Integrations / Images & Design
SmugMug on WhatsApp: manage folders and album images with an AI agent
Flann turns SmugMug into something you can message. Ask on WhatsApp, by text or voice note, and Flann does the work in SmugMug for you. Posters, menus, product photos, short videos, the words on your website. All of it sits in SmugMug or gets made there.
25 actions in SmugMug. 23 only look things up, and 2 create, update, send or delete. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in SmugMug
You do not need the exact wording. These are the kinds of messages Flann turns into SmugMug actions.
“Look up the image in SmugMug.”
“Show me my image sizes in SmugMug.”
“Look up the album image in SmugMug.”
What Flann can work with in SmugMug
SmugMug gives Flann 25 actions across 18 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Album images | look up | 2 |
| Folders | look up | 2 |
| Node parents | look up | 2 |
Here is what changes when SmugMug goes through Flann instead of its own screens.
| Compare | Opening SmugMugLog in, find it, do it | SmugMug 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 folders | Filters and searches you run yourself | 23 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Making changes | Typed in by hand | 2 changes, made from a message |
| SmugMug records | All of them, one screen at a time | 18 kinds, from one chat |
| Getting connected | Nothing new to set up | Your SmugMug API key, once |
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Step by step: SmugMug jobs you can hand to Flann
How a request turns into real SmugMug actions, one step at a time.
Get answers about your folders
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our folders in SmugMug?”
- Flann runs
Get Folder by User and PathandGet Folder Detailsin SmugMug and shows you what it found. - Nothing in SmugMug is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Check your images from WhatsApp
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Show me where our images in SmugMug stand.”
- Flann runs
Get Imagein SmugMug and shows you what it found. - Nothing in SmugMug is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Get answers about your album images
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our album images in SmugMug?”
- Flann runs
Get Album ImageandGet Album Imagesin SmugMug and shows you what it found. - Nothing in SmugMug is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Where Flann saves you time in SmugMug
Small jobs, repeated often, are where the time goes. Here is how they change once SmugMug is connected.
Updating the website for holidays
Today
Bank holidays, staff holidays and the Christmas closure all need a change on your website. Logging into SmugMug for one line of text is easy to put off, and customers turn up to a locked door.
With Flann
“We’re closed Boxing Day and open late on the twenty-third. Update the hours on SmugMug.”
Opening hours are found in every place SmugMug shows them, including the footer and the contact page, and the change is prepared for each. You get a before-and-after card.
What you stop doing: Logging in to fix a single line of opening hours no longer falls to you.
Turning an event into a flyer
Today
Tasting nights, open days and workshops each need a flyer. Laying out the details in SmugMug competes with actually running the event.
With Flann
“Flyer in SmugMug for the wine tasting on Friday the fourteenth, tickets at the bar.”
From a few words, Flann builds the flyer in SmugMug 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 SmugMug
- In Flann, go to Connectors and find SmugMug.
- Paste your SmugMug API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your SmugMug account settings.
- From then on, message Flann on WhatsApp. It works in SmugMug whenever a request needs it.
Of the 25 SmugMug actions, 23 only read. The other 2 create, update, send or delete. Disconnect SmugMug in Connectors whenever you like.
Ways to use SmugMug with Flann
Turn a rough idea into a draft
Send Flann a voice note. It uses SmugMug to prepare a first version, ready for your edits.
Find the file you made
Ask for last month’s poster or video. Flann finds it in SmugMug and brings it into the chat.
Make this week’s post
Describe the offer. Flann prepares the piece in SmugMug and shows it to you before anything is published.
Everything Flann can do in SmugMug
Every SmugMug action Flann can run, split into what it reads and what it changes.
Looks up 23
- Get Album
- Get Album Highlight Image
- Get Album Image
- Get Album Images
- Get Folder Albums
- Get Folder by User and Path
- Get Folder Details
- Get Folder Subfolders
- Get Image
- Get Image Metadata
- Get Image Size Details
- Get Image Sizes
- Get Node Highlight Image
- Get Node Parent
- Get Node Parents
- Get User
- Get User Bio Image
- Get User Featured Albums
- Get User Features
- Get User Profile
- Get User Root Node
- List Child Nodes
- Search User Content
Changes 2
- Unlock Album
- Unlock User Site
More Images & Design apps Flann works with
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ZeplinCommon questions
What can Flann do with album images in SmugMug?
Flann can look up album images in SmugMug, using 2 actions (Get Album Image, Get Album Images). All of them only look things up, so they run straight away.
What can Flann do with folders in SmugMug?
Flann can look up folders in SmugMug, using 2 actions (Get Folder by User and Path, Get Folder Details). All of them only look things up, so they run straight away.
How does Flann connect to SmugMug?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose SmugMug and paste your SmugMug API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your SmugMug account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 25 actions in SmugMug.
Do I need to open SmugMug to use it with Flann?
No. Once SmugMug is connected, you ask Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and it does the work in SmugMug.
Which Flann plan do I need for SmugMug?
Any of them. Every Flann plan includes SmugMug and every other app.