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Connect PDF Blocks to WhatsApp with an AI agent
Flann is an AI agent your business talks to on WhatsApp. Connect PDF Blocks once, then ask Flann to look things up in it or get work done in it, by text or voice note. Contracts, menus, rotas, signed forms. They pile up in PDF Blocks faster than anyone can keep them tidy, and the one you need is never where you left it. Flann reads PDF Blocks for you, finds the right version and tells you what it says.
17 actions in PDF Blocks. 0 only look things up, and 17 create, update, send or delete. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in PDF Blocks
Send any of these on WhatsApp, in your own words. Flann finds the right PDF Blocks action and fills in the details from the conversation.
“Remove the pages in PDF Blocks.”
“Add an image watermark in PDF Blocks.”
“Add a password in PDF Blocks.”
What Flann can work with in PDF Blocks
PDF Blocks gives Flann 17 actions across 6 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Passwords | adddelete | 2 |
| Restrictions | adddelete | 2 |
There are three ways to get routine work done in PDF Blocks. Side by side:
| Compare | In PDF Blocks yourselfYou click through each job | A rules toolRuns the steps you wired up | Flann on PDF BlocksYou ask, Flann does the clicking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asking for something | Open the app and find the right page | Only what was wired up in advance | A WhatsApp message, typed or spoken |
| Making changes | Typed in by hand | Run unchecked once built | 17 changes, made from a message |
| PDF Blocks records | All of them, one screen at a time | Only the ones you wire up | 6 kinds, from one chat |
| Getting connected | Nothing new to set up | Someone builds and maintains each flow | Your PDF Blocks API key, once |
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Repetitive PDF Blocks 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 PDF Blocks 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 PDF Blocks”
Flann searches PDF Blocks 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.
Writing up a site visit
Today
After a visit to a client, the details live in your head or on the back of an envelope. Proper notes in PDF Blocks get pushed to tomorrow.
With Flann
“Voice note from the Greenway visit. Make it a proper note in PDF Blocks under that client.”
Your voice note is transcribed, sorted under headings such as what was agreed, measurements and next steps, and matched to the right client in PDF Blocks. It reads like notes written at a desk.
What you stop doing: Writing up visits from memory the next morning is no longer necessary.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to PDF Blocks
- Open Connectors in Flann and choose PDF Blocks.
- Paste your PDF Blocks API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your PDF Blocks account settings.
- From then on, message Flann on WhatsApp. It works in PDF Blocks whenever a request needs it.
Look-ups run as soon as you ask and change nothing in PDF Blocks. You can disconnect PDF Blocks from Connectors at any time.
Ways to use PDF Blocks with Flann
Keep things in order
Tell Flann where something belongs.
Share without the hunt
Ask Flann for the file a customer needs. It finds it in PDF Blocks so you can send it on.
Start a document by voice
Send Flann the gist in a voice note. It prepares the document in PDF Blocks for you to check.
Everything Flann can do in PDF Blocks
The full list of PDF Blocks actions available to Flann once you connect it.
Looks up 0
None.
Changes 17
- Add Image Watermark
- Add PDF Password
- Add PDF Restrictions
- Add Text Watermark
- Extract PDF Pages
- Merge PDFs
- Remove PDF Pages
- Remove PDF Password
- Remove PDF Restrictions
- Remove PDF Signatures
- Reorder PDF Pages
- Reverse PDF Pages
- Rotate PDF Pages
- Split PDF at Page
- Split PDF by Page Count
- Split PDF by Page Groups
- Split PDF by Size
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What can Flann do with passwords in PDF Blocks?
Flann can add and delete passwords in PDF Blocks, using 2 actions (Add PDF Password, Remove PDF Password). Each one changes something in PDF Blocks.
What can Flann do with restrictions in PDF Blocks?
Flann can add and delete restrictions in PDF Blocks, using 2 actions (Add PDF Restrictions, Remove PDF Restrictions). Each one changes something in PDF Blocks.
How does Flann connect to PDF Blocks?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose PDF Blocks and paste your PDF Blocks API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your PDF Blocks account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 17 actions in PDF Blocks.
Can I use PDF Blocks from WhatsApp?
Yes. You talk to Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and Flann works in PDF Blocks for you. You do not need to open PDF Blocks.
Does connecting PDF Blocks cost extra?
No. PDF Blocks is included in every Flann plan, along with every other app Flann connects to.