Integrations / Video & Audio
Manage Shotstack templates and assets from WhatsApp
Flann connects Shotstack to the WhatsApp chat you already run your business from. You ask, and Flann picks the right Shotstack action. Good visuals sell, but making them is rarely the job you opened your business to do. Connect Shotstack and Flann can prepare the graphic, the clip or the page from a message. You look at it in WhatsApp.
23 actions in Shotstack. 12 only look things up, and 11 create, update, send or delete. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in Shotstack
Type it or say it in a voice note. Flann works out which Shotstack action you mean.
“Look up the asset in Shotstack.”
“Show me my sources in Shotstack.”
“Show me my templates in Shotstack.”
“Create a template in Shotstack.”
“Delete the workflow in Shotstack.”
“Delete the ingested media in Shotstack.”
What Flann can work with in Shotstack
Shotstack gives Flann 23 actions across 6 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Templates | createdeletelook upupdate | 8 |
| Assets | look up | 2 |
| Sources | look up | 4 |
How the same template job compares, in Shotstack directly and through Flann.
| Compare | Shotstack 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 templates | Filters and searches you run yourself | 12 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Making changes | Typed in by hand | 11 changes, made from a message |
| Shotstack records | All of them, one screen at a time | 6 kinds, from one chat |
| Getting connected | Nothing new to set up | Your Shotstack API key, once |
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Step by step: Shotstack jobs you can hand to Flann
What happens between your message and the result in Shotstack.
Create a template from a voice note
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Create a template in Shotstack with these details.”
- Flann runs
List Templatesin Shotstack and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Create Templatein Shotstack. - Flann creates it in Shotstack and confirms in the chat.
Get answers about your sources
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our sources in Shotstack?”
- Flann runs
List SourcesandGet Source Detailsin Shotstack and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Shotstack is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Check your assets from WhatsApp
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Show me where our assets in Shotstack stand.”
- Flann runs
Get AssetandGet Assets by Render IDin Shotstack and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Shotstack is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
The Shotstack jobs you can stop doing yourself
You stay in charge of what goes out. Flann does the reading, the drafting and the chasing.
Making the weekly offer graphic
Today
Every Monday you open Shotstack, find last week’s post, swap the photo, change the offer text and resize it twice. It is the same fiddly routine each week.
With Flann
“This week’s special is the lamb tagine. Make the usual Monday post in Shotstack.”
Flann opens last week’s design in Shotstack, swaps in the new dish, rewrites the line in your usual tone and keeps your fonts and colours as they are. The finished graphic comes to the chat as an image you can look at properly on your phone.
What you stop doing: Rebuilding the same post every Monday is no longer how your week starts.
Turning an event into a flyer
Today
Tasting nights, open days and workshops each need a flyer. Laying out the details in Shotstack competes with actually running the event.
With Flann
“Flyer in Shotstack for the wine tasting on Friday the fourteenth, tickets at the bar.”
From a few words, Flann builds the flyer in Shotstack 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 Shotstack
- In Flann, go to Connectors and find Shotstack.
- Paste your Shotstack API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your Shotstack account settings.
- Ask Flann for what you need on WhatsApp, by text or voice note. It picks the right Shotstack action itself.
Reading from Shotstack is instant. Shotstack stays connected until you remove it in Connectors.
Ways to use Shotstack with Flann
Find the file you made
Ask for last month’s poster or video. Flann finds it in Shotstack and brings it into the chat.
Turn a rough idea into a draft
Send Flann a voice note. It uses Shotstack to prepare a first version, ready for your edits.
Make this week’s post
Describe the offer. Flann prepares the piece in Shotstack and shows it to you before anything is published.
Everything Flann can do in Shotstack
All 23 Shotstack actions, as Flann sees them.
Looks up 12
- Get Asset
- Get Assets by Render ID
- Get Render Status
- Get Template By Version
- List Sources (with Environment)
- List Templates with Environment
- Get Render Callback
- Get Source Details
- Get Template
- Inspect Media
- List Sources
- List Templates
Changes 11
- Create Template (v2)
- Get Upload URL
- Request Upload URL
- Transfer Asset
- Update Template
- Create Template
- Delete Ingested Media
- Delete Shotstack Workflow
- Delete Template
- Fetch Source
- Render Video
More Video & Audio apps Flann works with
Pexels
Google PhotosCommon questions
What can Flann do with templates in Shotstack?
Flann can create, delete, look up and update templates in Shotstack, using 8 actions (Create Template, Create Template (v2), Delete Template, Get Template and more). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change templates in Shotstack.
What can Flann do with assets in Shotstack?
Flann can look up assets in Shotstack, using 2 actions (Get Asset, Get Assets by Render ID). All of them only look things up, so they run straight away.
How does Flann connect to Shotstack?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose Shotstack and paste your Shotstack API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your Shotstack account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 23 actions in Shotstack.
How do I ask Flann to do something in Shotstack?
Message Flann on WhatsApp the way you would message a colleague, or send a voice note. Flann picks the Shotstack action that fits and asks if anything is missing.
Which Flann plan do I need for Shotstack?
Any of them. Every Flann plan includes Shotstack and every other app.