Integrations / Databases
Connect Xata to WhatsApp with an AI agent
Flann is an AI agent your business talks to on WhatsApp. Connect Xata once, then ask Flann to look things up in it or get work done in it, by text or voice note. Analytics tools answer questions well, provided you know where to click. Flann does the clicking. You ask in plain words on WhatsApp, it queries Xata and replies with the figure and a sentence on what it means.
8 actions in Xata. 7 only look things up, and 1 create, update, send or delete. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in Xata
Send any of these on WhatsApp, in your own words. Flann finds the right Xata action and fills in the details from the conversation.
“Show me my available images in Xata.”
“Show me my extensions in Xata.”
“Show me my available regions in Xata.”
“Update the organization in Xata.”
Step by step: Xata jobs you can hand to Flann
Each step below names the Xata action Flann actually runs.
Get answers about your available images
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our available images in Xata?”
- Flann runs
List Available Imagesin Xata and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Xata is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Check your extensions from WhatsApp
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Show me where our extensions in Xata stand.”
- Flann runs
List Extensionsin Xata and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Xata is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Get answers about your available regions
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our available regions in Xata?”
- Flann runs
List Available Regionsin Xata and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Xata is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Repetitive Xata 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.
Checking today against a normal day
Today
Midway through a quiet afternoon you wonder whether it is just today or the whole week. Opening Xata on your phone to check means pinching and zooming through charts.
With Flann
“Is today slower than a normal Tuesday? Check Xata.”
Today so far in Xata 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.
Logging daily readings and counts
Today
Fridge temperatures, stock counts or class attendance have to go into Xata every day. They are written on paper first, then typed up when someone remembers.
With Flann
“Fridge one at three degrees, fridge two at four, freezer at minus eighteen. Log it in Xata.”
Your message or voice note becomes a row in Xata, with the date, time and who logged it, and any reading outside the safe range you have set is flagged to you straight away. Simple.
What you stop doing: Typing up paper logs at the end of the day is no longer needed.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to Xata
- Search for Xata in Flann’s Connectors.
- Paste your Xata API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your Xata account settings.
- From then on, message Flann on WhatsApp. It works in Xata whenever a request needs it.
Look-ups run as soon as you ask and change nothing in Xata. You can disconnect Xata from Connectors at any time.
Ways to use Xata with Flann
Check before you decide
Before a big call, ask Flann for the figure that matters. It looks it up in Xata first.
A weekly summary on demand
Ask Flann for the week in brief. It reads Xata and sends the few numbers worth knowing.
Spot what changed
Ask what went up or down. Flann checks Xata and tells you what moved.
Doing it yourself, wiring up a rule, or asking an agent: here is how they compare for Xata.
| Compare | Opening XataLog in, find it, do it | A fixed workflowTriggers built in advance | Xata 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 | 7 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Creating and updating | Typed in by hand | Run unchecked once built | 1 change, made from a message |
| Xata records | All of them, one screen at a time | Only the ones you wire up | 4 kinds, from one chat |
| Set-up | Nothing new to set up | Someone builds and maintains each flow | Your Xata API key, once |
YesPartlyNo
Everything Flann can do in Xata
The full list of Xata actions available to Flann once you connect it.
Looks up 7
- Get Organization Details
- List Available Images
- List Organization API Keys
- Get project resource limits
- List Available Regions
- List Extensions
- List Instance Types
Changes 1
- Update Organization
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SegmentCommon questions
How does Flann connect to Xata?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose Xata and paste your Xata API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your Xata account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 8 actions in Xata.
Can I use Xata from WhatsApp?
Yes. You talk to Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and Flann works in Xata for you. You do not need to open Xata.
Is Xata included in my Flann plan?
Yes. Every Flann plan includes every app, Xata included.