Integrations / Productivity
Connect Airtable to WhatsApp: records, comments and attachments by chat
Flann is an AI agent your business talks to on WhatsApp. Connect Airtable once, then ask Flann to look things up in it or get work done in it, by text or voice note. Each morning, Flann can tell you what is due, what slipped and who is waiting on whom in Airtable. Ask and it answers.
25 actions in Airtable. 8 only look things up, and 17 create, update, send or delete. You connect with a one-click sign-in.
What you can ask Flann to do in Airtable
Send any of these on WhatsApp, in your own words. Flann finds the right Airtable action and fills in the details from the conversation.
“Show me my comments in Airtable.”
“Show me my bases in Airtable.”
“Create a comment in Airtable.”
“Create a base in Airtable.”
“Create a table in Airtable.”
What Flann can work with in Airtable
Airtable gives Flann 25 actions across 5 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Records | createdeletelook upupdate | 10 |
| Comments | createdeletelook upupdate | 4 |
| Attachments | look upupload | 2 |
| Tables | createupdate | 2 |
| Bases | createlook up | 2 |
There are three ways to get records work done in Airtable. Side by side:
| Compare | Airtable on its ownEvery step is yours | A rules toolRuns the steps you wired up | With FlannThe work comes to your chat |
|---|---|---|---|
| How you ask | Open the app and find the right page | Only what was wired up in advance | A WhatsApp message, typed or spoken |
| Finding answers about records | Filters and searches you run yourself | Only the look-ups someone built | 8 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Making changes | Typed in by hand | Run unchecked once built | 17 changes, made from a message |
| Airtable records | All of them, one screen at a time | Only the ones you wire up | 5 kinds, from one chat |
| Getting connected | Nothing new to set up | Someone builds and maintains each flow | One sign-in to Airtable |
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Step by step: Airtable jobs you can hand to Flann
Each step below names the Airtable action Flann actually runs.
Create a record from a voice note
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Create a record in Airtable with these details.”
- Flann runs
List recordsin Airtable and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Create Record From Natural Languagein Airtable. - Flann creates it in Airtable and confirms in the chat.
Fix a comment without opening Airtable
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Change the comment in Airtable: here is what is different.”
- Flann runs
List Commentsin Airtable and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Update Commentin Airtable. - Flann makes the change in Airtable and confirms in the chat.
Get answers about your attachments
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our attachments in Airtable?”
- Flann runs
Get Attachment Infoin Airtable and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Airtable is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Repetitive Airtable work Flann takes off your plate
These are the jobs that come back every day or every week. Message Flann instead, and keep the decisions for yourself.
Nudging the team about late jobs
Today
Some tasks in Airtable have sat past their due date for days. Messaging each person to ask how it is going feels like nagging, so you put it off.
With Flann
“Chase whoever has overdue jobs in Airtable, nicely.”
Overdue tasks in Airtable are grouped by person, and a friendly nudge is drafted for each one, naming the job and asking for a new date if they need it.
What you stop doing: Writing the awkward chaser to each person is no longer yours to do.
Capturing actions from a team meeting
Today
After a team meeting, actions get agreed but nobody writes them into Airtable. A week later, everyone remembers the meeting differently.
With Flann
“Here are the notes from this morning’s meeting. Create the actions in Airtable with owners.”
Reading your notes, Flann picks out each decision and action, names who owns it and suggests a due date.
What you stop doing: Being the one who types up actions after every meeting is behind you.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to Airtable
- Open Connectors in Flann and choose Airtable.
- Sign in to your Airtable account on the secure page that opens and allow access. There is no developer account or API key to set up.
- From then on, message Flann on WhatsApp. It works in Airtable whenever a request needs it.
Look-ups run as soon as you ask and change nothing in Airtable. You can disconnect Airtable from Connectors at any time.
Ways to use Airtable with Flann
Plan the week in a message
Tell Flann what needs doing this week.
What is due today
Ask Flann what is overdue or due today. It reads Airtable and sends you the list.
Capture tasks as they come up
Send Flann a voice note with the job. It prepares the task in Airtable and asks you to confirm.
Everything Flann can do in Airtable
The full list of Airtable actions available to Flann once you connect it.
Looks up 8
- Get Base Schema
- Get Record
- List bases
- Who Am I
- Get Attachment Info
- Get user information
- List Comments
- List records
Changes 17
- Create Record From Natural Language
- Create records
- Update multiple records
- Update multiple records (PUT)
- Update record
- Update record (PUT)
- Create base
- Create Comment
- Create Field
- Create table
- Delete Comment
- Delete multiple records
- Delete Record
- Update Comment
- Update Field
- Update Table
- Upload attachment
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What can Flann do with records in Airtable?
Flann can create, delete, look up and update records in Airtable, using 10 actions (Create Record From Natural Language, Create records, Delete multiple records, Delete Record and more). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change records in Airtable.
What can Flann do with comments in Airtable?
Flann can create, delete, look up and update comments in Airtable, using 4 actions (Create Comment, Delete Comment, List Comments, Update Comment). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change comments in Airtable.
How does Flann connect to Airtable?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose Airtable and sign in to your Airtable account on a secure page. There is no developer account or API key to set up. Once it is connected, Flann can use 25 actions in Airtable.
Can I use Airtable from WhatsApp?
Yes. You talk to Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and Flann works in Airtable for you. You do not need to open Airtable.
Does connecting Airtable cost extra?
No. Airtable is included in every Flann plan, along with every other app Flann connects to.