Integrations / Project Management
Hive on WhatsApp: manage labels with an AI agent
Flann turns Hive into something you can message. Ask on WhatsApp, by text or voice note, and Flann does the work in Hive for you. Connecting Hive to Flann does not change how your team works in it. They keep their boards, lists and timers.
10 actions in Hive. 6 only look things up, and 4 create, update, send or delete. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in Hive
You do not need the exact wording. These are the kinds of messages Flann turns into Hive actions.
“Show me my projects in Hive.”
“Find actions in Hive.”
“Show me my labels in Hive.”
“Create a label in Hive.”
“Create an action in Hive.”
What Flann can work with in Hive
Hive gives Flann 10 actions across 3 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Labels | createdeletelook up | 3 |
| Actions | createdeletelook upsearch | 5 |
Here is what changes when Hive goes through Flann instead of its own screens.
| Compare | Opening HiveLog in, find it, do it | Hive through FlannAsk and get it done |
|---|---|---|
| Getting started on a job | Log in and click through the screens | Text or voice note, in your own words |
| Looking things up about labels | By hand, screen by screen | 6 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Creating and updating | Typed in by hand | 4 changes, made from a message |
| Hive records | All of them, one screen at a time | 3 kinds, from one chat |
| Set-up | Nothing new to set up | Your Hive API key, once |
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Step by step: Hive jobs you can hand to Flann
How a request turns into real Hive actions, one step at a time.
Create a label from a voice note
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Create a label in Hive with these details.”
- Flann runs
List Labelsin Hive and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Create Labelin Hive. - Flann creates it in Hive and confirms in the chat.
Clean up actions you no longer need
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Which actions in Hive are out of date? Remove the ones I confirm.”
- Flann runs
List Actionsin Hive and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Delete Actionin Hive. - Each removal is confirmed in the chat.
Get answers about your projects
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our projects in Hive?”
- Flann runs
List Projectsin Hive and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Hive is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Where Flann saves you time in Hive
Small jobs, repeated often, are where the time goes. Here is how they change once Hive is connected.
Getting billable time ready to invoice
Today
Agency and consultancy work depends on billing the time you tracked. Pulling each client’s billable entries out of Hive and checking them against the project is slow, so invoices go out late.
With Flann
“How much billable time for Harbour Studio is in Hive and not invoiced yet?”
Every billable entry for that client is pulled from Hive, grouped by project and person, with anything missing a description marked. You get a summary ready to turn into an invoice.
What you stop doing: Combing through time entries before every invoice is no longer needed.
Capturing actions from a team meeting
Today
After a team meeting, actions get agreed but nobody writes them into Hive. A week later, everyone remembers the meeting differently.
With Flann
“Here are the notes from this morning’s meeting. Create the actions in Hive with owners.”
Reading your notes, Flann picks out each decision and action, names who owns it and suggests a due date.
What you stop doing: Being the one who types up actions after every meeting is behind you.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to Hive
- Search for Hive in Flann’s Connectors.
- Paste your Hive API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your Hive account settings.
- Go back to WhatsApp and ask for what you need. Flann chooses the Hive action and fills in the details.
Of the 10 Hive actions, 6 only read. The other 4 create, update, send or delete. Disconnect Hive in Connectors whenever you like.
Ways to use Hive with Flann
Know who is on what
Ask who is working on what. Flann summarises Hive in a few lines.
What is due today
Ask Flann what is overdue or due today. It reads Hive and sends you the list.
Plan the week in a message
Tell Flann what needs doing this week.
Everything Flann can do in Hive
Every Hive action Flann can run, split into what it reads and what it changes.
Looks up 6
- Get Action
- List Actions
- List Labels
- List Projects
- List Workspaces
- Search Actions
Changes 4
- Create Action
- Create Label
- Delete Action
- Delete Label
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What can Flann do with labels in Hive?
Flann can create, delete and look up labels in Hive, using 3 actions (Create Label, Delete Label, List Labels). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change labels in Hive.
What can Flann do with actions in Hive?
Flann can create, delete, look up and search actions in Hive, using 5 actions (Create Action, Delete Action, Get Action, List Actions and more). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change actions in Hive.
How does Flann connect to Hive?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose Hive and paste your Hive API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your Hive account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 10 actions in Hive.
Do I need to open Hive to use it with Flann?
No. Once Hive is connected, you ask Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and it does the work in Hive.
Is Hive included in my Flann plan?
Yes. Every Flann plan includes every app, Hive included.