Integrations / Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI on WhatsApp: manage files, messages and responses with an AI agent
Flann turns OpenAI into something you can message. Ask on WhatsApp, by text or voice note, and Flann does the work in OpenAI for you. Each AI service you sign up for usually brings another login, another interface and another habit to learn. Flann removes that layer. You describe the outcome on WhatsApp, and Flann decides when OpenAI is the right tool for it.
126 actions in OpenAI. 66 only look things up, and 60 create, update, send or delete. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in OpenAI
You do not need the exact wording. These are the kinds of messages Flann turns into OpenAI actions.
“Show me my files in OpenAI.”
“Look up the message in OpenAI.”
“Look up the chat completion in OpenAI.”
“Upload a file in OpenAI.”
“Edit the image in OpenAI.”
“Create a video in OpenAI.”
What Flann can work with in OpenAI
OpenAI gives Flann 126 actions across 42 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Files | deletedownloadlook upupload | 6 |
| Messages | createdeletelook upupdate | 5 |
| Threads | createdeleteupdatelook up | 5 |
| Container files | createdeletelook up | 4 |
| Conversation items | createdeletelook up | 4 |
| Responses | cancelcreatedeletelook up | 4 |
| Vector store files | createdeletelook up | 4 |
| Videos | createdeletelook up | 4 |
Here is what changes when OpenAI goes through Flann instead of its own screens.
| Compare | OpenAI on its ownEvery step is yours | With FlannThe work comes to your chat |
|---|---|---|
| How you ask | Open the app and find the right page | A WhatsApp message, typed or spoken |
| Finding answers about files | Filters and searches you run yourself | 66 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Making changes | Typed in by hand | 60 changes, made from a message |
| OpenAI records | All of them, one screen at a time | 42 kinds, from one chat |
| Getting connected | Nothing new to set up | Your OpenAI API key, once |
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Step by step: OpenAI jobs you can hand to Flann
How a request turns into real OpenAI actions, one step at a time.
Create a file from a voice note
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Create a file in OpenAI with these details.”
- Flann runs
List filesin OpenAI and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Delete filein OpenAI. - Flann creates it in OpenAI and confirms in the chat.
Fix a message without opening OpenAI
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Change the message in OpenAI: here is what is different.”
- Flann runs
List Messagesin OpenAI and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Create Messagein OpenAI. - Flann makes the change in OpenAI and confirms in the chat.
Clean up responses you no longer need
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Which responses in OpenAI are out of date? Remove the ones I confirm.”
- Flann runs
Get Responsein OpenAI and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Delete responsein OpenAI. - Each removal is confirmed in the chat.
Where Flann saves you time in OpenAI
Small jobs, repeated often, are where the time goes. Here is how they change once OpenAI is connected.
Transcribe and summarise a call
Today
Long supplier calls and meetings end with a recording nobody listens to again. The decisions get lost.
With Flann
“Transcribe this recording and give me the decisions and who owes what.”
Flann sends the recording to OpenAI for transcription and reads the result itself. You get the decisions, the actions and who agreed to each, in a few lines.
What you stop doing: Replaying recordings to remember what was agreed is a thing of the past.
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 OpenAI for our weekend brunch post.”
Flann writes a clear brief from what you said and what it knows about your business, then asks OpenAI 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.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to OpenAI
- In Flann, go to Connectors and find OpenAI.
- Paste your OpenAI API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your OpenAI account settings.
- From then on, message Flann on WhatsApp. It works in OpenAI whenever a request needs it.
Of the 126 OpenAI actions, 66 only read. The other 60 create, update, send or delete. Disconnect OpenAI in Connectors whenever you like.
Ways to use OpenAI with Flann
One conversation, many tools
Ask Flann for the outcome. It decides when OpenAI is the right tool and uses it.
No new app to learn
You keep talking to Flann. OpenAI works in the background.
Results you can check
Anything OpenAI produces comes back to you in WhatsApp to review before you use it.
Everything Flann can do in OpenAI
Every OpenAI action Flann can run, split into what it reads and what it changes.
Looks up 66
- Create Audio Transcription
- Create Chat Completion
- Create Embeddings
- Create Moderation
- Create Speech (TTS)
- Get Chat Completion
- Get eval run output items
- Get Input Token Counts
- Get Message
- Get Vector Store
- Get Vector Store File
- List Assistants
- List Batches
- List Evals
- List files
- List fine-tunes
- List Messages
- List models
- List Run Steps
- List Vector Store Files
- Retrieve assistant
- Retrieve Batch
- Retrieve container
- Retrieve file
- Retrieve fine-tuning job
- Retrieve model
- Retrieve run
- Retrieve thread
- Search Vector Store
- Compact Response
and 36 more
Changes 60
- Cancel batch
- Cancel evaluation run
- Cancel Run
- Create Batch
- Create Container
- Create Conversation
- Create Conversation Items
- Create Eval
- Create Evaluation Run
- Create fine-tuning job
- Create Image Variation
- Create Message
- Create Realtime Client Secret
- Create Realtime Session
- Create Realtime Transcription Session
- Create Response
- Create Run
- Create Skill
- Create Thread
- Create Thread And Run
- Create Upload
- Create Vector Store
- Create Vector Store File
- Create Video
- Create Video Remix
- Delete assistant
- Delete conversation
- Delete file
- Delete thread
- Delete Vector Store
and 30 more
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What can Flann do with files in OpenAI?
Flann can delete, download, look up and upload files in OpenAI, using 6 actions (Delete file, Download file, List files, List Files in Vector Store Batch and more). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change files in OpenAI.
What can Flann do with messages in OpenAI?
Flann can create, delete, look up and update messages in OpenAI, using 5 actions (Create Message, Delete message, Get Message, List Messages and more). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change messages in OpenAI.
How does Flann connect to OpenAI?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose OpenAI and paste your OpenAI API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your OpenAI account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 126 actions in OpenAI.
Do I need to open OpenAI to use it with Flann?
No. Once OpenAI is connected, you ask Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and it does the work in OpenAI.
Which Flann plan do I need for OpenAI?
Any of them. Every Flann plan includes OpenAI and every other app.