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PDF.co on WhatsApp: manage files with an AI agent
Flann turns PDF.co into something you can message. Ask on WhatsApp, by text or voice note, and Flann does the work in PDF.co for you. Every business keeps paperwork somewhere, and most of yours now lives in PDF.co. Connect it to Flann and those files answer to a WhatsApp message. Ask for a contract, a menu, a certificate or a supplier quote, and it arrives in the chat while you are still standing at the counter.
34 actions in PDF.co. 17 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.co
You do not need the exact wording. These are the kinds of messages Flann turns into PDF.co actions.
“Find a text in PDF.co.”
“Find an and delete text in PDF.co.”
“Upload a file in PDF.co.”
“Generate a barcode in PDF.co.”
“Add a content in PDF.co.”
What Flann can work with in PDF.co
PDF.co gives Flann 34 actions across 9 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Files | upload | 2 |
How the same file job compares, in PDF.co directly and through Flann.
| Compare | In PDF.co yourselfYou click through each job | Flann on PDF.coYou ask, Flann does the clicking |
|---|---|---|
| Asking for something | Open the app and find the right page | A WhatsApp message, typed or spoken |
| Finding answers about files | Filters and searches you run yourself | 17 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Making changes | Typed in by hand | 17 changes, made from a message |
| PDF.co records | All of them, one screen at a time | 9 kinds, from one chat |
| Getting connected | Nothing new to set up | Your PDF.co API key, once |
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Step by step: PDF.co jobs you can hand to Flann
How a request turns into real PDF.co actions, one step at a time.
Get answers about your pages
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our pages in PDF.co?”
- Flann runs
Delete PDF Pagesin PDF.co and shows you what it found. - Nothing in PDF.co is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Check your balances from WhatsApp
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Show me where our balances in PDF.co stand.”
- Flann runs
Get Account Balance Infoin PDF.co and shows you what it found. - Nothing in PDF.co is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Get answers about your texts
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our texts in PDF.co?”
- Flann runs
Find Text in PDFin PDF.co and shows you what it found. - Nothing in PDF.co is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Where Flann saves you time in PDF.co
Small jobs, repeated often, are where the time goes. Here is how they change once PDF.co is connected.
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.co get pushed to tomorrow.
With Flann
“Voice note from the Greenway visit. Make it a proper note in PDF.co 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.co. It reads like notes written at a desk.
What you stop doing: Writing up visits from memory the next morning is no longer necessary.
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 PDF.co until the week one lapses.
With Flann
“Is anything in PDF.co expiring or up for renewal before Christmas?”
Certificates and agreements in PDF.co 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 PDF.co
- In Flann, go to Connectors and find PDF.co.
- Paste your PDF.co API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your PDF.co account settings.
- From then on, message Flann on WhatsApp. It works in PDF.co whenever a request needs it.
Of the 34 PDF.co actions, 17 only read. The other 17 create, update, send or delete. Disconnect PDF.co in Connectors whenever you like.
Ways to use PDF.co with Flann
Keep things in order
Tell Flann where something belongs.
Find it without searching
Ask for last month’s price list or the signed agreement. Flann searches PDF.co and brings it into the chat.
Summarise before you read
Ask what a long document says. Flann reads it in PDF.co and gives you the points that matter.
Everything Flann can do in PDF.co
Every PDF.co action Flann can run, split into what it reads and what it changes.
Looks up 17
- Check Job Status
- Convert Excel to Text
- Convert Excel to XML
- Convert PDF to Image
- Convert PDF to JSON
- Convert PDF to XLS
- Convert PDF to XML
- Delete PDF Pages
- Document Parser
- Extract PDF Attachments
- Find Text in PDF
- Get Account Balance Info
- PDF Forms Info Reader
- PDF Info Reader
- Rotate PDF Pages
- Search and Delete Text in PDF
- Split PDF
Changes 17
- Generate Barcode
- Upload File from Base64
- Add Content to PDF
- Change PDF Text Searchable
- Convert Email to PDF
- Convert Excel to CSV
- Convert Excel to HTML
- Convert Excel to JSON
- Convert HTML to PDF
- Convert PDF to CSV
- Convert PDF to HTML
- Convert PDF to Text
- Convert PDF to XLSX
- Convert Text to PDF
- Merge PDFs
- Search and Replace Text in PDF
- Upload File
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Common questions
What can Flann do with files in PDF.co?
Flann can upload files in PDF.co, using 2 actions (Upload File, Upload File from Base64). Each one changes something in PDF.co.
How does Flann connect to PDF.co?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose PDF.co and paste your PDF.co API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your PDF.co account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 34 actions in PDF.co.
Do I need to open PDF.co to use it with Flann?
No. Once PDF.co is connected, you ask Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and it does the work in PDF.co.
Which Flann plan do I need for PDF.co?
Any of them. Every Flann plan includes PDF.co and every other app.