Integrations / Databases
Connect TiDB Cloud to WhatsApp with an AI agent
Flann connects TiDB Cloud to the WhatsApp chat you already run your business from. You ask, and Flann picks the right TiDB Cloud action. Some of what you need to know sits outside your business: a competitor’s menu, a supplier’s catalogue, the public listings in your area. Through TiDB Cloud, Flann can gather that web data on request and lay it out next to your own figures, so a decision about pricing or stock rests on more than a hunch.
10 actions in TiDB Cloud. All of them only look things up, so nothing in TiDB Cloud is ever changed. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in TiDB Cloud
Type it or say it in a voice note. Flann works out which TiDB Cloud action you mean.
“Show me my import tasks in TiDB Cloud.”
“Look up the monthly bill in TiDB Cloud.”
“Show me my organization members in TiDB Cloud.”
What Flann can work with in TiDB Cloud
TiDB Cloud gives Flann 10 actions across 8 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Clusters | look up | 2 |
Side by side, the two ways of working in TiDB Cloud:
| Compare | TiDB Cloud 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 | Filters and searches you run yourself | 10 look-ups, answered straight away |
| TiDB Cloud records | All of them, one screen at a time | 8 kinds, from one chat |
| Getting connected | Nothing new to set up | Your TiDB Cloud API key, once |
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Step by step: TiDB Cloud jobs you can hand to Flann
What happens between your message and the result in TiDB Cloud.
Get answers about your members
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our members in TiDB Cloud?”
- Flann runs
List Organization Membersin TiDB Cloud and shows you what it found. - Nothing in TiDB Cloud is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Check your clusters from WhatsApp
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Show me where our clusters in TiDB Cloud stand.”
- Flann runs
List ClustersandGet Clusterin TiDB Cloud and shows you what it found. - Nothing in TiDB Cloud is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Get answers about your import tasks
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our import tasks in TiDB Cloud?”
- Flann runs
List Import Tasksin TiDB Cloud and shows you what it found. - Nothing in TiDB Cloud is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
The TiDB Cloud jobs you can stop doing yourself
You stay in charge of what goes out. Flann does the reading, the drafting and the chasing.
Checking today against a normal day
Today
Midway through a quiet afternoon you wonder whether it is just today or the whole week. Opening TiDB Cloud on your phone to check means pinching and zooming through charts.
With Flann
“Is today slower than a normal Tuesday? Check TiDB Cloud.”
Today so far in TiDB Cloud 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.
Seeing where visitors came from
Today
You put an offer out last week and want to know whether it brought people to the website. The answer is in TiDB Cloud, several menus deep.
With Flann
“Where did website visitors come from this week, and how did the offer page do?”
Traffic sources and page visits are read from TiDB Cloud and explained plainly: which channels sent people, how the offer page compared with your usual pages, and whether visitors booked or bought. No talk of sessions or bounce rates unless you ask. Nothing is changed.
What you stop doing: Clicking through analytics menus to judge an offer is behind you.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to TiDB Cloud
- Open Connectors in Flann and choose TiDB Cloud.
- Paste your TiDB Cloud API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your TiDB Cloud account settings.
- From then on, message Flann on WhatsApp. It works in TiDB Cloud whenever a request needs it.
Reading from TiDB Cloud is instant. TiDB Cloud stays connected until you remove it in Connectors.
Ways to use TiDB Cloud with Flann
Spot what changed
Ask what went up or down. Flann checks TiDB Cloud and tells you what moved.
Ask, do not dig
Ask how this week compares to last. Flann pulls the numbers from TiDB Cloud and answers in plain words.
A weekly summary on demand
Ask Flann for the week in brief. It reads TiDB Cloud and sends the few numbers worth knowing.
Everything Flann can do in TiDB Cloud
All 10 TiDB Cloud actions, as Flann sees them.
Looks up 10
- Get Cluster
- Get Monthly Bill
- List Audit Logs
- List Branches
- List Clusters
- List Data App Deployments
- List Data Apps
- List Import Tasks
- List Organization Members
- List Regions
Changes 0
None.
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Common questions
What can Flann do with clusters in TiDB Cloud?
Flann can look up clusters in TiDB Cloud, using 2 actions (Get Cluster, List Clusters). All of them only look things up, so they run straight away.
How does Flann connect to TiDB Cloud?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose TiDB Cloud and paste your TiDB Cloud API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your TiDB Cloud account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 10 actions in TiDB Cloud.
How do I ask Flann to do something in TiDB Cloud?
Message Flann on WhatsApp the way you would message a colleague, or send a voice note. Flann picks the TiDB Cloud action that fits and asks if anything is missing.
Does connecting TiDB Cloud cost extra?
No. TiDB Cloud is included in every Flann plan, along with every other app Flann connects to.