An AI chief of staff you text.
It keeps the list of what matters, tracks who promised what, runs your weekly review and turns every meeting into work that moves. You get one short message, in the chat you already use.
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What is an AI chief of staff?
An AI chief of staff is an agent that does what a human chief of staff does for a founder or executive: keeps the list of what matters, tracks who committed to what, runs the weekly review, drafts the investor and board updates, and makes sure the decisions from meetings turn into work. Cicada's lives in iMessage, WhatsApp, Slack and email, reads the apps you connect, and remembers your priorities and your people. For a big job it coordinates specialists that work at the same time and brings you back one answer. It asks before it sends anything to another person.
What your AI chief of staff does.
Keeps the list of what matters
Reads the threads, the calendar and the trackers, and keeps one short list of what matters this week. Tells you what slipped before anyone has to ask.
Tracks every commitment
Who promised what, by when, in Slack, email and meetings. Nudges them in your voice after your yes and tells you the moment it lands.
Runs the weekly review
Pulls the numbers from HubSpot, Stripe and Sheets into one page on Monday at 8, with what changed and what needs a decision.
Drafts the updates
The investor update, the board pre-read, the all-hands notes, drafted from the apps and shared as a link with your logo on it. You edit, it sends.
Makes meetings turn into work
Joins the call as your notetaker, writes the decisions and owners into the tracker, and chases the owners until it's done.
Splits the big jobs
A quarter plan, a market scan, a hiring push: it coordinates specialists that work at the same time, and you get one answer back.
Who hires an AI chief of staff.
The chief of staff before you can hire one
Priorities, commitments, the investor update and the weekly numbers, run from your phone.
A second brain for the operating rhythm
The weekly review, the metrics and the follow-ups arrive on the minute, every week, without a meeting about the meeting.
Follow-through across every team
Every decision gets an owner and a date, and the owner hears from it before you have to step in.
Your own operating cadence
The team's commitments tracked, the status update written, the one-on-one prep ready.
Client promises kept
Every deliverable date tracked across accounts, every slip caught early, the status email drafted.
A second pair of hands
It takes the tracking, the chasing and the first draft of every update, so you can do the judgment.
Set up in three steps.
Say what the job is
Describe the role in a sentence when you sign up, or tell the agent in the chat. It writes its own brief, which you can read and change any time.
Connect the apps it needs
One click for most apps. Each one can be Full, Ask first or Read-only, for every agent in the workspace.
Link your phone, or don't
Scan a code and it's in your iMessage or WhatsApp. Or keep it in the app, Slack and email. Hand it the first job in the same message.
Nothing goes out without your yes.
Nothing goes out without your yes
Anything that can't be undone, and any message to another person, waits for your OK. Approve with a 👍 in the chat, or set a role to full autonomy once you trust it.
Read-only is a real lock
Make any app read-only and the agent can look but never change a thing. It applies to every agent in the workspace, from their next run.
Every step on the record
Each run shows what it read, what it did and what it sent, step by step, in the Activity tab. Corrections you make stick.
What it won't do.
Won't pretend
If it couldn't confirm something, it leaves it out and says so. A number without a source doesn't go in a message.
Won't go around you
It never messages anyone on your behalf unless you asked, never spends money, and never makes a judgement call about money on its own.
Won't read what isn't shared
Teammates' agents work only through the apps the workspace shares. Your inbox and your personal apps stay under your own login.
Three ways to keep a company moving
| Task | Doing it yourself | A project-management tool | An AI chief of staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knowing what slipped | You notice, eventually | A board of overdue cards nobody looks at | A text on Monday morning: what slipped, who owns it, what it suggests |
| Chasing commitments | A list in your head | A due date and a notification | Nudged in your voice after your yes, reported when it lands |
| The weekly review | An hour pulling numbers | Not covered | One page from your apps, on the minute, every week |
| Investor and board updates | A late night | Not covered | Drafted from the apps as a link; you edit, it sends |
| Meeting follow-through | Notes you meant to send | Someone types the cards in | It joins, writes the decisions and chases the owners |
| Cross-team work | Five Slack threads | Five boards | Specialists working at once, one answer back |
| Where it happens | Your laptop | Their web app | Your iMessage, WhatsApp, Slack or email |
Things to ask your AI chief of staff.
- 01
"What did we commit to this week that hasn't moved? Check Slack, email and Linear."
You get: A short list: each commitment, who owns it, how late it is, and the nudge it suggests for each.
- 02
"Every Monday at 8 send me the weekly review: pipeline, revenue, hiring, and what needs a decision."
You get: A one-page review from HubSpot, Stripe, Sheets and the calendar, on the minute, with the decisions flagged.
- 03
"Draft the October investor update from the numbers and the Slack wins channel."
You get: A draft update as a link, with the numbers sourced, for you to edit before it goes anywhere.
- 04
"Join the leadership meeting at 2 and put the decisions in the tracker with owners."
You get: Decisions, owners and dates in Notion by the time you're back at your desk, and a text with the three that need you.
- 05
"Plan the Q1 hiring push: roles, timing, who interviews, and a sourcing plan for each."
You get: A plan built by specialists it coordinates, one page back, with the parts it couldn't confirm marked.
Frequently asked questions.
Where do I talk to it?
iMessage, WhatsApp, Slack, email or the web app. Link your phone with a code at sign-up and it answers in the thread you ask in. In a group chat it stays quiet until someone names it.
How is this different from an AI executive assistant?
An executive assistant runs your inbox and calendar. A chief of staff runs the operating rhythm: priorities, commitments, the weekly review, the updates. Many people start with one agent for both and split the job later.
Will it message my team on its own?
Not unless you've said so. A nudge to a teammate waits for your 👍 in the chat. Once you trust it, you can give it full autonomy for nudges and keep approval on everything else.
How does it know what matters?
You tell it, once, and it keeps a memory of your priorities, your people and your rules that you can read and edit in the app. Corrections you give it in the chat stick.
Can it run the weekly review without me?
Yes. Say when and what, and it pulls the numbers from the apps you connect and sends the page on the minute. Background runs are free.
Does it join meetings?
Yes. Send it the link or let it join from your calendar. It takes the notes, writes decisions and owners into your tracker, and texts you the actions when the call ends.
Can it work with my team's agents?
Yes. Everyone in the workspace gets their own agent. Shared apps are connected once for the team; personal apps like your inbox stay under your own login. For a big job yours coordinates specialists and brings you one answer.
What won't it do?
It won't message anyone unless you asked, won't spend money, and won't put a number in an update it couldn't confirm. If it isn't sure, it says so.
What does it cost?
Every workspace starts with 300 free credits. You add a card at sign-up and nothing is charged until you run low; then it's $25 for 200 credits, with no subscription. A quick reply is about 5 credits and a typical run under 20; plans start at $99 a month.
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