Integrations / Sales & CRM
Connect Tomba to WhatsApp: leads by chat
Flann is an AI agent your business talks to on WhatsApp. Connect Tomba once, then ask Flann to look things up in it or get work done in it, by text or voice note. Selling is mostly remembering. Who asked for a quote, who went quiet, who is due to reorder. Flann reads Tomba for you and puts those answers on WhatsApp the moment you ask.
25 actions in Tomba. 20 only look things up, and 5 create, update, send or delete. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in Tomba
Send any of these on WhatsApp, in your own words. Flann finds the right Tomba action and fills in the details from the conversation.
“Show me my leads in Tomba.”
“Show me my lead lists in Tomba.”
“Find an email in Tomba.”
“Create a lead in Tomba.”
“Update the leads list in Tomba.”
What Flann can work with in Tomba
Tomba gives Flann 25 actions across 11 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Leads | createlook updeleteupdate | 4 |
Doing it yourself, wiring up a rule, or asking an agent: here is how they compare for Tomba.
| Compare | In Tomba yourselfYou click through each job | A fixed workflowTriggers built in advance | Flann on TombaYou ask, Flann does the clicking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asking for something | 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 about leads | By hand, screen by screen | Only the look-ups someone built | 20 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Creating and updating | Typed in by hand | Run unchecked once built | 5 changes, made from a message |
| Tomba records | All of them, one screen at a time | Only the ones you wire up | 11 kinds, from one chat |
| Set-up | Nothing new to set up | Someone builds and maintains each flow | Your Tomba API key, once |
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Step by step: Tomba jobs you can hand to Flann
Each step below names the Tomba action Flann actually runs.
Create a lead from a voice note
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Create a lead in Tomba with these details.”
- Flann runs
List Leadsin Tomba and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Create Leadin Tomba. - Flann creates it in Tomba and confirms in the chat.
Get answers about your emails
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our emails in Tomba?”
- Flann runs
Find Email From LinkedInin Tomba and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Tomba is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Check your domain contacts from WhatsApp
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Show me where our domain contacts in Tomba stand.”
- Flann runs
Search Domain Contactsin Tomba and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Tomba is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Repetitive Tomba 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.
Logging the meeting from the car park
Today
After a meeting you mean to write up the notes, set the next step and add a reminder in Tomba. By the time you reach a desk, half the detail has gone.
With Flann
“Just met Priya at Northgate, wants a quote for twelve units, call her back Thursday.”
Flann matches Priya to her record in Tomba, writes a clean meeting note and proposes a follow-up task for Thursday. It also suggests moving the deal to the quoting stage.
What you stop doing: Meeting notes stop depending on your memory at the end of the day.
Today’s call list
Today
Tasks, callbacks and reminders are scattered across contacts in Tomba. Finding today’s means clicking through views you set up long ago.
With Flann
“Give me today’s call list from Tomba.”
Pulling every task and callback due today from Tomba, Flann gives you a call list with a line of context for each name: what was promised, what is open and the best number to ring. A look-up, so it is instant. When you report back after each call, Flann prepares the update and asks you to confirm it.
What you stop doing: Mornings start with a list instead of a search.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to Tomba
- In Flann, go to Connectors and find Tomba.
- Paste your Tomba API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your Tomba account settings.
- Ask Flann for what you need on WhatsApp, by text or voice note. It picks the right Tomba action itself.
Look-ups run as soon as you ask and change nothing in Tomba. You can disconnect Tomba from Connectors at any time.
Ways to use Tomba with Flann
See the pipeline at a glance
Ask what is open and what is at risk. Flann summarises Tomba in a few lines you can read in a queue.
Update the CRM by voice
After a call, send Flann a voice note. It turns it into an update for the right contact in Tomba and asks you to confirm.
Follow up the leads you forgot
Ask Flann which leads in Tomba have not heard from you in a week. It lists them and drafts the follow-up for each.
Everything Flann can do in Tomba
The full list of Tomba actions available to Flann once you connect it.
Looks up 20
- List API Keys
- List Lead Lists
- List Leads
- Domain Status
- Enrich Company
- Enrich Person
- Enrich Person and Company
- Find Article Author
- Find Email From LinkedIn
- Find Phone Numbers
- Find Professional Email
- Get Domain Email Count
- Get Domain Email Formats
- Get Email Sources
- Get Employee Locations
- Get Usage Statistics
- List Lead Attributes
- Search Domain Contacts
- Validate Phone Number
- Verify Email
Changes 5
- Create Lead
- Delete API Key by ID
- Delete Leads List by ID
- Update Leads List
- Verify Emails
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Common questions
What can Flann do with leads in Tomba?
Flann can create, look up, delete and update leads in Tomba, using 4 actions (Create Lead, List Leads, Delete Leads List by ID, Update Leads List). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change leads in Tomba.
How does Flann connect to Tomba?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose Tomba and paste your Tomba API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your Tomba account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 25 actions in Tomba.
Can I use Tomba from WhatsApp?
Yes. You talk to Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and Flann works in Tomba for you. You do not need to open Tomba.
Which Flann plan do I need for Tomba?
Any of them. Every Flann plan includes Tomba and every other app.