Integrations / AI Web Scraping
Connect Parallel to WhatsApp with an AI agent
Flann turns Parallel into something you can message. Ask on WhatsApp, by text or voice note, and Flann does the work in Parallel for you. Numbers only help when you look at them, and dashboards are easy to ignore. Ask Flann “How are we doing?” and it reads Parallel and sends back a report card in the chat: what went up, what went down, what deserves a closer look.
41 actions in Parallel. 30 only look things up, and 11 create, update, send or delete. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in Parallel
You do not need the exact wording. These are the kinds of messages Flann turns into Parallel actions.
“Look up the task run in Parallel.”
“Look up the task group in Parallel.”
“Look up the event group in Parallel.”
“Create a task run in Parallel.”
“Create a task group in Parallel.”
“Add runs in Parallel.”
What Flann can work with in Parallel
Parallel gives Flann 41 actions across 15 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Monitors | createdeletelook upupdate | 7 |
| Task groups | createlook up | 3 |
| Task group runs | look up | 3 |
| Task runs | createlook up | 2 |
Here is what changes when Parallel goes through Flann instead of its own screens.
| Compare | Opening ParallelLog in, find it, do it | Parallel through FlannAsk and get it done |
|---|---|---|
| Getting started on a job | Log in and click through the screens | Text or voice note, in your own words |
| Looking things up | By hand, screen by screen | 30 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Creating and updating | Typed in by hand | 11 changes, made from a message |
| Parallel records | All of them, one screen at a time | 15 kinds, from one chat |
| Set-up | Nothing new to set up | Your Parallel API key, once |
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Step by step: Parallel jobs you can hand to Flann
How a request turns into real Parallel actions, one step at a time.
Create a monitor from a voice note
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Create a monitor in Parallel with these details.”
- Flann runs
List Current Monitorsin Parallel and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Create Monitorin Parallel. - Flann creates it in Parallel and confirms in the chat.
Get answers about your monitor events
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our monitor events in Parallel?”
- Flann runs
List Monitor Eventsin Parallel and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Parallel is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Check your task run events from WhatsApp
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Show me where our task run events in Parallel stand.”
- Flann runs
List Task Run Eventsin Parallel and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Parallel is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Where Flann saves you time in Parallel
Small jobs, repeated often, are where the time goes. Here is how they change once Parallel is connected.
Logging daily readings and counts
Today
Fridge temperatures, stock counts or class attendance have to go into Parallel every day. They are written on paper first, then typed up when someone remembers.
With Flann
“Fridge one at three degrees, fridge two at four, freezer at minus eighteen. Log it in Parallel.”
Your message or voice note becomes a row in Parallel, with the date, time and who logged it, and any reading outside the safe range you have set is flagged to you straight away. Simple.
What you stop doing: Typing up paper logs at the end of the day is no longer needed.
Finding what earns and what does not
Today
Instinct tells you which products or services carry the business, but checking means exporting from Parallel and sorting a spreadsheet.
With Flann
“Rank our services by revenue for the quarter from Parallel. What’s slipping?”
Every product or service in Parallel is ranked by revenue and by volume, and Flann points out the ones slipping compared with last quarter. You get the top and the bottom of the list, not the whole thing.
What you stop doing: Exporting and sorting spreadsheets to test a hunch is over.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to Parallel
- In Flann, go to Connectors and find Parallel.
- Paste your Parallel API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your Parallel account settings.
- From then on, message Flann on WhatsApp. It works in Parallel whenever a request needs it.
Of the 41 Parallel actions, 30 only read. The other 11 create, update, send or delete. Disconnect Parallel in Connectors whenever you like.
Ways to use Parallel with Flann
Spot what changed
Ask what went up or down. Flann checks Parallel and tells you what moved.
Check before you decide
Before a big call, ask Flann for the figure that matters. It looks it up in Parallel first.
A weekly summary on demand
Ask Flann for the week in brief. It reads Parallel and sends the few numbers worth knowing.
Everything Flann can do in Parallel
Every Parallel action Flann can run, split into what it reads and what it changes.
Looks up 30
- Create Chat Completions
- Extract Content from URLs
- Extract Web Content
- Fetch Task Group Runs
- Get FindAll Run Schema
- Get Monitor
- Get Task Group
- Ingest FindAll Run
- List Current Monitors
- List Monitor Events
- List Monitors
- List Task Group Runs
- List Task Run Events
- Parallel Search
- Retrieve Event Group
- Retrieve FindAll Run Status
- Retrieve Monitor
- Retrieve Task Group
- Retrieve Task Group Run
- Retrieve Task Run
- Retrieve Task Run Input
- Retrieve Task Run Result
- Search Web
- Stream FindAll Events
- Stream Task Group Events
- Stream Task Run Events
- Suggest Task
- Generate Grounded Response
- Get FindAll Run Result
- Retrieve Memory
Changes 11
- Add Runs to Task Group
- Create Monitor
- Create Task Group
- Create Task Run
- Delete Monitor
- Update Monitor
- Add Enrichment to FindAll Run
- Cancel FindAll Run
- Extend FindAll Run
- Simulate Event
- Start FindAll Run
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Common questions
What can Flann do with monitors in Parallel?
Flann can create, delete, look up and update monitors in Parallel, using 7 actions (Create Monitor, Delete Monitor, Get Monitor, List Current Monitors and more). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change monitors in Parallel.
What can Flann do with task groups in Parallel?
Flann can create and look up task groups in Parallel, using 3 actions (Create Task Group, Get Task Group, Retrieve Task Group). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change task groups in Parallel.
How does Flann connect to Parallel?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose Parallel and paste your Parallel API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your Parallel account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 41 actions in Parallel.
Do I need to open Parallel to use it with Flann?
No. Once Parallel is connected, you ask Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and it does the work in Parallel.
Which Flann plan do I need for Parallel?
Any of them. Every Flann plan includes Parallel and every other app.