Integrations / Commerce
Connect Alpaca to WhatsApp: quotes, orders and assets by chat
Flann is an AI agent your business talks to on WhatsApp. Connect Alpaca once, then ask Flann to look things up in it or get work done in it, by text or voice note. Online shoppers ask the same handful of things all day: where is my parcel, is it in stock, can I swap it. The answers match Alpaca exactly.
96 actions in Alpaca. 81 only look things up, and 15 create, update, send or delete. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in Alpaca
Send any of these on WhatsApp, in your own words. Flann finds the right Alpaca action and fills in the details from the conversation.
“Show me my orders in Alpaca.”
“Show me my quotes in Alpaca.”
“Look up the account in Alpaca.”
“Delete the orders in Alpaca.”
“Delete the unsubscribe account in Alpaca.”
“Update the account configurations in Alpaca.”
What Flann can work with in Alpaca
Alpaca gives Flann 96 actions across 48 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Quotes | look up | 4 |
| Assets | adddelete | 3 |
| Activities | look up | 2 |
| Crypto latest quotes | look up | 2 |
| Orders | deletelook up | 2 |
| Watchlists | createdeletelook upupdate | 8 |
| Bars | look up | 4 |
| Trades | look up | 4 |
There are three ways to get quotes work done in Alpaca. Side by side:
| Compare | In Alpaca yourselfYou click through each job | A rules toolRuns the steps you wired up | Flann on AlpacaYou ask, Flann does the clicking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asking for something | Open the app and find the right page | Only what was wired up in advance | A WhatsApp message, typed or spoken |
| Finding answers about quotes | Filters and searches you run yourself | Only the look-ups someone built | 81 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Making changes | Typed in by hand | Run unchecked once built | 15 changes, made from a message |
| Alpaca records | All of them, one screen at a time | Only the ones you wire up | 48 kinds, from one chat |
| Getting connected | Nothing new to set up | Someone builds and maintains each flow | Your Alpaca API key, once |
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Step by step: Alpaca jobs you can hand to Flann
Each step below names the Alpaca action Flann actually runs.
Get answers about your quotes
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our quotes in Alpaca?”
- Flann runs
Get Latest Quote for Stock SymbolandGet Latest Quotes for Multiple Stock Symbolsin Alpaca and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Alpaca is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Clean up orders you no longer need
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Which orders in Alpaca are out of date? Remove the ones I confirm.”
- Flann runs
Get All Ordersin Alpaca and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Delete All Orders for Accountin Alpaca. - Each removal is confirmed in the chat.
Create a watchlist from a voice note
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Create a watchlist in Alpaca with these details.”
- Flann runs
Get Watchlist By IDin Alpaca and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Create Watchlistin Alpaca. - Flann creates it in Alpaca and confirms in the chat.
Repetitive Alpaca 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.
Knowing what to reorder
Today
Working out what is running low means exporting stock levels from Alpaca and reading down the list item by item.
With Flann
“What's running low that sells well?”
Comparing stock levels in Alpaca with what has sold lately, Flann gives you a short reorder list with the best sellers at the top. That is a look-up.
What you stop doing: Running out of a best seller because nobody checked becomes rare.
Fielding the same product question
Today
Questions like whether it is dishwasher safe or contains nuts come in daily. You answer them from memory or by digging through the product page in Alpaca.
With Flann
“Someone's asking if the hamper has nuts. What do we say?”
Only what the listing in Alpaca actually says goes into the answer Flann drafts. Where the listing is silent, Flann tells you rather than guessing.
What you stop doing: Hunting through product pages for the same answer is no longer part of your day.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to Alpaca
- Search for Alpaca in Flann’s Connectors.
- Paste your Alpaca API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your Alpaca account settings.
- Ask Flann for what you need on WhatsApp, by text or voice note. It picks the right Alpaca action itself.
Look-ups run as soon as you ask and change nothing in Alpaca. You can disconnect Alpaca from Connectors at any time.
Ways to use Alpaca with Flann
Check stock before you promise
A customer asks whether something is available. Ask Flann and it checks Alpaca before you reply.
Update a product on the go
Tell Flann a price or a description changed. It prepares the update in Alpaca and shows it to you first.
Bring back one-time buyers
Ask who bought once and never came back. Flann finds them in Alpaca and drafts a reason to return.
Everything Flann can do in Alpaca
The full list of Alpaca actions available to Flann once you connect it.
Looks up 81
- Get Account
- Get Account Activities
- Get Account Activities By Activity Type
- Get Account Activities V2
- Get Account Configurations
- Get Account Portfolio History
- Get All Account Positions
- Get All Open Positions
- Get All Orders
- Get Calendar
- Get Clock
- Get Crypto Bars for Multiple Symbols
- Get Crypto Latest Orderbooks
- Get Crypto Latest Quote
- Get Crypto Latest Quotes
- Get Crypto Perp Latest Bars
- Get Crypto Perp Latest Orderbooks
- Get Crypto Perp Latest Pricing
- Get Crypto Perp Latest Quotes
- Get Crypto Perp Latest Trades
- Get Crypto Perps Global Latest Bars
- Get Crypto Perps Global Latest Pricing
- Get Crypto Perps Global Latest Quotes
- Get Crypto Perps Global Latest Trades
- Get Crypto Snapshots
- Get Crypto US Historical Quotes
- Get Crypto US Latest Bars
- Get Crypto US Latest Orderbooks
- Get Crypto US Latest Quotes
- Get Crypto US Latest Trades
and 51 more
Changes 15
- Add Asset to Watchlist
- Add Asset to Watchlist by Name
- Create Watchlist
- Delete All Open Positions
- Delete All Orders for Account
- Delete Unsubscribe Account
- Delete Watchlist By ID
- Remove Asset From Watchlist
- Remove Symbol From Watchlist
- Update Account Configurations
- Update Trading Configurations
- Update Watchlist By ID
- Update Watchlist By Name
- Update Watchlist By Name (v2)
- Upload Account CIP Information
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What can Flann do with quotes in Alpaca?
Flann can look up quotes in Alpaca, using 4 actions (Get Latest Quote for Stock Symbol, Get Latest Quotes for Multiple Stock Symbols, Get Quotes for Multiple Stock Symbols, Get Quotes for Stock Symbol). All of them only look things up, so they run straight away.
What can Flann do with assets in Alpaca?
Flann can add and delete assets in Alpaca, using 3 actions (Add Asset to Watchlist, Add Asset to Watchlist by Name, Remove Asset From Watchlist). Each one changes something in Alpaca.
How does Flann connect to Alpaca?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose Alpaca and paste your Alpaca API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your Alpaca account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 96 actions in Alpaca.
Can I use Alpaca from WhatsApp?
Yes. You talk to Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and Flann works in Alpaca for you. You do not need to open Alpaca.
Is Alpaca included in my Flann plan?
Yes. Every Flann plan includes every app, Alpaca included.