Integrations / Bookmark Managers
Readwise Reader on WhatsApp: manage documents with an AI agent
Flann turns Readwise Reader into something you can message. Ask on WhatsApp, by text or voice note, and Flann does the work in Readwise Reader for you. Your price list, your stock sheet and your signed agreements probably all sit in Readwise Reader. With Flann connected, a voice note can add a row, update a price or pull a total from them. Look-ups happen straight away.
6 actions in Readwise Reader. 2 only look things up, and 4 create, update, send or delete. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in Readwise Reader
You do not need the exact wording. These are the kinds of messages Flann turns into Readwise Reader actions.
“Show me my documents in Readwise Reader.”
“Show me my tags in Readwise Reader.”
“Delete the document in Readwise Reader.”
What Flann can work with in Readwise Reader
Readwise Reader gives Flann 6 actions across 2 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Documents | deletelook upupdate | 3 |
Side by side, the two ways of working in Readwise Reader:
| Compare | Readwise Reader on its ownEvery step is yours | With FlannThe work comes to your chat |
|---|---|---|
| How you ask | Open the app and find the right page | A WhatsApp message, typed or spoken |
| Finding answers about documents | Filters and searches you run yourself | 2 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Making changes | Typed in by hand | 4 changes, made from a message |
| Getting connected | Nothing new to set up | Your Readwise Reader API key, once |
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Step by step: Readwise Reader jobs you can hand to Flann
How a request turns into real Readwise Reader actions, one step at a time.
Fix a document without opening Readwise Reader
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Change the document in Readwise Reader: here is what is different.”
- Flann runs
List Documentsin Readwise Reader and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Update Documentin Readwise Reader. - Flann makes the change in Readwise Reader and confirms in the chat.
Get answers about your tags
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our tags in Readwise Reader?”
- Flann runs
List Tagsin Readwise Reader and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Readwise Reader is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Where Flann saves you time in Readwise Reader
Small jobs, repeated often, are where the time goes. Here is how they change once Readwise Reader is connected.
Pulling up the file a customer needs
Today
A customer asks for last year’s warranty certificate and you are scrolling folders in Readwise Reader 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 Readwise Reader”
Flann searches Readwise Reader 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.
Logging the day’s takings
Today
At closing you are meant to add takings, card totals and petty cash to a spreadsheet in Readwise Reader. Tired, you skip it, and the gaps show up at month end.
With Flann
“Here’s the till slip. Add today’s totals to the takings sheet in Readwise Reader.”
Cash, card and refund totals are read off the slip and matched to the columns already in your takings sheet in Readwise Reader.
What you stop doing: Typing up the till slip after a long shift is off your list.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to Readwise Reader
- In Flann, go to Connectors and find Readwise Reader.
- Paste your Readwise Reader API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your Readwise Reader account settings.
- Go back to WhatsApp and ask for what you need. Flann chooses the Readwise Reader action and fills in the details.
Of the 6 Readwise Reader actions, 2 only read. The other 4 create, update, send or delete. Disconnect Readwise Reader in Connectors whenever you like.
Ways to use Readwise Reader with Flann
Start a document by voice
Send Flann the gist in a voice note. It prepares the document in Readwise Reader for you to check.
Share without the hunt
Ask Flann for the file a customer needs. It finds it in Readwise Reader so you can send it on.
Keep things in order
Tell Flann where something belongs.
Everything Flann can do in Readwise Reader
Every Readwise Reader action Flann can run, split into what it reads and what it changes.
Looks up 2
- List Documents
- List Tags
Changes 4
- Bulk Update Documents
- Delete Document
- Save Document
- Update Document
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What can Flann do with documents in Readwise Reader?
Flann can delete, look up and update documents in Readwise Reader, using 3 actions (Delete Document, List Documents, Update Document). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change documents in Readwise Reader.
How does Flann connect to Readwise Reader?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose Readwise Reader and paste your Readwise Reader API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your Readwise Reader account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 6 actions in Readwise Reader.
Do I need to open Readwise Reader to use it with Flann?
No. Once Readwise Reader is connected, you ask Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and it does the work in Readwise Reader.
Which Flann plan do I need for Readwise Reader?
Any of them. Every Flann plan includes Readwise Reader and every other app.