Integrations / Images & Design
Connect Picnie to WhatsApp: projects and templates by chat
Flann is an AI agent your business talks to on WhatsApp. Connect Picnie once, then ask Flann to look things up in it or get work done in it, by text or voice note. Posters, menus, product photos, short videos, the words on your website. All of it sits in Picnie or gets made there.
19 actions in Picnie. 5 only look things up, and 14 create, update, send or delete. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in Picnie
Send any of these on WhatsApp, in your own words. Flann finds the right Picnie action and fills in the details from the conversation.
“Show me my projects in Picnie.”
“Look up the template in Picnie.”
“Create an image in Picnie.”
“Create a project in Picnie.”
“Add an image watermark in Picnie.”
What Flann can work with in Picnie
Picnie gives Flann 19 actions across 9 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Projects | createlook up | 2 |
| Templates | look up | 2 |
Doing it yourself, wiring up a rule, or asking an agent: here is how they compare for Picnie.
| Compare | Opening PicnieLog in, find it, do it | A fixed workflowTriggers built in advance | Picnie through FlannAsk and get it done |
|---|---|---|---|
| Getting started on a job | Log in and click through the screens | Only what was wired up in advance | Text or voice note, in your own words |
| Looking things up about projects | By hand, screen by screen | Only the look-ups someone built | 5 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Creating and updating | Typed in by hand | Run unchecked once built | 14 changes, made from a message |
| Picnie records | All of them, one screen at a time | Only the ones you wire up | 9 kinds, from one chat |
| Set-up | Nothing new to set up | Someone builds and maintains each flow | Your Picnie API key, once |
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Step by step: Picnie jobs you can hand to Flann
Each step below names the Picnie action Flann actually runs.
Create a project from a voice note
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Create a project in Picnie with these details.”
- Flann runs
List Projectsin Picnie and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Create Projectin Picnie. - Flann creates it in Picnie and confirms in the chat.
Get answers about your templates
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our templates in Picnie?”
- Flann runs
List TemplatesandGet Templatein Picnie and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Picnie is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Repetitive Picnie 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.
Keeping the menu design current
Today
When a dish changes, the printed menu and the screen behind the till are both out of date. Editing the design in Picnie usually waits until someone asks for the soup that is no longer there.
With Flann
“Remove the soup of the day from the lunch menu in Picnie and add the halloumi wrap.”
The menu design in Picnie is edited with the spacing kept even and a short description written for the wrap in the style of the rest. A preview of the whole menu comes back so you can read it as a customer would.
What you stop doing: Waiting for a customer to point out an old menu is over.
Transcribing the training session
Today
You record a staff training walkthrough so new starters can catch up later. Nobody watches a long recording, and typing it up yourself never happens.
With Flann
“Transcribe Tuesday’s training recording in Picnie and turn it into a short guide for new starters.”
First the recording goes through Picnie, then the transcript is shaped into a short guide with steps, warnings and who to ask. The full transcript stays alongside it in case you need the exact words.
What you stop doing: Hoping staff sit through long recordings is no longer the plan.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to Picnie
- In Flann, go to Connectors and find Picnie.
- Paste your Picnie API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your Picnie account settings.
- Ask Flann for what you need on WhatsApp, by text or voice note. It picks the right Picnie action itself.
Look-ups run as soon as you ask and change nothing in Picnie. You can disconnect Picnie from Connectors at any time.
Ways to use Picnie with Flann
Find the file you made
Ask for last month’s poster or video. Flann finds it in Picnie and brings it into the chat.
Keep the brand consistent
Flann works from what is already in Picnie, so new pieces look like your last ones.
Turn a rough idea into a draft
Send Flann a voice note. It uses Picnie to prepare a first version, ready for your edits.
Everything Flann can do in Picnie
The full list of Picnie actions available to Flann once you connect it.
Looks up 5
- Get Image Metadata
- Get Template
- List Projects
- List Templates
- Transcribe Image
Changes 14
- Add Image Metadata
- Add Image Watermark
- Add Text Watermark
- Apply Image Filter
- Compress Image
- Convert Image
- Create Image
- Create Image Collection
- Create PDF
- Create Project
- Crop Image
- Remove Image Background
- Resize Image
- Upload Asset
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ZeplinCommon questions
What can Flann do with projects in Picnie?
Flann can create and look up projects in Picnie, using 2 actions (Create Project, List Projects). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change projects in Picnie.
What can Flann do with templates in Picnie?
Flann can look up templates in Picnie, using 2 actions (Get Template, List Templates). All of them only look things up, so they run straight away.
How does Flann connect to Picnie?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose Picnie and paste your Picnie API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your Picnie account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 19 actions in Picnie.
Can I use Picnie from WhatsApp?
Yes. You talk to Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and Flann works in Picnie for you. You do not need to open Picnie.
Which Flann plan do I need for Picnie?
Any of them. Every Flann plan includes Picnie and every other app.