Integrations / AI Models
Connect Ollama to WhatsApp with an AI agent
Flann connects Ollama to the WhatsApp chat you already run your business from. You ask, and Flann picks the right Ollama action. Ollama works best with good instructions and good context. Flann supplies both. It knows your business from the apps you have connected, so the request it sends to Ollama is specific and the results need less fixing.
8 actions in Ollama. All of them only look things up, so nothing in Ollama is ever changed. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in Ollama
Type it or say it in a voice note. Flann works out which Ollama action you mean.
“Show me my models in Ollama.”
What Flann can work with in Ollama
Ollama gives Flann 8 actions across 2 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Models | look up | 3 |
How the same job compares, in Ollama directly and through Flann.
| Compare | Ollama on its ownEvery step is yours | With FlannThe work comes to your chat |
|---|---|---|
| How you ask | Log in and click through the screens | Text or voice note, in your own words |
| Looking things up | By hand, screen by screen | 8 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Set-up | Nothing new to set up | Your Ollama API key, once |
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Step by step: Ollama jobs you can hand to Flann
What happens between your message and the result in Ollama.
Get answers about your models
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our models in Ollama?”
- Flann runs
List ModelsandList Models (OpenAI Compatible)in Ollama and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Ollama is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Check your texts from WhatsApp
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Show me where our texts in Ollama stand.”
- Flann runs
Generate Text with Ollamain Ollama and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Ollama is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
The Ollama jobs you can stop doing yourself
You stay in charge of what goes out. Flann does the reading, the drafting and the chasing.
Images for this week’s post
Today
You need a picture for a promotion. Making one means opening another app, trying prompt after prompt and downloading files.
With Flann
“Make three image options with Ollama for our weekend brunch post.”
Flann writes a clear brief from what you said and what it knows about your business, then asks Ollama for the images. The options arrive in the chat so you can pick one or ask for changes.
What you stop doing: No more wrestling with a design tool for a single picture.
Sorting a backlog of reviews
Today
Old enquiries, reviews and support emails pile up. Reading them all to find the ones that matter is a job for a quiet week that never comes.
With Flann
“Use Ollama to sort last month’s reviews into praise, problems and questions.”
Flann passes the reviews to Ollama for sorting and reads the result before reporting. You get the groups with examples, and complaints are routed to the right person on your team.
What you stop doing: The backlog stops being something you mean to get round to.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to Ollama
- In Flann, go to Connectors and find Ollama.
- Paste your Ollama API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your Ollama account settings.
- Go back to WhatsApp and ask for what you need. Flann chooses the Ollama action and fills in the details.
Reading from Ollama is instant. Ollama stays connected until you remove it in Connectors.
Ways to use Ollama with Flann
No new app to learn
You keep talking to Flann. Ollama works in the background.
One conversation, many tools
Ask Flann for the outcome. It decides when Ollama is the right tool and uses it.
Add a specialist
Flann uses Ollama for the jobs it is built for, then brings the result back into your chat.
Everything Flann can do in Ollama
All 8 Ollama actions, as Flann sees them.
Looks up 8
- Chat with Ollama model
- Generate Text with Ollama
- List Models
- OpenAI-Compatible Chat Completion
- OpenAI-Compatible Text Completion
- Show Model Information
- Get Ollama Version
- List Models (OpenAI Compatible)
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None.
More AI Models apps Flann works with
Common questions
What can Flann do with models in Ollama?
Flann can look up models in Ollama, using 3 actions (List Models, List Models (OpenAI Compatible), Show Model Information). All of them only look things up, so they run straight away.
How does Flann connect to Ollama?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose Ollama and paste your Ollama API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your Ollama account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 8 actions in Ollama.
How do I ask Flann to do something in Ollama?
Message Flann on WhatsApp the way you would message a colleague, or send a voice note. Flann picks the Ollama action that fits and asks if anything is missing.
Which Flann plan do I need for Ollama?
Any of them. Every Flann plan includes Ollama and every other app.