Integrations / Databases
Connect NocoDB to WhatsApp with an AI agent
Flann is an AI agent your business talks to on WhatsApp. Connect NocoDB once, then ask Flann to look things up in it or get work done in it, by text or voice note. NocoDB holds data about how your business is doing. Flann turns it into answers you can read on WhatsApp.
28 actions in NocoDB. 18 only look things up, and 10 create, update, send or delete. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in NocoDB
Send any of these on WhatsApp, in your own words. Flann finds the right NocoDB action and fills in the details from the conversation.
“Look up the product feed in NocoDB.”
“Show me my notifications in NocoDB.”
“Look up the plugin status in NocoDB.”
“Delete the table view row in NocoDB.”
“Delete the view in NocoDB.”
“Update the view column in NocoDB.”
What Flann can work with in NocoDB
NocoDB gives Flann 28 actions across 12 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Integrations | look up | 2 |
| Notifications | deletelook up | 2 |
Doing it yourself, wiring up a rule, or asking an agent: here is how they compare for NocoDB.
| Compare | NocoDB 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 | By hand, screen by screen | Only the look-ups someone built | 18 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Creating and updating | Typed in by hand | Run unchecked once built | 10 changes, made from a message |
| NocoDB records | All of them, one screen at a time | Only the ones you wire up | 12 kinds, from one chat |
| Set-up | Nothing new to set up | Someone builds and maintains each flow | Your NocoDB API key, once |
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Step by step: NocoDB jobs you can hand to Flann
Each step below names the NocoDB action Flann actually runs.
Get answers about your integrations
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our integrations in NocoDB?”
- Flann runs
List IntegrationsandGet Integration Infoin NocoDB and shows you what it found. - Nothing in NocoDB is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Clean up notifications you no longer need
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Which notifications in NocoDB are out of date? Remove the ones I confirm.”
- Flann runs
List Notificationsin NocoDB and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Delete Notificationin NocoDB. - Each removal is confirmed in the chat.
Check your applications from WhatsApp
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Show me where our applications in NocoDB stand.”
- Flann runs
Get Application Infoin NocoDB and shows you what it found. - Nothing in NocoDB is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Repetitive NocoDB 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.
Your weekly numbers on Monday morning
Today
Every Monday you log into NocoDB, set the date range, compare it with the week before and try to remember what normal looks like. By the time the picture is clear, the week has started without you.
With Flann
“How are we doing? Last week against the week before, from NocoDB.”
Flann pulls the main figures from NocoDB, sets them against the previous week and sends a report card in the chat with the few changes worth your attention. Ask a follow-up and it digs into the detail.
What you stop doing: Setting date ranges and comparing columns by eye every Monday is finished.
Building the monthly report
Today
Your accountant, partner or investor wants a monthly summary. You copy figures out of NocoDB into a document and format them, and it is always later than you promised.
With Flann
“Draft the monthly summary for my business partner from NocoDB.”
The month’s key figures come out of NocoDB, set against the previous month and the same month last year, with a short sentence on each change. You read the draft in the chat and ask for edits.
What you stop doing: Copying figures into a document every month is no longer your job.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to NocoDB
- In Flann, go to Connectors and find NocoDB.
- Paste your NocoDB API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your NocoDB account settings.
- Ask Flann for what you need on WhatsApp, by text or voice note. It picks the right NocoDB action itself.
Look-ups run as soon as you ask and change nothing in NocoDB. You can disconnect NocoDB from Connectors at any time.
Ways to use NocoDB with Flann
Spot what changed
Ask what went up or down. Flann checks NocoDB and tells you what moved.
Ask, do not dig
Ask how this week compares to last. Flann pulls the numbers from NocoDB and answers in plain words.
A weekly summary on demand
Ask Flann for the week in brief. It reads NocoDB and sends the few numbers worth knowing.
Everything Flann can do in NocoDB
The full list of NocoDB actions available to Flann once you connect it.
Looks up 18
- Get Application Info
- Get Table Schema
- Get User Info
- List Integrations
- List Notifications
- List Workspace Bases
- List Workspaces
- Convert URL to Database Config
- Get Aggregated Meta Info
- Get Application Health Status
- Get Cloud Features
- Get Command Palette Suggestions
- Get Integration Info
- Get Plugin Status
- Get Product Feed
- Get Sort Metadata
- List Public Shared View Grouped Data
- Poll Notifications
Changes 10
- Sign Out User
- Update User Profile
- Delete Notification
- Delete Table View Row
- Delete View
- Forgot Password
- Report Error
- Store Integration Configuration
- Update View Column
- Upload Attachments by URL
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Common questions
What can Flann do with integrations in NocoDB?
Flann can look up integrations in NocoDB, using 2 actions (Get Integration Info, List Integrations). All of them only look things up, so they run straight away.
What can Flann do with notifications in NocoDB?
Flann can delete and look up notifications in NocoDB, using 2 actions (Delete Notification, List Notifications). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change notifications in NocoDB.
How does Flann connect to NocoDB?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose NocoDB and paste your NocoDB API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your NocoDB account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 28 actions in NocoDB.
Can I use NocoDB from WhatsApp?
Yes. You talk to Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and Flann works in NocoDB for you. You do not need to open NocoDB.
Which Flann plan do I need for NocoDB?
Any of them. Every Flann plan includes NocoDB and every other app.