Integrations / Bookmark Managers
Connect Are.na to WhatsApp: channels by chat
Flann is an AI agent your business talks to on WhatsApp. Connect Are.na once, then ask Flann to look things up in it or get work done in it, by text or voice note. Your price list, your stock sheet and your signed agreements probably all sit in Are.na. With Flann connected, a voice note can add a row, update a price or pull a total from them. Look-ups happen straight away.
10 actions in Are.na. 5 only look things up, and 5 create, update, send or delete. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in Are.na
Send any of these on WhatsApp, in your own words. Flann finds the right Are.na action and fills in the details from the conversation.
“Look up the channel in Are.na.”
“Show me my channel contents in Are.na.”
“Look up the feed in Are.na.”
“Add to channels in Are.na.”
“Create a channel in Are.na.”
“Remove the from channel in Are.na.”
What Flann can work with in Are.na
Are.na gives Flann 10 actions across 7 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Channels | createdeletelook upupdate | 4 |
Doing it yourself, wiring up a rule, or asking an agent: here is how they compare for Are.na.
| Compare | Opening Are.naLog in, find it, do it | A fixed workflowTriggers built in advance | Are.na through FlannAsk and get it done |
|---|---|---|---|
| Getting started on a job | Log in and click through the screens | Only what was wired up in advance | Text or voice note, in your own words |
| Looking things up about channels | By hand, screen by screen | Only the look-ups someone built | 5 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Creating and updating | Typed in by hand | Run unchecked once built | 5 changes, made from a message |
| Are.na records | All of them, one screen at a time | Only the ones you wire up | 7 kinds, from one chat |
| Set-up | Nothing new to set up | Someone builds and maintains each flow | Your Are.na API key, once |
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Step by step: Are.na jobs you can hand to Flann
Each step below names the Are.na action Flann actually runs.
Create a channel from a voice note
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Create a channel in Are.na with these details.”
- Flann runs
Get Channelin Are.na and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Create Channelin Are.na. - Flann creates it in Are.na and confirms in the chat.
Get answers about your users
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our users in Are.na?”
- Flann runs
Get Current Userin Are.na and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Are.na is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Check your blocks from WhatsApp
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Show me where our blocks in Are.na stand.”
- Flann runs
Get Blockin Are.na and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Are.na is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Repetitive Are.na 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.
Filling in the same template again
Today
Quotes, welcome letters and job sheets all start from the same template in Are.na. You copy it, rename it and retype the details every time, and an old customer’s name sometimes slips through.
With Flann
“Make a welcome pack for Sarah Okafor from the new member template in Are.na.”
A fresh copy of your template in Are.na is filled with the name, start date and membership details you gave, and checked for anything left over from the last person. You see the finished document before it is saved.
What you stop doing: Retyping a customer’s details into a copied template is a thing of the past.
Catching documents before they expire
Today
Insurance certificates, hygiene inspections, staff training records and supplier agreements all have renewal dates. They hide inside documents in Are.na until the week one lapses.
With Flann
“Is anything in Are.na expiring or up for renewal before Christmas?”
Certificates and agreements in Are.na are read through for every expiry and renewal date Flann can find. You get a short list in date order, with the document linked against each.
What you stop doing: Remembering renewal dates buried in paperwork is no longer on you.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to Are.na
- Search for Are.na in Flann’s Connectors.
- Paste your Are.na API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your Are.na account settings.
- Go back to WhatsApp and ask for what you need. Flann chooses the Are.na action and fills in the details.
Look-ups run as soon as you ask and change nothing in Are.na. You can disconnect Are.na from Connectors at any time.
Ways to use Are.na with Flann
Find it without searching
Ask for last month’s price list or the signed agreement. Flann searches Are.na and brings it into the chat.
Keep things in order
Tell Flann where something belongs.
Share without the hunt
Ask Flann for the file a customer needs. It finds it in Are.na so you can send it on.
Everything Flann can do in Are.na
The full list of Are.na actions available to Flann once you connect it.
Looks up 5
- Get Block
- Get Channel
- Get Current User
- Get My Feed
- List Channel Contents
Changes 5
- Add To Channels
- Create Channel
- Delete Channel
- Remove From Channel
- Update Channel
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BoxCommon questions
What can Flann do with channels in Are.na?
Flann can create, delete, look up and update channels in Are.na, using 4 actions (Create Channel, Delete Channel, Get Channel, Update Channel). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change channels in Are.na.
How does Flann connect to Are.na?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose Are.na and paste your Are.na API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your Are.na account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 10 actions in Are.na.
Can I use Are.na from WhatsApp?
Yes. You talk to Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and Flann works in Are.na for you. You do not need to open Are.na.
Is Are.na included in my Flann plan?
Yes. Every Flann plan includes every app, Are.na included.