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GitHub on WhatsApp: manage events, projects and labels with an AI agent
Flann turns GitHub into something you can message. Ask on WhatsApp, by text or voice note, and Flann does the work in GitHub for you. Your website, booking system or app depends on tools you never open yourself. Your developer does. Connect GitHub 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.
871 actions in GitHub. 466 only look things up, and 405 create, update, send or delete. You connect with a one-click sign-in.
What you can ask Flann to do in GitHub
You do not need the exact wording. These are the kinds of messages Flann turns into GitHub actions.
“Find issues in GitHub.”
“Show me my events in GitHub.”
“Show me my team members in GitHub.”
“Add an email in GitHub.”
“Close the issue in GitHub.”
“Create a draft item in GitHub.”
What Flann can work with in GitHub
GitHub gives Flann 871 actions across 223 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Labels | addcreatedeletelook upsearchupdate | 14 |
| Projects | createdeletelook upupdate | 9 |
| Teams | createdeletelook upupdate | 8 |
| Events | look up | 7 |
| Issues | closecreatelook upreopensearchupdate | 7 |
| Issue comments | createdeletelook upupdate | 7 |
| Users | addlook updeletesearch | 7 |
| Commit comments | createdeletelook upupdate | 6 |
Side by side, the two ways of working in GitHub:
| Compare | In GitHub yourselfYou click through each job | Flann on GitHubYou 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 events | Filters and searches you run yourself | 466 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Making changes | Typed in by hand | 405 changes, made from a message |
| GitHub records | All of them, one screen at a time | 223 kinds, from one chat |
| Getting connected | Nothing new to set up | One sign-in to GitHub |
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Step by step: GitHub jobs you can hand to Flann
How a request turns into real GitHub actions, one step at a time.
Get answers about your events
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our events in GitHub?”
- Flann runs
List events for the authenticated userandList events for userin GitHub and shows you what it found. - Nothing in GitHub is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Create a project from a voice note
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Create a project in GitHub with these details.”
- Flann runs
List organization projectsin GitHub and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Create an organization projectin GitHub. - Flann creates it in GitHub and confirms in the chat.
Fix a label without opening GitHub
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Change the label in GitHub: here is what is different.”
- Flann runs
List labels for an issuein GitHub and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Update a labelin GitHub. - Flann makes the change in GitHub and confirms in the chat.
Where Flann saves you time in GitHub
Small jobs, repeated often, are where the time goes. Here is how they change once GitHub is connected.
Alerts in plain English
Today
Alert emails from GitHub arrive full of codes and thresholds. You cannot tell an urgent one from a routine one, so you either ignore them all or worry about every one.
With Flann
“What does this alert from GitHub mean? Should I worry?”
Flann reads the alert and the context around it in GitHub, then explains what happened in a couple of plain sentences. It says whether it looks serious and who usually handles that kind of thing.
What you stop doing: Guessing which alerts matter is no longer your job.
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 GitHub: 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 GitHub
- In Flann, go to Connectors and find GitHub.
- Sign in to your GitHub account on the secure page that opens and allow access. There is no developer account or API key to set up.
- Go back to WhatsApp and ask for what you need. Flann chooses the GitHub action and fills in the details.
Of the 871 GitHub actions, 466 only read. The other 405 create, update, send or delete. Disconnect GitHub in Connectors whenever you like.
Ways to use GitHub with Flann
Check status from your phone
Ask Flann whether everything is running. It checks GitHub and answers in the chat.
Problems in plain words
Ask what went wrong overnight. Flann reads GitHub and explains it without the jargon.
Make a change safely
Tell Flann what to change.
Everything Flann can do in GitHub
Every GitHub action Flann can run, split into what it reads and what it changes.
Looks up 466
- Compare two commits
- Find Pull Requests
- Find Repositories
- Get a check run
- Get a pull request
- Get a reference
- Get issue comments
- Get organization teams
- Get Pull Requests
- Get repository content
- Get team members
- List branches
- List check runs for a git ref
- List deployments
- List events for user
- List followers of a user
- List notifications for authenticated user
- List organization members
- List organizations for a user
- List organizations for the authenticated user
- List pull requests
- List pull requests files
- List releases
- List repositories
- List repositories for the authenticated user
- List repositories starred by the authenticated user
- List repository contributors
- List repository files and directories
- List repository issues
- List repository workflows
and 436 more
Changes 405
- Add a repository collaborator
- Add assignees to an issue
- Add email for auth user
- Add labels to an issue
- Add or update team membership for a user
- Approve a workflow run for a fork pull request
- Close a pull request
- Close an issue
- Commit Multiple Files
- Create a blob
- Create a branch
- Create a commit
- Create a pull request
- Create a reference
- Create a release
- Create a tree
- Create an issue
- Create an issue comment
- Create an organization repository
- Create draft item for user project
- Create or update file contents
- Create repository
- Delete a repository
- Mark pull request ready for review
- Reopen an issue
- Reopen Pull Request
- Request reviewers for a pull request
- Star a specified repository (requires owner and repo)
- Update a reference
- Abort Repository Migration
and 375 more
More Developer Tools apps Flann works with
Sentry
GistCommon questions
What can Flann do with labels in GitHub?
Flann can add, create, delete, look up and search labels in GitHub, using 14 actions (Add labels to an issue, Create a label, Delete a label, Get a label and more). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change labels in GitHub.
What can Flann do with projects in GitHub?
Flann can create, delete, look up and update projects in GitHub, using 9 actions (Create an organization project, Create a user project, Delete a project, Get a project and more). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change projects in GitHub.
How does Flann connect to GitHub?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose GitHub and sign in to your GitHub account on a secure page. There is no developer account or API key to set up. Once it is connected, Flann can use 871 actions in GitHub.
Do I need to open GitHub to use it with Flann?
No. Once GitHub is connected, you ask Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and it does the work in GitHub.
Which Flann plan do I need for GitHub?
Any of them. Every Flann plan includes GitHub and every other app.