Integrations / Developer Tools
Connect Sourcegraph to WhatsApp with an AI agent
Flann is an AI agent your business talks to on WhatsApp. Connect Sourcegraph once, then ask Flann to look things up in it or get work done in it, by text or voice note. Most owners hear about technical problems when a customer does. That order is backwards. With Sourcegraph connected, Flann can tell you what is wrong and who on your team is best placed to fix it, ideally before the complaints start.
8 actions in Sourcegraph. All of them only look things up, so nothing in Sourcegraph is ever changed. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in Sourcegraph
Send any of these on WhatsApp, in your own words. Flann finds the right Sourcegraph action and fills in the details from the conversation.
“Show me my file contents in Sourcegraph.”
“Show me my repository files in Sourcegraph.”
“Show me my repositories in Sourcegraph.”
Step by step: Sourcegraph jobs you can hand to Flann
Each step below names the Sourcegraph action Flann actually runs.
Get answers about your users
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our users in Sourcegraph?”
- Flann runs
Get Current Userin Sourcegraph and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Sourcegraph is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Check your repository files from WhatsApp
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Show me where our repository files in Sourcegraph stand.”
- Flann runs
List Repository Filesin Sourcegraph and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Sourcegraph is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Get answers about your commits
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our commits in Sourcegraph?”
- Flann runs
Get Commit Detailsin Sourcegraph and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Sourcegraph is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Repetitive Sourcegraph work Flann takes off your plate
These are the jobs that come back every day or every week. Message Flann instead, and keep the decisions for yourself.
Who still has access
Today
Staff come and go, and old logins linger. Checking who can still get into which system is a job nobody wants.
With Flann
“Does Ana still have an account in Sourcegraph? She left last month.”
Flann looks up Ana in Sourcegraph and tells you exactly what access she still has. Want it removed?
What you stop doing: Closing the door behind people who left no longer depends on memory.
What changed this week
Today
Your developer ships changes regularly. You find out what changed when a customer mentions that a button has moved.
With Flann
“What did the team change on the app this week?”
Flann reads the recent changes recorded in Sourcegraph and turns them into a short list in everyday language, pointing out anything customers will notice. This is read-only.
What you stop doing: You are no longer the last to know what changed in your own product.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to Sourcegraph
- Open Connectors in Flann and choose Sourcegraph.
- Paste your Sourcegraph API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your Sourcegraph account settings.
- Go back to WhatsApp and ask for what you need. Flann chooses the Sourcegraph action and fills in the details.
Look-ups run as soon as you ask and change nothing in Sourcegraph. You can disconnect Sourcegraph from Connectors at any time.
Ways to use Sourcegraph with Flann
Check status from your phone
Ask Flann whether everything is running. It checks Sourcegraph and answers in the chat.
Problems in plain words
Ask what went wrong overnight. Flann reads Sourcegraph and explains it without the jargon.
Look things up fast
Ask for the record you need. Flann finds it in Sourcegraph and brings it into the chat.
Doing it yourself, wiring up a rule, or asking an agent: here is how they compare for Sourcegraph.
| Compare | Opening SourcegraphLog in, find it, do it | A fixed workflowTriggers built in advance | Sourcegraph through FlannAsk and get it done |
|---|---|---|---|
| Getting started on a job | Log in and click through the screens | Only what was wired up in advance | Text or voice note, in your own words |
| Looking things up | By hand, screen by screen | Only the look-ups someone built | 8 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Sourcegraph records | All of them, one screen at a time | Only the ones you wire up | 6 kinds, from one chat |
| Set-up | Nothing new to set up | Someone builds and maintains each flow | Your Sourcegraph API key, once |
YesPartlyNo
Everything Flann can do in Sourcegraph
The full list of Sourcegraph actions available to Flann once you connect it.
Looks up 8
- Check Site Settings Edit Permission
- Compare Commits
- Get Commit Details
- Get Current User
- Get File Contents
- List Repositories
- List Repository Files
- List repository languages
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None.
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Common questions
How does Flann connect to Sourcegraph?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose Sourcegraph and paste your Sourcegraph API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your Sourcegraph account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 8 actions in Sourcegraph.
Can I use Sourcegraph from WhatsApp?
Yes. You talk to Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and Flann works in Sourcegraph for you. You do not need to open Sourcegraph.
Does connecting Sourcegraph cost extra?
No. Sourcegraph is included in every Flann plan, along with every other app Flann connects to.