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Manage Placid templates from WhatsApp
Flann connects Placid to the WhatsApp chat you already run your business from. You ask, and Flann picks the right Placid action. Content is a weekly habit, not a one-off. Flann can prepare the same kind of piece in Placid every week, from the offer you mention in passing, and send it to you as a draft.
11 actions in Placid. 5 only look things up, and 6 create, update, send or delete. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in Placid
Type it or say it in a voice note. Flann works out which Placid action you mean.
“Look up the template in Placid.”
“Look up the collection in Placid.”
“Show me my NL templates in Placid.”
“Create a template in Placid.”
“Create a collection in Placid.”
What Flann can work with in Placid
Placid gives Flann 11 actions across 3 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Templates | createdeletelook upupdate | 5 |
| Collections | createdeletelook upupdate | 5 |
Side by side, the two ways of working in Placid:
| Compare | Opening PlacidLog in, find it, do it | Placid through FlannAsk and get it done |
|---|---|---|
| Getting started on a job | Open the app and find the right page | A WhatsApp message, typed or spoken |
| Finding answers about templates | Filters and searches you run yourself | 5 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Making changes | Typed in by hand | 6 changes, made from a message |
| Placid records | All of them, one screen at a time | 3 kinds, from one chat |
| Getting connected | Nothing new to set up | Your Placid API key, once |
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Step by step: Placid jobs you can hand to Flann
What happens between your message and the result in Placid.
Create a template from a voice note
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Create a template in Placid with these details.”
- Flann runs
List Templatesin Placid and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Create Templatein Placid. - Flann creates it in Placid and confirms in the chat.
Fix a collection without opening Placid
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Change the collection in Placid: here is what is different.”
- Flann runs
Get Collectionin Placid and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Update Collectionin Placid. - Flann makes the change in Placid and confirms in the chat.
Get answers about your NL templates
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our NL templates in Placid?”
- Flann runs
List NL Templatesin Placid and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Placid is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
The Placid jobs you can stop doing yourself
You stay in charge of what goes out. Flann does the reading, the drafting and the chasing.
Cleaning up product photos
Today
New stock arrives and every product needs a clean photo for the online shop. Cutting out backgrounds one by one in Placid swallows an evening.
With Flann
“Here are today’s photos of the new candles. Clean white backgrounds in Placid, please.”
Every photo goes through Placid, losing its background and gaining a centred product sized to match the rest of your shop. You see them side by side with the originals.
What you stop doing: Cutting out backgrounds by hand, photo after photo, is finished.
Turning an event into a flyer
Today
Tasting nights, open days and workshops each need a flyer. Laying out the details in Placid competes with actually running the event.
With Flann
“Flyer in Placid for the wine tasting on Friday the fourteenth, tickets at the bar.”
From a few words, Flann builds the flyer in Placid using one of your past designs as the starting point, so it looks like yours rather than a template anyone could have picked. It sends back a preview and a printable version.
What you stop doing: Laying out every event flyer yourself is no longer on the list.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to Placid
- In Flann, go to Connectors and find Placid.
- Paste your Placid API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your Placid account settings.
- Go back to WhatsApp and ask for what you need. Flann chooses the Placid action and fills in the details.
Reading from Placid is instant. Placid stays connected until you remove it in Connectors.
Ways to use Placid with Flann
Turn a rough idea into a draft
Send Flann a voice note. It uses Placid to prepare a first version, ready for your edits.
Make this week’s post
Describe the offer. Flann prepares the piece in Placid and shows it to you before anything is published.
Keep the brand consistent
Flann works from what is already in Placid, so new pieces look like your last ones.
Everything Flann can do in Placid
All 11 Placid actions, as Flann sees them.
Looks up 5
- Get Collection
- Get Collections
- Get Template
- List NL Templates
- List Templates
Changes 6
- Create Collection
- Create Template
- Delete Collection
- Delete Template
- Update Collection
- Update Template
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What can Flann do with templates in Placid?
Flann can create, delete, look up and update templates in Placid, using 5 actions (Create Template, Delete Template, Get Template, List Templates and more). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change templates in Placid.
What can Flann do with collections in Placid?
Flann can create, delete, look up and update collections in Placid, using 5 actions (Create Collection, Delete Collection, Get Collection, Get Collections and more). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change collections in Placid.
How does Flann connect to Placid?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose Placid and paste your Placid API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your Placid account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 11 actions in Placid.
How do I ask Flann to do something in Placid?
Message Flann on WhatsApp the way you would message a colleague, or send a voice note. Flann picks the Placid action that fits and asks if anything is missing.
Which Flann plan do I need for Placid?
Any of them. Every Flann plan includes Placid and every other app.