Integrations / Website & App Building
Connect Builder.io to WhatsApp with an AI agent
Flann is an AI agent your business talks to on WhatsApp. Connect Builder.io once, then ask Flann to look things up in it or get work done in it, by text or voice note. Content is a weekly habit, not a one-off. Flann can prepare the same kind of piece in Builder.io every week, from the offer you mention in passing, and send it to you as a draft.
10 actions in Builder.io. 7 only look things up, and 3 create, update, send or delete. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in Builder.io
Send any of these on WhatsApp, in your own words. Flann finds the right Builder.io action and fills in the details from the conversation.
“Show me my content folders in Builder.io.”
“Show me my assets in Builder.io.”
“Show me my models in Builder.io.”
“Create a content entry in Builder.io.”
What Flann can work with in Builder.io
Builder.io gives Flann 10 actions across 6 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Content entries | createdeletelook upupdate | 5 |
There are three ways to get routine work done in Builder.io. Side by side:
| Compare | Builder.io 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 | Filters and searches you run yourself | Only the look-ups someone built | 7 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Making changes | Typed in by hand | Run unchecked once built | 3 changes, made from a message |
| Builder.io records | All of them, one screen at a time | Only the ones you wire up | 6 kinds, from one chat |
| Getting connected | Nothing new to set up | Someone builds and maintains each flow | Your Builder.io API key, once |
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Step by step: Builder.io jobs you can hand to Flann
Each step below names the Builder.io action Flann actually runs.
Create a content entry from a voice note
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Create a content entry in Builder.io with these details.”
- Flann runs
List Content Entriesin Builder.io and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Create Content Entryin Builder.io. - Flann creates it in Builder.io and confirms in the chat.
Get answers about your assets
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our assets in Builder.io?”
- Flann runs
List Assetsin Builder.io and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Builder.io is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Check your content folders from WhatsApp
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Show me where our content folders in Builder.io stand.”
- Flann runs
List Content Foldersin Builder.io and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Builder.io is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Repetitive Builder.io 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.
Making the weekly offer graphic
Today
Every Monday you open Builder.io, find last week’s post, swap the photo, change the offer text and resize it twice. It is the same fiddly routine each week.
With Flann
“This week’s special is the lamb tagine. Make the usual Monday post in Builder.io.”
Flann opens last week’s design in Builder.io, swaps in the new dish, rewrites the line in your usual tone and keeps your fonts and colours as they are. The finished graphic comes to the chat as an image you can look at properly on your phone.
What you stop doing: Rebuilding the same post every Monday is no longer how your week starts.
Transcribing the training session
Today
You record a staff training walkthrough so new starters can catch up later. Nobody watches a long recording, and typing it up yourself never happens.
With Flann
“Transcribe Tuesday’s training recording in Builder.io and turn it into a short guide for new starters.”
First the recording goes through Builder.io, then the transcript is shaped into a short guide with steps, warnings and who to ask. The full transcript stays alongside it in case you need the exact words.
What you stop doing: Hoping staff sit through long recordings is no longer the plan.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to Builder.io
- Search for Builder.io in Flann’s Connectors.
- Paste your Builder.io API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your Builder.io account settings.
- Go back to WhatsApp and ask for what you need. Flann chooses the Builder.io action and fills in the details.
Look-ups run as soon as you ask and change nothing in Builder.io. You can disconnect Builder.io from Connectors at any time.
Ways to use Builder.io with Flann
Keep the brand consistent
Flann works from what is already in Builder.io, so new pieces look like your last ones.
Make this week’s post
Describe the offer. Flann prepares the piece in Builder.io and shows it to you before anything is published.
Turn a rough idea into a draft
Send Flann a voice note. It uses Builder.io to prepare a first version, ready for your edits.
Everything Flann can do in Builder.io
The full list of Builder.io actions available to Flann once you connect it.
Looks up 7
- Get Content Entry
- Get Space Details
- List Assets
- List Content Entries
- List Content Folders
- List Models
- List Space Users
Changes 3
- Create Content Entry
- Delete Content Entry
- Update Content Entry
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Common questions
What can Flann do with content entries in Builder.io?
Flann can create, delete, look up and update content entries in Builder.io, using 5 actions (Create Content Entry, Delete Content Entry, Get Content Entry, List Content Entries and more). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change content entries in Builder.io.
How does Flann connect to Builder.io?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose Builder.io and paste your Builder.io API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your Builder.io account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 10 actions in Builder.io.
Can I use Builder.io from WhatsApp?
Yes. You talk to Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and Flann works in Builder.io for you. You do not need to open Builder.io.
Is Builder.io included in my Flann plan?
Yes. Every Flann plan includes every app, Builder.io included.