Integrations / Sales & CRM
Connect Crustdata to WhatsApp: companies and linkedin posts by chat
Flann is an AI agent your business talks to on WhatsApp. Connect Crustdata once, then ask Flann to look things up in it or get work done in it, by text or voice note. Customer records are only as good as their last update. With Crustdata connected to Flann, updates happen from WhatsApp, in the moment, by text or voice note, instead of in a guilty catch-up at the end of the week.
15 actions in Crustdata. All of them only look things up, so nothing in Crustdata is ever changed. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in Crustdata
Send any of these on WhatsApp, in your own words. Flann finds the right Crustdata action and fills in the details from the conversation.
“Show me my linkedin posts in Crustdata.”
“Find companies in Crustdata.”
What Flann can work with in Crustdata
Crustdata gives Flann 15 actions across 6 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Companies | search | 2 |
| Linkedin posts | look upsearch | 2 |
Doing it yourself, wiring up a rule, or asking an agent: here is how they compare for Crustdata.
| Compare | In Crustdata yourselfYou click through each job | A fixed workflowTriggers built in advance | Flann on CrustdataYou ask, Flann does the clicking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asking for something | 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 companies | By hand, screen by screen | Only the look-ups someone built | 15 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Crustdata records | All of them, one screen at a time | Only the ones you wire up | 6 kinds, from one chat |
| Set-up | Nothing new to set up | Someone builds and maintains each flow | Your Crustdata API key, once |
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Step by step: Crustdata jobs you can hand to Flann
Each step below names the Crustdata action Flann actually runs.
Get answers about your companies
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our companies in Crustdata?”
- Flann runs
Search companies with filtersandFind companies by investorin Crustdata and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Crustdata is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Check your linkedin posts from WhatsApp
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Show me where our linkedin posts in Crustdata stand.”
- Flann runs
Search linkedin posts by keywordandRetrieve linkedin postsin Crustdata and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Crustdata is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Get answers about your headcounts
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our headcounts in Crustdata?”
- Flann runs
Fetch headcount by facet timeseriesin Crustdata and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Crustdata is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Repetitive Crustdata 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.
Deals with no next step
Today
Deals pile up in Crustdata with no next action, no date and no owner. The pipeline looks full while a good part of it is quietly dead.
With Flann
“Show me open deals in Crustdata with no next step or no activity this month.”
Going stage by stage through Crustdata, Flann lists the deals that have stalled, with the last contact date and who owns each one. Short and honest.
What you stop doing: Pipeline reviews no longer begin with clicking through every deal.
Today’s call list
Today
Tasks, callbacks and reminders are scattered across contacts in Crustdata. Finding today’s means clicking through views you set up long ago.
With Flann
“Give me today’s call list from Crustdata.”
Pulling every task and callback due today from Crustdata, Flann gives you a call list with a line of context for each name: what was promised, what is open and the best number to ring. A look-up, so it is instant. When you report back after each call, Flann prepares the update and asks you to confirm it.
What you stop doing: Mornings start with a list instead of a search.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to Crustdata
- Open Connectors in Flann and choose Crustdata.
- Paste your Crustdata API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your Crustdata account settings.
- Go back to WhatsApp and ask for what you need. Flann chooses the Crustdata action and fills in the details.
Look-ups run as soon as you ask and change nothing in Crustdata. You can disconnect Crustdata from Connectors at any time.
Ways to use Crustdata with Flann
Update the CRM by voice
After a call, send Flann a voice note. It turns it into an update for the right contact in Crustdata and asks you to confirm.
Know who you are talking to
Before a meeting, ask Flann for the contact’s history in Crustdata: last deal, last note, last time you spoke.
Follow up the leads you forgot
Ask Flann which leads in Crustdata have not heard from you in a week. It lists them and drafts the follow-up for each.
Everything Flann can do in Crustdata
The full list of Crustdata actions available to Flann once you connect it.
Looks up 15
- Enrich person screener
- Screener company information
- Fetch headcount by facet timeseries
- Filter decision makers data
- Find companies by investor
- Post funding milestone timeseries data
- Post headcount timeseries data
- Post web traffic data
- Retrieve linkedin posts
- Screen metrics and filter conditions
- Search companies with filters
- Search for job id in screener
- Search indexed job listings
- Search linkedin posts by keyword
- Validate API Credentials
Changes 0
None.
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GodialCommon questions
What can Flann do with companies in Crustdata?
Flann can search companies in Crustdata, using 2 actions (Find companies by investor, Search companies with filters). All of them only look things up, so they run straight away.
What can Flann do with linkedin posts in Crustdata?
Flann can look up and search linkedin posts in Crustdata, using 2 actions (Retrieve linkedin posts, Search linkedin posts by keyword). All of them only look things up, so they run straight away.
How does Flann connect to Crustdata?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose Crustdata and paste your Crustdata API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your Crustdata account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 15 actions in Crustdata.
Can I use Crustdata from WhatsApp?
Yes. You talk to Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and Flann works in Crustdata for you. You do not need to open Crustdata.
Does connecting Crustdata cost extra?
No. Crustdata is included in every Flann plan, along with every other app Flann connects to.