Integrations / Video & Audio
Creatomate on WhatsApp: manage templates with an AI agent
Flann turns Creatomate into something you can message. Ask on WhatsApp, by text or voice note, and Flann does the work in Creatomate for you. Creatomate makes the visuals and media your business puts out. Flann lets you work it from WhatsApp.
7 actions in Creatomate. 3 only look things up, and 4 create, update, send or delete. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in Creatomate
You do not need the exact wording. These are the kinds of messages Flann turns into Creatomate actions.
“Look up the render in Creatomate.”
“Look up the template in Creatomate.”
“Create a render in Creatomate.”
“Create a template in Creatomate.”
What Flann can work with in Creatomate
Creatomate gives Flann 7 actions across 2 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Templates | createdeletelook upupdate | 5 |
| Renders | createlook up | 2 |
Side by side, the two ways of working in Creatomate:
| Compare | In Creatomate yourselfYou click through each job | Flann on CreatomateYou ask, Flann does the clicking |
|---|---|---|
| Asking for something | Open the app and find the right page | A WhatsApp message, typed or spoken |
| Finding answers about templates | Filters and searches you run yourself | 3 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Making changes | Typed in by hand | 4 changes, made from a message |
| Getting connected | Nothing new to set up | Your Creatomate API key, once |
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Step by step: Creatomate jobs you can hand to Flann
How a request turns into real Creatomate actions, one step at a time.
Create a template from a voice note
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Create a template in Creatomate with these details.”
- Flann runs
List Templatesin Creatomate and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Create Templatein Creatomate. - Flann creates it in Creatomate and confirms in the chat.
Get answers about your renders
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our renders in Creatomate?”
- Flann runs
Get Renderin Creatomate and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Creatomate is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Where Flann saves you time in Creatomate
Small jobs, repeated often, are where the time goes. Here is how they change once Creatomate is connected.
Making the weekly offer graphic
Today
Every Monday you open Creatomate, 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 Creatomate.”
Flann opens last week’s design in Creatomate, 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.
Updating the website for holidays
Today
Bank holidays, staff holidays and the Christmas closure all need a change on your website. Logging into Creatomate for one line of text is easy to put off, and customers turn up to a locked door.
With Flann
“We’re closed Boxing Day and open late on the twenty-third. Update the hours on Creatomate.”
Opening hours are found in every place Creatomate shows them, including the footer and the contact page, and the change is prepared for each. You get a before-and-after card.
What you stop doing: Logging in to fix a single line of opening hours no longer falls to you.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to Creatomate
- Open Connectors in Flann and choose Creatomate.
- Paste your Creatomate API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your Creatomate account settings.
- Go back to WhatsApp and ask for what you need. Flann chooses the Creatomate action and fills in the details.
Of the 7 Creatomate actions, 3 only read. The other 4 create, update, send or delete. Disconnect Creatomate in Connectors whenever you like.
Ways to use Creatomate with Flann
Turn a rough idea into a draft
Send Flann a voice note. It uses Creatomate to prepare a first version, ready for your edits.
Make this week’s post
Describe the offer. Flann prepares the piece in Creatomate and shows it to you before anything is published.
Find the file you made
Ask for last month’s poster or video. Flann finds it in Creatomate and brings it into the chat.
Everything Flann can do in Creatomate
Every Creatomate action Flann can run, split into what it reads and what it changes.
Looks up 3
- Get Render
- Get Template
- List Templates
Changes 4
- Create Render
- Create Template
- Delete Template
- Update Template
More Video & Audio apps Flann works with
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PenpotCommon questions
What can Flann do with templates in Creatomate?
Flann can create, delete, look up and update templates in Creatomate, using 5 actions (Create Template, Delete Template, Get Template, List Templates and more). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change templates in Creatomate.
What can Flann do with renders in Creatomate?
Flann can create and look up renders in Creatomate, using 2 actions (Create Render, Get Render). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change renders in Creatomate.
How does Flann connect to Creatomate?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose Creatomate and paste your Creatomate API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your Creatomate account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 7 actions in Creatomate.
Do I need to open Creatomate to use it with Flann?
No. Once Creatomate is connected, you ask Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and it does the work in Creatomate.
Does connecting Creatomate cost extra?
No. Creatomate is included in every Flann plan, along with every other app Flann connects to.