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HR Partner on WhatsApp: manage employees with an AI agent
Flann turns HR Partner into something you can message. Ask on WhatsApp, by text or voice note, and Flann does the work in HR Partner for you. Hiring drags when the shortlist lives in one place and your attention lives in another. With HR Partner connected, Flann brings applicants, interview notes and next steps into the chat you already check all day. You decide who moves forward. Flann prepares the update and waits.
10 actions in HR Partner. All of them only look things up, so nothing in HR Partner is ever changed. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in HR Partner
You do not need the exact wording. These are the kinds of messages Flann turns into HR Partner actions.
“Show me my expenses in HR Partner.”
“Look up the employee in HR Partner.”
“Show me my performance reviews in HR Partner.”
What Flann can work with in HR Partner
HR Partner gives Flann 10 actions across 9 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Employees | look up | 2 |
Here is what changes when HR Partner goes through Flann instead of its own screens.
| Compare | In HR Partner yourselfYou click through each job | Flann on HR PartnerYou 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 employees | Filters and searches you run yourself | 10 look-ups, answered straight away |
| HR Partner records | All of them, one screen at a time | 9 kinds, from one chat |
| Getting connected | Nothing new to set up | Your HR Partner API key, once |
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Step by step: HR Partner jobs you can hand to Flann
How a request turns into real HR Partner actions, one step at a time.
Get answers about your employees
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our employees in HR Partner?”
- Flann runs
List EmployeesandGet Employeein HR Partner and shows you what it found. - Nothing in HR Partner is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Check your expenses from WhatsApp
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Show me where our expenses in HR Partner stand.”
- Flann runs
List Expensesin HR Partner and shows you what it found. - Nothing in HR Partner is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Get answers about your companies
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our companies in HR Partner?”
- Flann runs
Get Companyin HR Partner and shows you what it found. - Nothing in HR Partner is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Where Flann saves you time in HR Partner
Small jobs, repeated often, are where the time goes. Here is how they change once HR Partner is connected.
Leave requests without the paperwork
Today
Requests arrive by text, in person and through HR Partner, and you check each balance by hand before replying. Most of them are routine.
With Flann
“Sara wants the 14th to the 18th off. Is that fine?”
Flann checks Sara’s balance in HR Partner and looks for anyone else already off that week. It tells you in two lines whether the dates clash.
What you stop doing: You no longer cross-check calendars and balances for every holiday request.
New starter checklist
Today
Each new hire needs the same things set up, and something usually slips: a contract unsigned, bank details missing, a first shift not booked.
With Flann
“What’s still missing for Lena before she starts on Monday?”
Using Lena’s file in HR Partner, Flann compares what is there with the steps you normally complete and tells you what is outstanding. It can draft a friendly reminder asking her for the missing documents.
What you stop doing: Gaps stop turning up on someone’s first morning.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to HR Partner
- In Flann, go to Connectors and find HR Partner.
- Paste your HR Partner API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your HR Partner account settings.
- Go back to WhatsApp and ask for what you need. Flann chooses the HR Partner action and fills in the details.
Of the 10 HR Partner actions, 10 only read. The other 0 create, update, send or delete. Disconnect HR Partner in Connectors whenever you like.
Ways to use HR Partner with Flann
Find the candidate
Ask about an applicant. Flann pulls their details from HR Partner into the chat.
Keep records current
Tell Flann what changed.
Handle requests quickly
A staff member asks for time off.
Everything Flann can do in HR Partner
Every HR Partner action Flann can run, split into what it reads and what it changes.
Looks up 10
- Get Company
- Get Employee
- Get Recruitment Record
- List Employee Records
- List Employees
- List Expenses
- List Leave Data
- List Performance Reviews
- List Timesheets
- Search Recruitment
Changes 0
None.
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Common questions
What can Flann do with employees in HR Partner?
Flann can look up employees in HR Partner, using 2 actions (Get Employee, List Employees). All of them only look things up, so they run straight away.
How does Flann connect to HR Partner?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose HR Partner and paste your HR Partner API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your HR Partner account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 10 actions in HR Partner.
Do I need to open HR Partner to use it with Flann?
No. Once HR Partner is connected, you ask Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and it does the work in HR Partner.
Which Flann plan do I need for HR Partner?
Any of them. Every Flann plan includes HR Partner and every other app.