New to social, Last seen, Last commented, Last reacted, or Country.
Tip: Each condition you add narrows the group. If a group stops matching anyone, it is usually one condition too many rather than a broken keyword.
A User Property condition, joined with AND. The searchable property picker, with types. A Retention Property matching Last Seen in days. A Social Property set to New to social. The social engagement states available. - 8
Set limits on the group
The last button in that row adds a limit rather than a match. The dropdown offers Choose group limit, Add time limitations for your group, Choose probability, and One reply only mode.
A group limit caps how many people this group can reward — essential for a giveaway with a fixed prize count. Probability makes it a lottery instead of a guarantee. Time limitations restrict when the group is live, and One reply only mode stops the same person being answered twice.
A group limit with its value field. The four limit types. - 9
Write the public reply
On the Replies side, Public replies are comments posted under the original post, so everyone sees them. Click Add public reply, or Load from library to reuse one you have written before.
Type the reply and optionally attach media with Upload Media or generate some with Assets creator. The toolbar under the field inserts a mention, an emoji, a saved snippet from the library, or a bookmark — a reply like "@[mention_user] check your DM to see if you are correct" uses the mention placeholder so each reply addresses the right person.
Tip: Add several public replies to one group and Dynamo picks one at random each time. Identical repeated comments look automated and platforms may treat them as spam.
The empty public reply composer. A public reply using the mention placeholder. - 10
Write the private reply
Private replies are DMs, visible only to the person who commented — the right place for a prize code or anything you would not post publicly. Start with Message Type: Single notification is the plain one, and the dropdown also offers Interactive notification and Reply-Enabling Message (both Facebook only), Carousel, Offers, Coupon, and Gifts.
Add a Title and the message body — the counter caps it at 640 characters. Add Button attaches a call to action with its own text and URL, or Load Button reuses a saved one. Test Message sends it to yourself before it ever reaches a real person.
Tip: Always use Test Message on a private reply that carries a link or a reward. A broken URL in a DM is invisible to you and obvious to the winner.
The private reply composer, set to Single notification. The message types available for a private reply. A button added, with text, URL, and Test Message. - 11
Save the group, then create the superpower
Click Save to add the group to the superpower. Repeat Add group for every distinct outcome you need — a correct answer, a wrong answer, a consolation entry for anyone who commented.
Back in the editor, remember the note above the list: groups are checked top to bottom and you reorder them by dragging. Put your most specific group first and any catch-all last, or the catch-all will match everything before the specific rules run. When the order is right, click Create.
Tip: A group that never seems to fire is almost always sitting below a broader group that matches first. Check the order before you check the conditions.
Several saved groups, checked in top-to-bottom order.
You built a superpower by hand!
It is saved to your library and ready to attach to a post from the channel feed. Duplicate it as a starting point next time, or add more condition groups as your campaign grows.
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