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Connect Notion to WhatsApp: pages, comments and database rows by chat
Flann is an AI agent your business talks to on WhatsApp. Connect Notion once, then ask Flann to look things up in it or get work done in it, by text or voice note. Think of Flann as the assistant who knows where everything in Notion is filed. You ask on WhatsApp, by text or voice note, and it searches, opens and reads.
54 actions in Notion. 26 only look things up, and 28 create, update, send or delete. You connect with a one-click sign-in.
What you can ask Flann to do in Notion
Send any of these on WhatsApp, in your own words. Flann finds the right Notion action and fills in the details from the conversation.
“Find pages in Notion.”
“Show me my comments in Notion.”
“Look up the file upload in Notion.”
“Create a page in Notion.”
“Create a comment in Notion.”
“Send a file upload from Notion.”
What Flann can work with in Notion
Notion gives Flann 54 actions across 18 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Pages | archivecreateduplicatemovelook upsearch | 7 |
| Comments | createlook up | 3 |
| Database rows | look upupdate | 3 |
| Views | createdeletelook upupdate | 5 |
| Databases | createlook upsearch | 4 |
| File uploads | createlook upsend | 4 |
| Blocks | deleteupdate | 2 |
Doing it yourself, wiring up a rule, or asking an agent: here is how they compare for Notion.
| Compare | Notion 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 pages | By hand, screen by screen | Only the look-ups someone built | 26 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Creating and updating | Typed in by hand | Run unchecked once built | 28 changes, made from a message |
| Notion records | All of them, one screen at a time | Only the ones you wire up | 18 kinds, from one chat |
| Set-up | Nothing new to set up | Someone builds and maintains each flow | One sign-in to Notion |
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Step by step: Notion jobs you can hand to Flann
Each step below names the Notion action Flann actually runs.
Create a page from a voice note
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Create a page in Notion with these details.”
- Flann runs
Search Notion pages and databasesin Notion and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Create Notion pagein Notion. - Flann creates it in Notion and confirms in the chat.
Get answers about your comments
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our comments in Notion?”
- Flann runs
Fetch commentsandRetrieve Commentin Notion and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Notion is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Fix a view without opening Notion
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Change the view in Notion: here is what is different.”
- Flann runs
List Notion viewsin Notion and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Update Notion viewin Notion. - Flann makes the change in Notion and confirms in the chat.
Repetitive Notion 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.
Pulling up the file a customer needs
Today
A customer asks for last year’s warranty certificate and you are scrolling folders in Notion on a small screen. Too many files are called scan, final or copy of final.
With Flann
“Find the warranty certificate for the Patel kitchen job in Notion”
Flann searches Notion by name, date and the text inside each document, not just the file titles. The match arrives in the chat with a note of where it is filed.
What you stop doing: No more digging through badly named folders while a customer waits.
Catching documents before they expire
Today
Insurance certificates, hygiene inspections, staff training records and supplier agreements all have renewal dates. They hide inside documents in Notion until the week one lapses.
With Flann
“Is anything in Notion expiring or up for renewal before Christmas?”
Certificates and agreements in Notion are read through for every expiry and renewal date Flann can find. You get a short list in date order, with the document linked against each.
What you stop doing: Remembering renewal dates buried in paperwork is no longer on you.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to Notion
- In Flann, go to Connectors and find Notion.
- Sign in to your Notion account on the secure page that opens and allow access. There is no developer account or API key to set up.
- Ask Flann for what you need on WhatsApp, by text or voice note. It picks the right Notion action itself.
Look-ups run as soon as you ask and change nothing in Notion. You can disconnect Notion from Connectors at any time.
Ways to use Notion with Flann
Summarise before you read
Ask what a long document says. Flann reads it in Notion and gives you the points that matter.
Share without the hunt
Ask Flann for the file a customer needs. It finds it in Notion so you can send it on.
Start a document by voice
Send Flann the gist in a voice note. It prepares the document in Notion for you to check.
Everything Flann can do in Notion
The full list of Notion actions available to Flann once you connect it.
Looks up 26
- Create Notion view query
- Fetch All Notion Block Contents
- Fetch comments
- Fetch Database
- Fetch database row
- Fetch Notion Block Children
- Get about user
- Get Notion view query results
- Get page markdown
- List Notion views
- List users
- Query data source
- Query database
- Query database with filter
- Retrieve Comment
- Retrieve Database Property
- Retrieve Notion file upload
- Retrieve Notion view
- Retrieve page
- Search Notion pages and databases
- Who Am I
- Fetch Notion block metadata
- Fetch Notion Data
- Get page property
- List data source templates
- List Notion file uploads
Changes 28
- Add multiple content blocks (bulk, user-friendly)
- Create comment
- Create Notion Database
- Create Notion page
- Create Notion view
- Delete a block
- Delete Notion view
- Delete Notion view query
- Insert row database
- Insert Row From Natural Language
- Move Page
- Replace page content (with backup)
- Send file upload
- Update Database Row (Page)
- Update database schema
- Update Notion view
- Update Page
- Upsert database rows
- Append code blocks (code, quote, equation)
- Append layout blocks (divider, TOC, columns)
- Append media blocks (image, video, audio, files)
- Append table blocks
- Append task blocks (to-do, toggle, callout)
- Append text blocks (paragraphs, headings, lists)
- Archive Notion Page
- Create Notion file upload
- Duplicate page
- Update block
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Common questions
What can Flann do with pages in Notion?
Flann can archive, create, duplicate, move and look up pages in Notion, using 7 actions (Archive Notion Page, Create Notion page, Duplicate page, Move Page and more). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change pages in Notion.
What can Flann do with comments in Notion?
Flann can create and look up comments in Notion, using 3 actions (Create comment, Fetch comments, Retrieve Comment). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change comments in Notion.
How does Flann connect to Notion?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose Notion and sign in to your Notion account on a secure page. There is no developer account or API key to set up. Once it is connected, Flann can use 54 actions in Notion.
Can I use Notion from WhatsApp?
Yes. You talk to Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and Flann works in Notion for you. You do not need to open Notion.
Which Flann plan do I need for Notion?
Any of them. Every Flann plan includes Notion and every other app.