Integrations / AI Web Scraping
Connect Anakin to WhatsApp with an AI agent
Flann turns Anakin into something you can message. Ask on WhatsApp, by text or voice note, and Flann does the work in Anakin for you. Numbers only help when you look at them, and dashboards are easy to ignore. Ask Flann “How are we doing?” and it reads Anakin and sends back a report card in the chat: what went up, what went down, what deserves a closer look.
26 actions in Anakin. 15 only look things up, and 11 create, update, send or delete. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in Anakin
You do not need the exact wording. These are the kinds of messages Flann turns into Anakin actions.
“Find a web in Anakin.”
“Look up the crawl in Anakin.”
“Look up the monitor in Anakin.”
“Start a crawl in Anakin.”
“Create a monitor in Anakin.”
“Start a site map in Anakin.”
What Flann can work with in Anakin
Anakin gives Flann 26 actions across 11 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Monitors | createdeletelook up | 4 |
Side by side, the two ways of working in Anakin:
| Compare | Opening AnakinLog in, find it, do it | Anakin through FlannAsk and get it done |
|---|---|---|
| Getting started on a job | Open the app and find the right page | A WhatsApp message, typed or spoken |
| Finding answers | Filters and searches you run yourself | 15 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Making changes | Typed in by hand | 11 changes, made from a message |
| Anakin records | All of them, one screen at a time | 11 kinds, from one chat |
| Getting connected | Nothing new to set up | Your Anakin API key, once |
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Step by step: Anakin jobs you can hand to Flann
How a request turns into real Anakin actions, one step at a time.
Create a monitor from a voice note
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Create a monitor in Anakin with these details.”
- Flann runs
List Monitorsin Anakin and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Create Monitorin Anakin. - Flann creates it in Anakin and confirms in the chat.
Get answers about your crawls
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our crawls in Anakin?”
- Flann runs
Get Crawlin Anakin and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Anakin is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Check your webs from WhatsApp
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Show me where our webs in Anakin stand.”
- Flann runs
Search Webin Anakin and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Anakin is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Where Flann saves you time in Anakin
Small jobs, repeated often, are where the time goes. Here is how they change once Anakin is connected.
Checking today against a normal day
Today
Midway through a quiet afternoon you wonder whether it is just today or the whole week. Opening Anakin on your phone to check means pinching and zooming through charts.
With Flann
“Is today slower than a normal Tuesday? Check Anakin.”
Today so far in Anakin is set against the same day over recent weeks, and you get one line on whether you are behind, level or ahead. If you are behind, Flann says where.
What you stop doing: Pinching and zooming through charts on a small screen stops.
Keeping an eye on competitors
Today
Checking what nearby competitors charge means visiting several websites and writing it all down. So it happens once a year, if that.
With Flann
“Use Anakin to check what the gyms near us charge for a monthly membership.”
Using Anakin, Flann gathers the published membership prices from those gyms’ websites and lays them out next to yours in one short table. It notes the date it checked, since prices change. Nothing on your side changes, and nothing is sent anywhere.
What you stop doing: Visiting competitor websites one by one with a notepad is a thing of the past.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to Anakin
- Search for Anakin in Flann’s Connectors.
- Paste your Anakin API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your Anakin account settings.
- Go back to WhatsApp and ask for what you need. Flann chooses the Anakin action and fills in the details.
Of the 26 Anakin actions, 15 only read. The other 11 create, update, send or delete. Disconnect Anakin in Connectors whenever you like.
Ways to use Anakin with Flann
Spot what changed
Ask what went up or down. Flann checks Anakin and tells you what moved.
Ask, do not dig
Ask how this week compares to last. Flann pulls the numbers from Anakin and answers in plain words.
Check before you decide
Before a big call, ask Flann for the figure that matters. It looks it up in Anakin first.
Everything Flann can do in Anakin
Every Anakin action Flann can run, split into what it reads and what it changes.
Looks up 15
- Get Agentic Search
- Get AI Visibility Search
- Get Crawl
- Get Monitor
- Get Monitor Snapshot Content
- Get Scrape Job
- Get Site Map
- Get Wire Catalog
- Get Wire Job
- List AI Visibility Sources
- List Monitor Changes
- List Monitors
- List Wire Jobs
- Resolve Wire Actions
- Search Web
Changes 11
- Create Monitor
- Delete Monitor
- Execute Wire Action
- Run Monitor Now
- Scrape URL
- Set Monitor State
- Start Agentic Search
- Start AI Visibility Search
- Start Batch Scrape
- Start Crawl
- Start Site Map
More AI Web Scraping apps Flann works with
FirecrawlCommon questions
What can Flann do with monitors in Anakin?
Flann can create, delete and look up monitors in Anakin, using 4 actions (Create Monitor, Delete Monitor, Get Monitor, List Monitors). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change monitors in Anakin.
How does Flann connect to Anakin?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose Anakin and paste your Anakin API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your Anakin account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 26 actions in Anakin.
Do I need to open Anakin to use it with Flann?
No. Once Anakin is connected, you ask Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and it does the work in Anakin.
Is Anakin included in my Flann plan?
Yes. Every Flann plan includes every app, Anakin included.