Integrations / File Management & Storage
Google Drive on WhatsApp: manage files, comments and folders with an AI agent
Flann turns Google Drive into something you can message. Ask on WhatsApp, by text or voice note, and Flann does the work in Google Drive for you. Your files and documents are in Google Drive. Flann finds them, reads them and prepares new ones from WhatsApp.
92 actions in Google Drive. 41 only look things up, and 51 create, update, send or delete. You connect with a one-click sign-in.
What you can ask Flann to do in Google Drive
You do not need the exact wording. These are the kinds of messages Flann turns into Google Drive actions.
“Find a file in Google Drive.”
“Look up the comment in Google Drive.”
“Show me my file labels in Google Drive.”
“Move the file in Google Drive.”
“Create a folder in Google Drive.”
“Create a comment in Google Drive.”
What Flann can work with in Google Drive
Google Drive gives Flann 92 actions across 33 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Files | copycreatedownloadupdatesearchgenerate | 12 |
| Comments | createdeletelook upupdate | 5 |
| File labels | look upupdate | 2 |
| Folders | createsearch | 2 |
| Replies | createdeletelook upupdate | 5 |
| Shareds | createdeletelook upupdate | 4 |
| Spreadsheet values | look upupdate | 3 |
| File revisions | downloadlook up | 2 |
How the same file job compares, in Google Drive directly and through Flann.
| Compare | In Google Drive yourselfYou click through each job | Flann on Google DriveYou 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 files | Filters and searches you run yourself | 41 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Making changes | Typed in by hand | 51 changes, made from a message |
| Google Drive records | All of them, one screen at a time | 33 kinds, from one chat |
| Getting connected | Nothing new to set up | One sign-in to Google Drive |
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Step by step: Google Drive jobs you can hand to Flann
How a request turns into real Google Drive actions, one step at a time.
Create a file from a voice note
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Create a file in Google Drive with these details.”
- Flann runs
Find filein Google Drive and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Create a File from Textin Google Drive. - Flann creates it in Google Drive and confirms in the chat.
Fix a comment without opening Google Drive
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Change the comment in Google Drive: here is what is different.”
- Flann runs
List Commentsin Google Drive and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Update Commentin Google Drive. - Flann makes the change in Google Drive and confirms in the chat.
Get answers about your folders
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our folders in Google Drive?”
- Flann runs
Find folderin Google Drive and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Google Drive is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Where Flann saves you time in Google Drive
Small jobs, repeated often, are where the time goes. Here is how they change once Google Drive is connected.
Filing the stray uploads
Today
Scans, photos and attachments land wherever they happened to be saved. Once a month you try to sort the mess in Google Drive and never quite finish.
With Flann
“Tidy this month’s uploads in Google Drive into the right client folders.”
Each new file in Google Drive is matched to the client or supplier it belongs to, and the ones called scan or untitled get a proposed name that says what they are. The whole plan arrives as one card you can edit.
What you stop doing: Sorting stray uploads once a month falls away.
Catching documents before they expire
Today
Insurance certificates, hygiene inspections, staff training records and supplier agreements all have renewal dates. They hide inside documents in Google Drive until the week one lapses.
With Flann
“Is anything in Google Drive expiring or up for renewal before Christmas?”
Certificates and agreements in Google Drive are read through for every expiry and renewal date Flann can find. You get a short list in date order, with the document linked against each.
What you stop doing: Remembering renewal dates buried in paperwork is no longer on you.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to Google Drive
- Search for Google Drive in Flann’s Connectors.
- Sign in to your Google Drive account on the secure page that opens and allow access. There is no developer account or API key to set up.
- Ask Flann for what you need on WhatsApp, by text or voice note. It picks the right Google Drive action itself.
Of the 92 Google Drive actions, 41 only read. The other 51 create, update, send or delete. Disconnect Google Drive in Connectors whenever you like.
Ways to use Google Drive with Flann
Share without the hunt
Ask Flann for the file a customer needs. It finds it in Google Drive so you can send it on.
Summarise before you read
Ask what a long document says. Flann reads it in Google Drive and gives you the points that matter.
Start a document by voice
Send Flann the gist in a voice note. It prepares the document in Google Drive for you to check.
Everything Flann can do in Google Drive
Every Google Drive action Flann can run, split into what it reads and what it changes.
Looks up 41
- Batch Get Spreadsheet Values
- Download a file from Google Drive
- Download File Revision
- Download file via operation
- Export Google Workspace file
- Find file
- Generate File IDs
- Get about
- Get Changes Start Page Token
- Get Comment
- Get File Metadata
- Get Permission
- Get Property (v2)
- Get Reply
- Get Revision
- Get Shared Drive
- List Access Proposals
- List Approvals
- List Changes
- List Comments
- List File Labels
- List File Revisions
- List Permissions
- List Replies to Comment
- List Shared Drives
- Read Spreadsheet Values
- Find folder
- Get App
- Get Child Reference (v2)
- Get Document
and 11 more
Changes 51
- Create a folder
- Create Comment
- Create File or Folder
- Create Permission
- Create Permissions Batch
- Create Reply
- Create Shared Drive
- Create Shortcut to File/Folder
- Delete Comment
- Delete Permission
- Delete Reply
- Delete Shared Drive
- Empty Trash
- Hide Shared Drive
- Modify File Labels
- Move File
- Patch Permission
- Resumable Upload
- Stop Watch Channel
- Trash File
- Unhide Shared Drive
- Untrash File
- Update Comment
- Update File (Metadata)
- Update File Metadata (PATCH v2)
- Update File Revision Metadata
- Update Permission
- Update Reply
- Update Shared Drive
- Upload File
and 21 more
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Common questions
What can Flann do with files in Google Drive?
Flann can copy, create, download, update and search files in Google Drive, using 12 actions (Copy file with advanced options, Create a File from Text, Download a file from Google Drive, Download file via operation and more). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change files in Google Drive.
What can Flann do with comments in Google Drive?
Flann can create, delete, look up and update comments in Google Drive, using 5 actions (Create Comment, Delete Comment, Get Comment, List Comments and more). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change comments in Google Drive.
How does Flann connect to Google Drive?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose Google Drive and sign in to your Google Drive account on a secure page. There is no developer account or API key to set up. Once it is connected, Flann can use 92 actions in Google Drive.
Do I need to open Google Drive to use it with Flann?
No. Once Google Drive is connected, you ask Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and it does the work in Google Drive.
Is Google Drive included in my Flann plan?
Yes. Every Flann plan includes every app, Google Drive included.