Integrations / Ads & Conversion
Connect Meta Ads to WhatsApp: campaigns and ad images by chat
Flann is an AI agent your business talks to on WhatsApp. Connect Meta Ads once, then ask Flann to look things up in it or get work done in it, by text or voice note. Flann already talks to your customers on WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok. Linking Meta Ads lets it turn what it hears there into lists, segments and campaign drafts. You stay the editor.
65 actions in Meta Ads. 52 only look things up, and 13 create, update, send or delete. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in Meta Ads
Send any of these on WhatsApp, in your own words. Flann finds the right Meta Ads action and fills in the details from the conversation.
“Show me my leads in Meta Ads.”
“Show me my campaigns in Meta Ads.”
“Show me my ad accounts in Meta Ads.”
“Create a campaign in Meta Ads.”
“Create an ad video in Meta Ads.”
“Create a lead form in Meta Ads.”
What Flann can work with in Meta Ads
Meta Ads gives Flann 65 actions across 42 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Campaigns | createdeletelook upupdate | 4 |
| Ad images | look upupload | 2 |
| Custom audiences | createlook up | 2 |
| Ad creatives | createlook upupdate | 4 |
| Ad sets | createlook up | 2 |
| Custom conversions | createlook up | 2 |
Doing it yourself, wiring up a rule, or asking an agent: here is how they compare for Meta Ads.
| Compare | Meta Ads on its ownEvery step is yours | A fixed workflowTriggers built in advance | With FlannThe work comes to your chat |
|---|---|---|---|
| How you ask | Log in and click through the screens | Only what was wired up in advance | Text or voice note, in your own words |
| Looking things up about campaigns | By hand, screen by screen | Only the look-ups someone built | 52 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Creating and updating | Typed in by hand | Run unchecked once built | 13 changes, made from a message |
| Meta Ads records | All of them, one screen at a time | Only the ones you wire up | 42 kinds, from one chat |
| Set-up | Nothing new to set up | Someone builds and maintains each flow | Your Meta Ads API key, once |
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Step by step: Meta Ads jobs you can hand to Flann
Each step below names the Meta Ads action Flann actually runs.
Create a campaign from a voice note
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Create a campaign in Meta Ads with these details.”
- Flann runs
List Campaignsin Meta Ads and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Create Campaignin Meta Ads. - Flann creates it in Meta Ads and confirms in the chat.
Get answers about your leads
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our leads in Meta Ads?”
- Flann runs
List Leadsin Meta Ads and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Meta Ads is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Check your comments from WhatsApp
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Show me where our comments in Meta Ads stand.”
- Flann runs
List Commentsin Meta Ads and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Meta Ads is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Repetitive Meta Ads work Flann takes off your plate
These are the jobs that come back every day or every week. Message Flann instead, and keep the decisions for yourself.
A week of social posts planned
Today
Posting happens when you remember, usually late at night and one platform at a time. Some weeks Meta Ads sits empty.
With Flann
“Plan next week’s posts in Meta Ads: two on the new range, one behind the scenes, one customer favourite.”
Turning your outline into captions sized for each network, Flann suggests times when your audience tends to be active and drafts the full week in Meta Ads. Nothing is published or scheduled by default.
What you stop doing: Your feed stops going quiet in the busy weeks.
Gaps in the marketing calendar
Today
On Monday you rarely know what is already scheduled in Meta Ads and what has quietly run out. Gaps appear right before the busy dates.
With Flann
“Anything scheduled in Meta Ads for the next fortnight? Where are the gaps?”
Instantly, because it is only a look-up, Flann lists every scheduled email and post in Meta Ads by date and points out the empty stretches before the dates that matter to you. It can suggest something for each gap.
What you stop doing: Quiet weeks stop catching you by surprise.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to Meta Ads
- Open Connectors in Flann and choose Meta Ads.
- Paste your Meta Ads API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your Meta Ads account settings.
- Go back to WhatsApp and ask for what you need. Flann chooses the Meta Ads action and fills in the details.
Look-ups run as soon as you ask and change nothing in Meta Ads. You can disconnect Meta Ads from Connectors at any time.
Ways to use Meta Ads with Flann
Check what worked
Ask how last week’s campaign did. Flann pulls the results from Meta Ads and tells you what to change next time.
Grow the audience you already have
Ask Flann to add this month’s new customers to a list in Meta Ads.
Keep lists clean
Tell Flann a customer asked to stop hearing from you. It prepares the change in Meta Ads so they are not contacted again.
Everything Flann can do in Meta Ads
The full list of Meta Ads actions available to Flann once you connect it.
Looks up 52
- Get Ad Accounts
- Get Insights
- Get Meta Object
- Get Page Accounts
- Get User
- List Ad Creatives
- List Ads
- List Business Ad Accounts
- List Businesses
- List Campaigns
- List Leads
- List Owned Instagram Assets
- List Owned Pages
- List Pending Owned Pages
- List Targeting Search
- Get Ad Creative
- Get Pixel Event Stats
- List Activities
- List Ad Account Pixels
- List Ad Images
- List Ad Network Analytics
- List Ad Network Analytics Results
- List Agencies
- List Assigned Pages
- List Assigned Users
- List Business Invoices
- List Client Ad Accounts
- List Client Apps
- List Client Instagram Assets
- List Client Offsite Signal Container Business Objects
and 22 more
Changes 13
- Create Ad
- Create Ad Creative
- Create Ad Set
- Create Campaign
- Create Custom Audience
- Update Campaign
- Create Ad Video
- Create Custom Conversion
- Create Lead Form
- Delete Campaign
- Send Conversion Events
- Update Ad Creative
- Upload Ad Image
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Common questions
What can Flann do with campaigns in Meta Ads?
Flann can create, delete, look up and update campaigns in Meta Ads, using 4 actions (Create Campaign, Delete Campaign, List Campaigns, Update Campaign). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change campaigns in Meta Ads.
What can Flann do with ad images in Meta Ads?
Flann can look up and upload ad images in Meta Ads, using 2 actions (List Ad Images, Upload Ad Image). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change ad images in Meta Ads.
How does Flann connect to Meta Ads?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose Meta Ads and paste your Meta Ads API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your Meta Ads account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 65 actions in Meta Ads.
Can I use Meta Ads from WhatsApp?
Yes. You talk to Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and Flann works in Meta Ads for you. You do not need to open Meta Ads.
Does connecting Meta Ads cost extra?
No. Meta Ads is included in every Flann plan, along with every other app Flann connects to.