Integrations / Analytics
Connect Solcast to WhatsApp with an AI agent
Flann connects Solcast to the WhatsApp chat you already run your business from. You ask, and Flann picks the right Solcast action. Numbers only help when you look at them, and dashboards are easy to ignore. Ask Flann “How are we doing?” and it reads Solcast and sends back a report card in the chat: what went up, what went down, what deserves a closer look.
6 actions in Solcast. 3 only look things up, and 3 create, update, send or delete. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in Solcast
Type it or say it in a voice note. Flann works out which Solcast action you mean.
“Look up the historic radiation in Solcast.”
Step by step: Solcast jobs you can hand to Flann
What happens between your message and the result in Solcast.
Get answers about your historic radiations
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our historic radiations in Solcast?”
- Flann runs
Get Historic Radiation And Weatherin Solcast and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Solcast is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
The Solcast jobs you can stop doing yourself
You stay in charge of what goes out. Flann does the reading, the drafting and the chasing.
Your weekly numbers on Monday morning
Today
Every Monday you log into Solcast, set the date range, compare it with the week before and try to remember what normal looks like. By the time the picture is clear, the week has started without you.
With Flann
“How are we doing? Last week against the week before, from Solcast.”
Flann pulls the main figures from Solcast, sets them against the previous week and sends a report card in the chat with the few changes worth your attention. Ask a follow-up and it digs into the detail.
What you stop doing: Setting date ranges and comparing columns by eye every Monday is finished.
Checking today against a normal day
Today
Midway through a quiet afternoon you wonder whether it is just today or the whole week. Opening Solcast on your phone to check means pinching and zooming through charts.
With Flann
“Is today slower than a normal Tuesday? Check Solcast.”
Today so far in Solcast is set against the same day over recent weeks, and you get one line on whether you are behind, level or ahead. If you are behind, Flann says where.
What you stop doing: Pinching and zooming through charts on a small screen stops.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to Solcast
- Open Connectors in Flann and choose Solcast.
- Paste your Solcast API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your Solcast account settings.
- Ask Flann for what you need on WhatsApp, by text or voice note. It picks the right Solcast action itself.
Reading from Solcast is instant. Solcast stays connected until you remove it in Connectors.
Ways to use Solcast with Flann
Spot what changed
Ask what went up or down. Flann checks Solcast and tells you what moved.
Ask, do not dig
Ask how this week compares to last. Flann pulls the numbers from Solcast and answers in plain words.
A weekly summary on demand
Ask Flann for the week in brief. It reads Solcast and sends the few numbers worth knowing.
Here is what changes when Solcast goes through Flann instead of its own screens.
| Compare | In Solcast yourselfYou click through each job | Flann on SolcastYou ask, Flann does the clicking |
|---|---|---|
| Asking for something | Log in and click through the screens | Text or voice note, in your own words |
| Looking things up | By hand, screen by screen | 3 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Creating and updating | Typed in by hand | 3 changes, made from a message |
| Set-up | Nothing new to set up | Your Solcast API key, once |
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Everything Flann can do in Solcast
All 6 Solcast actions, as Flann sees them.
Looks up 3
- Get Historic Radiation And Weather
- Get PV Power Resource
- Get Resources PV Power Sites
Changes 3
- Create PV Power Resource
- Patch PV Power Resource
- Update PV Power Resource
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ClickHouseCommon questions
How does Flann connect to Solcast?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose Solcast and paste your Solcast API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your Solcast account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 6 actions in Solcast.
How do I ask Flann to do something in Solcast?
Message Flann on WhatsApp the way you would message a colleague, or send a voice note. Flann picks the Solcast action that fits and asks if anything is missing.
Does connecting Solcast cost extra?
No. Solcast is included in every Flann plan, along with every other app Flann connects to.