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Manage Contentful assets and security contacts from WhatsApp
Flann connects Contentful to the WhatsApp chat you already run your business from. You ask, and Flann picks the right Contentful action. Your website, booking system or app depends on tools you never open yourself. Your developer does. Connect Contentful to Flann and you can ask how things are running in plain words, on WhatsApp, without waiting for someone to translate a dashboard for you.
124 actions in Contentful. 60 only look things up, and 64 create, update, send or delete. You connect with a one-click sign-in.
What you can ask Flann to do in Contentful
Type it or say it in a voice note. Flann works out which Contentful action you mean.
“Look up the entry comment in Contentful.”
“Show me my organization security contacts in Contentful.”
“Look up the asset in Contentful.”
“Create an entry task in Contentful.”
“Create an entry comment in Contentful.”
“Create organizations security contacts in Contentful.”
What Flann can work with in Contentful
Contentful gives Flann 124 actions across 39 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Assets | archivecreatedeletelook uppublish | 6 |
| App event subscriptions | deletelook upupdate | 3 |
| Security contacts | deletelook upupdate | 3 |
| Entry comments | createlook up | 2 |
| Tags | deleteupdate | 2 |
| Entries | archivecreatedeletelook uppublishupdate | 7 |
| App definitions | deletelook upupdate | 4 |
| Environments | createdeletelook up | 4 |
How the same asset job compares, in Contentful directly and through Flann.
| Compare | In Contentful yourselfYou click through each job | Flann on ContentfulYou ask, Flann does the clicking |
|---|---|---|
| Asking for something | Log in and click through the screens | Text or voice note, in your own words |
| Looking things up about assets | By hand, screen by screen | 60 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Creating and updating | Typed in by hand | 64 changes, made from a message |
| Contentful records | All of them, one screen at a time | 39 kinds, from one chat |
| Set-up | Nothing new to set up | One sign-in to Contentful |
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Step by step: Contentful jobs you can hand to Flann
What happens between your message and the result in Contentful.
Create an asset from a voice note
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Create an asset in Contentful with these details.”
- Flann runs
Get Assetin Contentful and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Create Assetin Contentful. - Flann creates it in Contentful and confirms in the chat.
Fix an entry without opening Contentful
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Change the entry in Contentful: here is what is different.”
- Flann runs
List Entriesin Contentful and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Update Entryin Contentful. - Flann makes the change in Contentful and confirms in the chat.
Clean up security contacts you no longer need
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Which security contacts in Contentful are out of date? Remove the ones I confirm.”
- Flann runs
Get Organization Security Contactsin Contentful and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Delete Organization Security Contactin Contentful. - Each removal is confirmed in the chat.
The Contentful jobs you can stop doing yourself
You stay in charge of what goes out. Flann does the reading, the drafting and the chasing.
Is the website up right now
Today
A customer says the site will not load. You open Contentful, cannot find the right screen and end up texting your developer to ask.
With Flann
“Is the website down? A customer says checkout isn’t loading.”
Flann checks the status in Contentful and tells you whether the site and checkout are responding, and if not, since when. A problem is described plainly, with a suggestion of who to tell. Looking it up changes nothing, so the answer is immediate.
What you stop doing: Finding out whether there is a problem no longer needs your developer.
Overnight problems, summarised
Today
Errors build up overnight. Nobody reads the logs until something breaks in front of a customer.
With Flann
“Anything go wrong overnight on our systems?”
Flann reads the overnight errors and incidents in Contentful, groups the repeats and ranks what is left by how much it affects customers. You get the few things worth knowing. Nothing is changed; this is a report.
What you stop doing: No more scrolling through logs you were never meant to read.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to Contentful
- In Flann, go to Connectors and find Contentful.
- Sign in to your Contentful account on the secure page that opens and allow access. There is no developer account or API key to set up.
- Go back to WhatsApp and ask for what you need. Flann chooses the Contentful action and fills in the details.
Reading from Contentful is instant. Contentful stays connected until you remove it in Connectors.
Ways to use Contentful with Flann
Look things up fast
Ask for the record you need. Flann finds it in Contentful and brings it into the chat.
Check status from your phone
Ask Flann whether everything is running. It checks Contentful and answers in the chat.
Make a change safely
Tell Flann what to change.
Everything Flann can do in Contentful
All 124 Contentful actions, as Flann sees them.
Looks up 60
- Get All Assets
- Get All Space Roles
- Get App Bundle
- Get App Definition
- Get App Definition Signing Secret
- Get App Event Subscription
- Get Asset
- Get Authenticated User
- Get Content Type Snapshot
- Get Content Types
- Get Delivery API Keys
- Get Editor Interface
- Get Entry
- Get Entry Comment
- Get Entry References
- Get Environment
- Get Organization
- Get Organization Access Grant
- Get Organization App Actions Categories
- Get Organization Enablements
- Get Organization Roles
- Get Organization Security Contacts
- Get Organizations
- Get Organizations AI Providers
- Get Organizations Taxonomy Concept Schemes
- Get Organizations Taxonomy Concepts
- Get Release
- Get space
- Get Space Environment Locales
- Get Space Environments
and 30 more
Changes 64
- Activate Content Type
- Archive Asset
- Archive Entry
- Archive Release
- Create App Access Grant
- Create App Definition Action
- Create App Signing Key
- Create Asset
- Create Content Type
- Create Delivery API Key
- Create Entry
- Create Entry Comment
- Create Entry Task
- Create Environment
- Create Extension
- Create Locale
- Create Organization Invitation
- Create Organizations App Definitions
- Create Organizations Security Contacts
- Create Organizations Taxonomy Concept Schemes
- Create Organizations Taxonomy Concepts
- Create Release
- Create Scheduled Action
- Create Space
- Create Webhook
- Delete App Definition Details
- Delete App Definition Signing Secret
- Delete App Event Subscription
- Delete App Key
- Delete Asset
and 34 more
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NextdnsCommon questions
What can Flann do with assets in Contentful?
Flann can archive, create, delete, look up and publish assets in Contentful, using 6 actions (Archive Asset, Create Asset, Delete Asset, Get Asset and more). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change assets in Contentful.
What can Flann do with app event subscriptions in Contentful?
Flann can delete, look up and update app event subscriptions in Contentful, using 3 actions (Delete App Event Subscription, Get App Event Subscription, Update App Event Subscription). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change app event subscriptions in Contentful.
How does Flann connect to Contentful?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose Contentful and sign in to your Contentful account on a secure page. There is no developer account or API key to set up. Once it is connected, Flann can use 124 actions in Contentful.
How do I ask Flann to do something in Contentful?
Message Flann on WhatsApp the way you would message a colleague, or send a voice note. Flann picks the Contentful action that fits and asks if anything is missing.
Which Flann plan do I need for Contentful?
Any of them. Every Flann plan includes Contentful and every other app.