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Manage DEV Community users and comments from WhatsApp
Flann connects DEV Community to the WhatsApp chat you already run your business from. You ask, and Flann picks the right DEV Community action. Your website, booking system or app depends on tools you never open yourself. Your developer does. Connect DEV Community 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.
28 actions in DEV Community. 25 only look things up, and 3 create, update, send or delete. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in DEV Community
Type it or say it in a voice note. Flann works out which DEV Community action you mean.
“Show me my videos in DEV Community.”
“Show me my comments in DEV Community.”
“Look up the profile image in DEV Community.”
“Create an article in DEV Community.”
“Update the listing in DEV Community.”
What Flann can work with in DEV Community
DEV Community gives Flann 28 actions across 14 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Users | look up | 3 |
| Comments | look up | 2 |
| Articles | createlook upupdate | 8 |
| Listings | look upupdate | 4 |
How the same user job compares, in DEV Community directly and through Flann.
| Compare | In DEV Community yourselfYou click through each job | Flann on DEV CommunityYou 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 users | Filters and searches you run yourself | 25 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Making changes | Typed in by hand | 3 changes, made from a message |
| DEV Community records | All of them, one screen at a time | 14 kinds, from one chat |
| Getting connected | Nothing new to set up | Your DEV Community API key, once |
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Step by step: DEV Community jobs you can hand to Flann
What happens between your message and the result in DEV Community.
Create an article from a voice note
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Create an article in DEV Community with these details.”
- Flann runs
List Articlesin DEV Community and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Create Articlein DEV Community. - Flann creates it in DEV Community and confirms in the chat.
Get answers about your users
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our users in DEV Community?”
- Flann runs
List organization users on DEV.toandGet Current Userin DEV Community and shows you what it found. - Nothing in DEV Community is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Check your comments from WhatsApp
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Show me where our comments in DEV Community stand.”
- Flann runs
List CommentsandGet Comment by IDin DEV Community and shows you what it found. - Nothing in DEV Community is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
The DEV Community 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 DEV Community, 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 DEV Community 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 DEV Community, 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 DEV Community
- Search for DEV Community in Flann’s Connectors.
- Paste your DEV Community API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your DEV Community account settings.
- From then on, message Flann on WhatsApp. It works in DEV Community whenever a request needs it.
Reading from DEV Community is instant. DEV Community stays connected until you remove it in Connectors.
Ways to use DEV Community with Flann
Look things up fast
Ask for the record you need. Flann finds it in DEV Community and brings it into the chat.
Check status from your phone
Ask Flann whether everything is running. It checks DEV Community and answers in the chat.
Make a change safely
Tell Flann what to change.
Everything Flann can do in DEV Community
All 28 DEV Community actions, as Flann sees them.
Looks up 25
- Get Current User
- Get Organization
- Get user
- Get Article By ID
- Get Article By Path
- Get Comment by ID
- Get Listing
- Get Profile Image
- List Articles
- List Comments
- List DEVTO Reading List
- List Followed Tags
- List Followers
- List latest DEV Community articles
- List Listings
- List Listings By Category
- List Organization Articles
- List organization users on DEV.to
- List podcast episodes on DEV.to
- List Tags
- List User All Articles
- List User Articles
- List user's published articles
- List user's unpublished articles
- List Videos
Changes 3
- Create Article
- Update Article
- Update Listing
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BugsnagCommon questions
What can Flann do with users in DEV Community?
Flann can look up users in DEV Community, using 3 actions (Get Current User, Get user, List organization users on DEV.to). All of them only look things up, so they run straight away.
What can Flann do with comments in DEV Community?
Flann can look up comments in DEV Community, using 2 actions (Get Comment by ID, List Comments). All of them only look things up, so they run straight away.
How does Flann connect to DEV Community?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose DEV Community and paste your DEV Community API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your DEV Community account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 28 actions in DEV Community.
How do I ask Flann to do something in DEV Community?
Message Flann on WhatsApp the way you would message a colleague, or send a voice note. Flann picks the DEV Community action that fits and asks if anything is missing.
Is DEV Community included in my Flann plan?
Yes. Every Flann plan includes every app, DEV Community included.