Integrations / Images & Design
Connect Cloudinary to WhatsApp: folders, images and assets by chat
Flann is an AI agent your business talks to on WhatsApp. Connect Cloudinary once, then ask Flann to look things up in it or get work done in it, by text or voice note. Recording is easy. Turning a recording into something useful is the slow part. Once Cloudinary is connected, Flann can transcribe an interview, caption a short video or pull the quotable lines from a class, then hand the result back on WhatsApp before anything is published.
108 actions in Cloudinary. 42 only look things up, and 66 create, update, send or delete. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in Cloudinary
Send any of these on WhatsApp, in your own words. Flann finds the right Cloudinary action and fills in the details from the conversation.
“Find folders in Cloudinary.”
“Show me my images in Cloudinary.”
“Show me my root folders in Cloudinary.”
“Upload a file in Cloudinary.”
“Create a folder in Cloudinary.”
“Create an image in Cloudinary.”
What Flann can work with in Cloudinary
Cloudinary gives Flann 108 actions across 20 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Folders | createdeletesearchlook upupdate | 5 |
| Assets | searchupload | 2 |
| Images | createlook up | 2 |
| Live streams | createdeletelook upupdate | 5 |
| Live stream outputs | createdeletelook upupdate | 5 |
| Transformations | createdeletelook upupdate | 5 |
| Upload mappings | createdeletelook upupdate | 5 |
| Upload presets | createdeletelook upupdate | 5 |
Doing it yourself, wiring up a rule, or asking an agent: here is how they compare for Cloudinary.
| Compare | Opening CloudinaryLog in, find it, do it | A fixed workflowTriggers built in advance | Cloudinary 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 folders | By hand, screen by screen | Only the look-ups someone built | 42 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Creating and updating | Typed in by hand | Run unchecked once built | 66 changes, made from a message |
| Cloudinary records | All of them, one screen at a time | Only the ones you wire up | 20 kinds, from one chat |
| Set-up | Nothing new to set up | Someone builds and maintains each flow | Your Cloudinary API key, once |
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Step by step: Cloudinary jobs you can hand to Flann
Each step below names the Cloudinary action Flann actually runs.
Create a folder from a voice note
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Create a folder in Cloudinary with these details.”
- Flann runs
Search Foldersin Cloudinary and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Create Folderin Cloudinary. - Flann creates it in Cloudinary and confirms in the chat.
Get answers about your images
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our images in Cloudinary?”
- Flann runs
List Imagesin Cloudinary and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Cloudinary is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Fix a transformation without opening Cloudinary
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Change the transformation in Cloudinary: here is what is different.”
- Flann runs
Get Transformationin Cloudinary and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Update Transformation (v2)in Cloudinary. - Flann makes the change in Cloudinary and confirms in the chat.
Repetitive Cloudinary 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.
Keeping the menu design current
Today
When a dish changes, the printed menu and the screen behind the till are both out of date. Editing the design in Cloudinary usually waits until someone asks for the soup that is no longer there.
With Flann
“Remove the soup of the day from the lunch menu in Cloudinary and add the halloumi wrap.”
The menu design in Cloudinary is edited with the spacing kept even and a short description written for the wrap in the style of the rest. A preview of the whole menu comes back so you can read it as a customer would.
What you stop doing: Waiting for a customer to point out an old menu is over.
Turning an event into a flyer
Today
Tasting nights, open days and workshops each need a flyer. Laying out the details in Cloudinary competes with actually running the event.
With Flann
“Flyer in Cloudinary for the wine tasting on Friday the fourteenth, tickets at the bar.”
From a few words, Flann builds the flyer in Cloudinary using one of your past designs as the starting point, so it looks like yours rather than a template anyone could have picked. It sends back a preview and a printable version.
What you stop doing: Laying out every event flyer yourself is no longer on the list.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to Cloudinary
- Open Connectors in Flann and choose Cloudinary.
- Paste your Cloudinary API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your Cloudinary account settings.
- Go back to WhatsApp and ask for what you need. Flann chooses the Cloudinary action and fills in the details.
Look-ups run as soon as you ask and change nothing in Cloudinary. You can disconnect Cloudinary from Connectors at any time.
Ways to use Cloudinary with Flann
Keep the brand consistent
Flann works from what is already in Cloudinary, so new pieces look like your last ones.
Find the file you made
Ask for last month’s poster or video. Flann finds it in Cloudinary and brings it into the chat.
Make this week’s post
Describe the offer. Flann prepares the piece in Cloudinary and shows it to you before anything is published.
Everything Flann can do in Cloudinary
The full list of Cloudinary actions available to Flann once you connect it.
Looks up 42
- Get Adaptive Streaming Profiles
- Get Live Stream
- Get Live Streams
- Get Metadata Field By ID
- Get product environment config details
- Get Resource by Asset ID
- Get Resource by Public ID
- Get Resource Tags
- Get Resources by Asset Folder
- Get Resources by Context
- Get Resources in Moderation
- Get Root Folders
- Get Streaming Profile Details
- Get Transformation
- Get Transformations
- Get Upload Mapping Details
- Get Upload Mappings
- Get Upload Preset
- Get Usage
- List Images
- List Metadata Fields
- List Metadata Rules
- List Raw Files
- List Resource Types
- List Resources by Asset IDs
- List Resources by Tag
- List Resources by Type
- List Upload Presets
- List Video Assets
- List Webhook Triggers
and 12 more
Changes 66
- Create Folder
- Create Live Stream
- Create Metadata Field
- Create Trigger
- Create Upload Mapping
- Create Upload Preset
- Delete Derived Resources
- Delete Folder
- Delete Metadata Field
- Delete Metadata Field Datasource Entries
- Delete Resources by Asset ID
- Delete Resources by Public ID
- Delete Resources by Tags
- Delete Trigger
- Destroy Asset
- Destroy Asset by ID
- Explicit Resource Update
- Order Metadata Field Datasource
- Rename or Move Resource Public ID
- Restore Metadata Field Datasource Entries
- Update Asset Metadata
- Update Folder
- Update Metadata Field
- Update Resource by Asset ID
- Update Resource by Public ID
- Update Resource Tags
- Upload Asset
- Upload File (Auto Detect)
- Activate Live Stream
- Create Asset Relations by Asset ID
and 36 more
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Common questions
What can Flann do with folders in Cloudinary?
Flann can create, delete, search, look up and update folders in Cloudinary, using 5 actions (Create Folder, Delete Folder, Search Folders, Show Folder and more). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change folders in Cloudinary.
What can Flann do with assets in Cloudinary?
Flann can search and upload assets in Cloudinary, using 2 actions (Search Assets, Upload Asset). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change assets in Cloudinary.
How does Flann connect to Cloudinary?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose Cloudinary and paste your Cloudinary API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your Cloudinary account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 108 actions in Cloudinary.
Can I use Cloudinary from WhatsApp?
Yes. You talk to Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and Flann works in Cloudinary for you. You do not need to open Cloudinary.
Does connecting Cloudinary cost extra?
No. Cloudinary is included in every Flann plan, along with every other app Flann connects to.