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Connect DeployHQ to WhatsApp: projects and templates by chat
Flann turns DeployHQ into something you can message. Ask on WhatsApp, by text or voice note, and Flann does the work in DeployHQ for you. DeployHQ speaks a technical language. Flann translates. Ask whether the site is up, why an alert fired or what changed this week, and you get a plain answer drawn straight from DeployHQ.
57 actions in DeployHQ. 22 only look things up, and 35 create, update, send or delete. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in DeployHQ
You do not need the exact wording. These are the kinds of messages Flann turns into DeployHQ actions.
“Show me my projects in DeployHQ.”
“Show me my project servers in DeployHQ.”
“Show me my project deployments in DeployHQ.”
“Create a project in DeployHQ.”
“Create an excluded file in DeployHQ.”
“Add a project repository in DeployHQ.”
What Flann can work with in DeployHQ
DeployHQ gives Flann 57 actions across 22 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Templates | deletelook upupdatecreate | 6 |
| Projects | deletelook upupdatecreate | 5 |
| Build cache files | deleteupdatecreate | 4 |
| Excluded files | look upupdatecreate | 3 |
| Server groups | deletelook upupdatecreate | 4 |
| Build commands | updatecreate | 3 |
| Project repositories | look upupdateadd | 3 |
| Project commands | look upupdate | 2 |
How the same project job compares, in DeployHQ directly and through Flann.
| Compare | In DeployHQ yourselfYou click through each job | Flann on DeployHQYou 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 projects | By hand, screen by screen | 22 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Creating and updating | Typed in by hand | 35 changes, made from a message |
| DeployHQ records | All of them, one screen at a time | 22 kinds, from one chat |
| Set-up | Nothing new to set up | Your DeployHQ API key, once |
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Step by step: DeployHQ jobs you can hand to Flann
How a request turns into real DeployHQ actions, one step at a time.
Create a project from a voice note
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Create a project in DeployHQ with these details.”
- Flann runs
Get Projectsin DeployHQ and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Create Projectin DeployHQ. - Flann creates it in DeployHQ and confirms in the chat.
Fix a template without opening DeployHQ
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Change the template in DeployHQ: here is what is different.”
- Flann runs
Get Templatesin DeployHQ and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Update Templatein DeployHQ. - Flann makes the change in DeployHQ and confirms in the chat.
Get answers about your excluded files
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our excluded files in DeployHQ?”
- Flann runs
Get Excluded Filein DeployHQ and shows you what it found. - Nothing in DeployHQ is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Where Flann saves you time in DeployHQ
Small jobs, repeated often, are where the time goes. Here is how they change once DeployHQ is connected.
Is the website up right now
Today
A customer says the site will not load. You open DeployHQ, 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 DeployHQ 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.
Passing a fault to the right person
Today
When something breaks, you forward a screenshot to your developer with a vague description. They then ask the questions you could not answer.
With Flann
“Send Dan the details of this error so he can look at it.”
Flann gathers what Dan will need from DeployHQ: when the error started, how often it happens and which part of the system is affected. It drafts a clear message to him with those facts.
What you stop doing: Your role as messenger between customers and developer comes to an end.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to DeployHQ
- Open Connectors in Flann and choose DeployHQ.
- Paste your DeployHQ API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your DeployHQ account settings.
- Ask Flann for what you need on WhatsApp, by text or voice note. It picks the right DeployHQ action itself.
Of the 57 DeployHQ actions, 22 only read. The other 35 create, update, send or delete. Disconnect DeployHQ in Connectors whenever you like.
Ways to use DeployHQ with Flann
Look things up fast
Ask for the record you need. Flann finds it in DeployHQ and brings it into the chat.
Make a change safely
Tell Flann what to change.
Problems in plain words
Ask what went wrong overnight. Flann reads DeployHQ and explains it without the jargon.
Everything Flann can do in DeployHQ
Every DeployHQ action Flann can run, split into what it reads and what it changes.
Looks up 22
- Get Project
- Get Project Deployments
- Get Project Servers
- Get Projects
- Get Repository Branches
- Get Templates
- Generate AI Deployment Overview
- Get Config File
- Get Excluded File
- Get Latest Repository Revision
- Get Project Build Known Hosts
- Get Project Commands
- Get Project Config Files
- Get Project Excluded Files
- Get Project Repository
- Get Project Scheduled Deployments
- Get Project Server Groups
- Get Public Framework Template Details
- Get Public Templates
- Get Recent Commits and Tags
- Get Repository Commit Info
- Get Server Group
Changes 35
- Create Config File Deployment
- Create Project
- Abort Deployment
- Add Project Repository
- Create Build Cache File
- Create Build Command
- Create Config File
- Create Excluded File
- Create Project Build Known Host
- Create Server
- Create Server Group
- Create SSH Command
- Create Template
- Delete Build Cache File
- Delete Command
- Delete Excluded File Rule
- Delete Project
- Delete Server Group
- Delete Template
- Edit Build Cache File
- Edit Build Command
- Edit Config File
- Edit SSH Command
- Edit Template
- Update Build Cache File
- Update Build Command
- Update Build Language Version
- Update Config File
- Update Excluded File
- Update Project
and 5 more
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PrerenderCommon questions
What can Flann do with templates in DeployHQ?
Flann can delete, look up, update and create templates in DeployHQ, using 6 actions (Delete Template, Get Templates, Get Public Templates, Update Template and more). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change templates in DeployHQ.
What can Flann do with projects in DeployHQ?
Flann can delete, look up, update and create projects in DeployHQ, using 5 actions (Delete Project, Get Projects, Get Project, Update Project and more). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change projects in DeployHQ.
How does Flann connect to DeployHQ?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose DeployHQ and paste your DeployHQ API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your DeployHQ account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 57 actions in DeployHQ.
Do I need to open DeployHQ to use it with Flann?
No. Once DeployHQ is connected, you ask Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and it does the work in DeployHQ.
Does connecting DeployHQ cost extra?
No. DeployHQ is included in every Flann plan, along with every other app Flann connects to.