Integrations / Productivity
Habitica on WhatsApp: manage tasks and tags with an AI agent
Flann turns Habitica into something you can message. Ask on WhatsApp, by text or voice note, and Flann does the work in Habitica for you. Work gets agreed in passing: at the counter, on a call, in the van. Habitica only helps if it gets written down. With Flann connected, a voice note becomes tasks in Habitica, and a quick question tells you what is late, who has it and what comes next.
70 actions in Habitica. 28 only look things up, and 42 create, update, send or delete. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in Habitica
You do not need the exact wording. These are the kinds of messages Flann turns into Habitica actions.
“Show me my party chat messages in Habitica.”
“Show me my tasks in Habitica.”
“Show me my group members in Habitica.”
“Update the task in Habitica.”
“Move the pinned item in Habitica.”
“Remove the party member in Habitica.”
What Flann can work with in Habitica
Habitica gives Flann 70 actions across 31 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Tasks | addcreatedeletelook upmoveupdate | 7 |
| Tags | addcreatedeletelook upupdate | 5 |
| Task checklist items | deleteupdate | 2 |
| Challenges | createdeleteexportlook up | 5 |
| Groups | look upupdate | 3 |
| Contents | look up | 2 |
| Parties | createlook up | 2 |
| Push devices | adddelete | 2 |
Here is what changes when Habitica goes through Flann instead of its own screens.
| Compare | Opening HabiticaLog in, find it, do it | Habitica through FlannAsk and get it done |
|---|---|---|
| Getting started on a job | Open the app and find the right page | A WhatsApp message, typed or spoken |
| Finding answers about tasks | Filters and searches you run yourself | 28 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Making changes | Typed in by hand | 42 changes, made from a message |
| Habitica records | All of them, one screen at a time | 31 kinds, from one chat |
| Getting connected | Nothing new to set up | Your Habitica API key, once |
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Step by step: Habitica jobs you can hand to Flann
How a request turns into real Habitica actions, one step at a time.
Create a task from a voice note
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Create a task in Habitica with these details.”
- Flann runs
Get Task by IDin Habitica and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Create Taskin Habitica. - Flann creates it in Habitica and confirms in the chat.
Fix a tag without opening Habitica
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Change the tag in Habitica: here is what is different.”
- Flann runs
Get Tagsin Habitica and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Update Tagin Habitica. - Flann makes the change in Habitica and confirms in the chat.
Clean up challenges you no longer need
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Which challenges in Habitica are out of date? Remove the ones I confirm.”
- Flann runs
Get Challengein Habitica and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Delete Habitica Challengein Habitica. - Each removal is confirmed in the chat.
Where Flann saves you time in Habitica
Small jobs, repeated often, are where the time goes. Here is how they change once Habitica is connected.
Nudging the team about late jobs
Today
Some tasks in Habitica have sat past their due date for days. Messaging each person to ask how it is going feels like nagging, so you put it off.
With Flann
“Chase whoever has overdue jobs in Habitica, nicely.”
Overdue tasks in Habitica are grouped by person, and a friendly nudge is drafted for each one, naming the job and asking for a new date if they need it.
What you stop doing: Writing the awkward chaser to each person is no longer yours to do.
Answering “where are we with my job?”
Today
Clients ask for updates at awkward moments. To answer, you open Habitica, find their project and piece together what has happened since you last spoke.
With Flann
“Where are we on the Morgan bathroom refit in Habitica? Draft an update for the client.”
In Habitica, Flann reads the project’s finished, current and waiting tasks and writes a plain-English update the client will understand, without internal notes or jargon. You see the draft in the chat.
What you stop doing: Piecing together a client update from the board yourself is over.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to Habitica
- Open Connectors in Flann and choose Habitica.
- Paste your Habitica API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your Habitica account settings.
- From then on, message Flann on WhatsApp. It works in Habitica whenever a request needs it.
Of the 70 Habitica actions, 28 only read. The other 42 create, update, send or delete. Disconnect Habitica in Connectors whenever you like.
Ways to use Habitica with Flann
Capture tasks as they come up
Send Flann a voice note with the job. It prepares the task in Habitica and asks you to confirm.
Plan the week in a message
Tell Flann what needs doing this week.
What is due today
Ask Flann what is overdue or due today. It reads Habitica and sends you the list.
Everything Flann can do in Habitica
Every Habitica action Flann can run, split into what it reads and what it changes.
Looks up 28
- Get Habitica API Status
- Get News
- Get Party Chat Messages
- Get Shops Market Gear
- Get Time Travelers Shop
- Export Challenge to CSV
- Export User Data JSON
- Get Challenge
- Get Challenge Tasks
- Get Content
- Get Content By Type
- Get Export History CSV
- Get Export Inbox HTML
- Get Group
- Get Group Challenges
- Get Group Members
- Get Habitica Groups
- Get Habitica Tavern Group
- Get Model Paths
- Get Party
- Get Tags
- Get Task by ID
- Get Tasks
- Get User Challenges
- Get User Profile
- Get Webhooks
- Get World State
- Validate Coupon Code
Changes 42
- Update Task
- Update User
- Add Push Device
- Add Tag to Task
- Add Task to Challenge
- Clone Challenge
- Create Challenge
- Create Habitica Party
- Create Tag
- Create Task
- Create Webhook
- Delete Group Chat Message
- Delete Habitica Challenge
- Delete Habitica Tag
- Delete Task
- Delete Task Checklist Item
- Delete User Message
- Delete User Push Device
- Dismiss Bailey Announcement
- Equip Item
- Invite To Group
- Invite To Quest
- Join Challenge
- Leave Challenge
- Leave or Delete Habitica Group
- Local Login
- Local User Registration
- Mark Group Chat Seen
- Mark Notification Seen
- Mark Notifications Seen
and 12 more
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Common questions
What can Flann do with tasks in Habitica?
Flann can add, create, delete, look up and move tasks in Habitica, using 7 actions (Add Task to Challenge, Create Task, Delete Task, Get Task by ID and more). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change tasks in Habitica.
What can Flann do with tags in Habitica?
Flann can add, create, delete, look up and update tags in Habitica, using 5 actions (Add Tag to Task, Create Tag, Delete Habitica Tag, Get Tags and more). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change tags in Habitica.
How does Flann connect to Habitica?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose Habitica and paste your Habitica API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your Habitica account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 70 actions in Habitica.
Do I need to open Habitica to use it with Flann?
No. Once Habitica is connected, you ask Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and it does the work in Habitica.
Does connecting Habitica cost extra?
No. Habitica is included in every Flann plan, along with every other app Flann connects to.