Integrations / Databases
Connect Baserow to WhatsApp with an AI agent
Flann turns Baserow into something you can message. Ask on WhatsApp, by text or voice note, and Flann does the work in Baserow for you. Behind most businesses sits a database of some kind: bookings, members, stock, patients, orders. With Baserow connected, Flann can look up a record the moment you ask. Adding or changing records is different.
14 actions in Baserow. 9 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 Baserow
You do not need the exact wording. These are the kinds of messages Flann turns into Baserow actions.
“Show me my tables in Baserow.”
“Show me my databases in Baserow.”
“Show me my templates in Baserow.”
“Send a verification email from Baserow.”
“Send a password reset email from Baserow.”
Step by step: Baserow jobs you can hand to Flann
How a request turns into real Baserow actions, one step at a time.
Get answers about your tables
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our tables in Baserow?”
- Flann runs
List Tables in Databasein Baserow and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Baserow is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Check your templates from WhatsApp
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Show me where our templates in Baserow stand.”
- Flann runs
List Templatesin Baserow and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Baserow is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Get answers about your builders
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our builders in Baserow?”
- Flann runs
Get Public Builder by Domain Namein Baserow and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Baserow is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Where Flann saves you time in Baserow
Small jobs, repeated often, are where the time goes. Here is how they change once Baserow is connected.
Looking up a record mid-conversation
Today
A customer on the phone asks when their membership renews or what they ordered last time. Finding the record in Baserow means a laptop, a login and a search screen.
With Flann
“When does Priya Shah’s membership renew? Check Baserow.”
Within the chat, Flann searches Baserow for the record and replies with the renewal date, plan and last visit. If two records match, it asks which one you mean. Looking up changes nothing, so it happens straight away.
What you stop doing: Opening a laptop to answer a simple customer question is unnecessary now.
Finding what earns and what does not
Today
Instinct tells you which products or services carry the business, but checking means exporting from Baserow and sorting a spreadsheet.
With Flann
“Rank our services by revenue for the quarter from Baserow. What’s slipping?”
Every product or service in Baserow is ranked by revenue and by volume, and Flann points out the ones slipping compared with last quarter. You get the top and the bottom of the list, not the whole thing.
What you stop doing: Exporting and sorting spreadsheets to test a hunch is over.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to Baserow
- Search for Baserow in Flann’s Connectors.
- Paste your Baserow API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your Baserow account settings.
- From then on, message Flann on WhatsApp. It works in Baserow whenever a request needs it.
Of the 14 Baserow actions, 9 only read. The other 5 create, update, send or delete. Disconnect Baserow in Connectors whenever you like.
Ways to use Baserow with Flann
Ask, do not dig
Ask how this week compares to last. Flann pulls the numbers from Baserow 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 Baserow first.
Spot what changed
Ask what went up or down. Flann checks Baserow and tells you what moved.
Here is what changes when Baserow goes through Flann instead of its own screens.
| Compare | Opening BaserowLog in, find it, do it | Baserow through FlannAsk and get it done |
|---|---|---|
| Getting started on a job | Log in and click through the screens | Text or voice note, in your own words |
| Looking things up | By hand, screen by screen | 9 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Creating and updating | Typed in by hand | 5 changes, made from a message |
| Baserow records | All of them, one screen at a time | 9 kinds, from one chat |
| Set-up | Nothing new to set up | Your Baserow API key, once |
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Everything Flann can do in Baserow
Every Baserow action Flann can run, split into what it reads and what it changes.
Looks up 9
- Get Form View Metadata
- Get Settings
- List Application User Sources
- List Databases
- List Tables in Database
- List Templates
- Get Public Builder by Domain Name
- Get Record Names for Builder Page Data Source
- List Auth Providers Login Options
Changes 5
- Create User
- Dispatch Builder Page Data Source
- Dispatch Public Builder Page Data Source
- Send Password Reset Email
- Send Verification Email
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Common questions
How does Flann connect to Baserow?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose Baserow and paste your Baserow API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your Baserow account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 14 actions in Baserow.
Do I need to open Baserow to use it with Flann?
No. Once Baserow is connected, you ask Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and it does the work in Baserow.
Is Baserow included in my Flann plan?
Yes. Every Flann plan includes every app, Baserow included.