Integrations / Artificial Intelligence
Connect Semantic Scholar to WhatsApp with an AI agent
Flann turns Semantic Scholar into something you can message. Ask on WhatsApp, by text or voice note, and Flann does the work in Semantic Scholar for you. AI output is useful and fallible. Flann treats it that way.
20 actions in Semantic Scholar. All of them only look things up, so nothing in Semantic Scholar is ever changed. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in Semantic Scholar
You do not need the exact wording. These are the kinds of messages Flann turns into Semantic Scholar actions.
“Show me my recommendations in Semantic Scholar.”
“Show me my paper recommendations in Semantic Scholar.”
“Show me my dataset diffs in Semantic Scholar.”
What Flann can work with in Semantic Scholar
Semantic Scholar gives Flann 20 actions across 8 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Papers | search | 2 |
Here is what changes when Semantic Scholar goes through Flann instead of its own screens.
| Compare | In Semantic Scholar yourselfYou click through each job | Flann on Semantic ScholarYou ask, Flann does the clicking |
|---|---|---|
| Asking for something | Open the app and find the right page | A WhatsApp message, typed or spoken |
| Finding answers | Filters and searches you run yourself | 20 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Semantic Scholar records | All of them, one screen at a time | 8 kinds, from one chat |
| Getting connected | Nothing new to set up | Your Semantic Scholar API key, once |
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Step by step: Semantic Scholar jobs you can hand to Flann
How a request turns into real Semantic Scholar actions, one step at a time.
Get answers about your papers
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our papers in Semantic Scholar?”
- Flann runs
Search Bulk PapersandSearch papers by relevancein Semantic Scholar and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Semantic Scholar is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Check your recommendations from WhatsApp
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Show me where our recommendations in Semantic Scholar stand.”
- Flann runs
Get recommendations for paperin Semantic Scholar and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Semantic Scholar is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Get answers about your dataset download links
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our dataset download links in Semantic Scholar?”
- Flann runs
Get dataset download linksin Semantic Scholar and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Semantic Scholar is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Where Flann saves you time in Semantic Scholar
Small jobs, repeated often, are where the time goes. Here is how they change once Semantic Scholar is connected.
Translate a customer message properly
Today
A message arrives in a language you do not read. Copying it into a translator, writing a reply and translating it back takes several steps and some guesswork.
With Flann
“Translate this and help me reply politely in Portuguese.”
Flann uses Semantic Scholar to translate the message and tells you in plain English what the customer wants. Your reply is drafted in their language, with an English version alongside so you know exactly what you are saying.
What you stop doing: Pasting messages between windows to understand a customer is over.
Handing a task to an agent
Today
Some jobs have several stages: pull the data, process it, write it up. Running them by hand means checking in at every step.
With Flann
“Have Semantic Scholar prepare the weekly stock report and tell me when it’s ready.”
Flann starts the task in Semantic Scholar, follows its progress and checks the output when it finishes. A short summary lands in WhatsApp, with anything that looks off flagged.
What you stop doing: Babysitting a tool meant to save you effort is no longer necessary.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to Semantic Scholar
- In Flann, go to Connectors and find Semantic Scholar.
- Paste your Semantic Scholar API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your Semantic Scholar account settings.
- Go back to WhatsApp and ask for what you need. Flann chooses the Semantic Scholar action and fills in the details.
Of the 20 Semantic Scholar actions, 20 only read. The other 0 create, update, send or delete. Disconnect Semantic Scholar in Connectors whenever you like.
Ways to use Semantic Scholar with Flann
One conversation, many tools
Ask Flann for the outcome. It decides when Semantic Scholar is the right tool and uses it.
No new app to learn
You keep talking to Flann. Semantic Scholar works in the background.
Add a specialist
Flann uses Semantic Scholar for the jobs it is built for, then brings the result back into your chat.
Everything Flann can do in Semantic Scholar
Every Semantic Scholar action Flann can run, split into what it reads and what it changes.
Looks up 20
- Get paper recommendations
- Get recommendations for paper
- Search Bulk Papers
- Search papers by relevance
- Details about a paper
- Details about a paper s authors
- Details about a paper s citations
- Details about a paper s references
- Details about an author
- Details about an author s papers
- Get dataset diffs
- Get dataset download links
- Get dataset release information
- Get details for multiple authors at once
- Get details for multiple papers at once
- List available dataset releases
- Paper title search
- Search for authors by name
- Suggest paper query completions
- Text snippet search
Changes 0
None.
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What can Flann do with papers in Semantic Scholar?
Flann can search papers in Semantic Scholar, using 2 actions (Search Bulk Papers, Search papers by relevance). All of them only look things up, so they run straight away.
How does Flann connect to Semantic Scholar?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose Semantic Scholar and paste your Semantic Scholar API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your Semantic Scholar account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 20 actions in Semantic Scholar.
Do I need to open Semantic Scholar to use it with Flann?
No. Once Semantic Scholar is connected, you ask Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and it does the work in Semantic Scholar.
Which Flann plan do I need for Semantic Scholar?
Any of them. Every Flann plan includes Semantic Scholar and every other app.