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Fillout Forms on WhatsApp: manage records and tables with an AI agent
Flann turns Fillout Forms into something you can message. Ask on WhatsApp, by text or voice note, and Flann does the work in Fillout Forms for you. A form only earns its keep if someone acts on the answers. Flann makes that someone easier to be.
22 actions in Fillout Forms. 7 only look things up, and 15 create, update, send or delete. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in Fillout Forms
You do not need the exact wording. These are the kinds of messages Flann turns into Fillout Forms actions.
“Show me my databases in Fillout Forms.”
“Create a table in Fillout Forms.”
“Create a database in Fillout Forms.”
What Flann can work with in Fillout Forms
Fillout Forms gives Flann 22 actions across 3 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Records | createdeletelook upupdate | 5 |
| Tables | createdeleteupdate | 3 |
| Databases | createdeletelook up | 4 |
Here is what changes when Fillout Forms goes through Flann instead of its own screens.
| Compare | Fillout Forms on its ownEvery step is yours | With FlannThe work comes to your chat |
|---|---|---|
| How you ask | Log in and click through the screens | Text or voice note, in your own words |
| Looking things up about records | By hand, screen by screen | 7 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Creating and updating | Typed in by hand | 15 changes, made from a message |
| Fillout Forms records | All of them, one screen at a time | 3 kinds, from one chat |
| Set-up | Nothing new to set up | Your Fillout Forms API key, once |
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Step by step: Fillout Forms jobs you can hand to Flann
How a request turns into real Fillout Forms actions, one step at a time.
Create a record from a voice note
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Create a record in Fillout Forms with these details.”
- Flann runs
List Recordsin Fillout Forms and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Create recordin Fillout Forms. - Flann creates it in Fillout Forms and confirms in the chat.
Clean up databases you no longer need
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Which databases in Fillout Forms are out of date? Remove the ones I confirm.”
- Flann runs
Get database by IDin Fillout Forms and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Delete databasein Fillout Forms. - Each removal is confirmed in the chat.
Where Flann saves you time in Fillout Forms
Small jobs, repeated often, are where the time goes. Here is how they change once Fillout Forms is connected.
Morning round-up of new responses
Today
New submissions trickle into Fillout Forms overnight. Checking them means opening the dashboard, clicking into each one and deciding which matter.
With Flann
“Anything new in Fillout Forms since yesterday?”
Flann reads what came in and gives you a short list, urgent ones first, each with the name, the request and the time it arrived. Reading is instant.
What you stop doing: You stop clicking through submissions one by one.
Booking requests into the diary
Today
Customers request appointments or tables through a form. Someone then retypes each request into the booking system, usually later than they meant to.
With Flann
“Book in the requests from Fillout Forms that fit the diary.”
Flann reads each request in Fillout Forms, checks your booking app for free slots and matches what fits. Requests with no free slot get a draft reply offering alternatives.
What you stop doing: Form answers no longer get retyped into another app.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to Fillout Forms
- In Flann, go to Connectors and find Fillout Forms.
- Paste your Fillout Forms API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your Fillout Forms account settings.
- From then on, message Flann on WhatsApp. It works in Fillout Forms whenever a request needs it.
Of the 22 Fillout Forms actions, 7 only read. The other 15 create, update, send or delete. Disconnect Fillout Forms in Connectors whenever you like.
Ways to use Fillout Forms with Flann
Know what customers think
Ask Flann to summarise the latest survey. It reads Fillout Forms and gives you the main points.
Make a quick form
Tell Flann what you want to ask. It prepares the form in Fillout Forms for you to check.
See new responses
Ask what came in today. Flann reads Fillout Forms and gives you the responses that need attention.
Everything Flann can do in Fillout Forms
Every Fillout Forms action Flann can run, split into what it reads and what it changes.
Looks up 7
- Authorize OAuth
- Get database by ID
- Get databases
- Get forms
- Get record by ID
- List Records
- List database webhooks
Changes 15
- Create Database
- Create Database Webhook
- Create record
- Create table
- Invalidate Access Token
- Update record
- Create field
- Delete database
- Delete database webhook
- Delete field
- Delete record
- Delete table
- Remove form webhook
- Update field
- Update table
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What can Flann do with records in Fillout Forms?
Flann can create, delete, look up and update records in Fillout Forms, using 5 actions (Create record, Delete record, Get record by ID, List Records and more). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change records in Fillout Forms.
What can Flann do with tables in Fillout Forms?
Flann can create, delete and update tables in Fillout Forms, using 3 actions (Create table, Delete table, Update table). Each one changes something in Fillout Forms.
How does Flann connect to Fillout Forms?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose Fillout Forms and paste your Fillout Forms API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your Fillout Forms account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 22 actions in Fillout Forms.
Do I need to open Fillout Forms to use it with Flann?
No. Once Fillout Forms is connected, you ask Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and it does the work in Fillout Forms.
Which Flann plan do I need for Fillout Forms?
Any of them. Every Flann plan includes Fillout Forms and every other app.