An AI HR assistant in your team's Slack.
It runs the onboarding and offboarding checklists, answers people's policy questions from the handbook you gave it, and reminds managers about leave and reviews on the day. Whatever needs a person comes to you.
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What is an AI HR assistant?
An AI HR assistant is an agent that handles the routine side of people operations: the checklist for a new starter and for a leaver, the policy questions people ask every week, and the reminders that keep leave and reviews on track. Cicada's answers from the handbook and policies you give it, in Slack, email or the web app, runs checklists and reminders on a schedule, and keeps records in the sheets and documents you already use. It doesn't give legal advice, and it hands the hard questions to you.
What your AI HR assistant does.
Runs onboarding
A checklist for each new starter from your template: accounts, equipment, paperwork, the first-week plan. It tracks every item, tells you what's left before day one, and reminds each owner once you say so.
Runs offboarding
The leaver's checklist: equipment back, access to remove, final pay details to confirm, the exit conversation booked. The access list goes to whoever runs IT.
Answers policy questions
Holiday, expenses, parental leave, remote work: answered from the handbook and policies you gave it, with the section it came from. If the documents don't say, it says so and asks you.
Sends leave and review reminders
Probation ends, review cycles, leave starting next week: a reminder to the right manager on the day, from a schedule you set once.
Keeps the records tidy
Starters, leavers, leave taken and review dates in a Google Sheet or an Airtable base, updated as things happen, so the answer is there when someone asks.
Drafts the announcements
Welcome notes, policy updates and team announcements drafted in your voice as documents for you to edit and send.
Who hires an AI HR assistant.
HR before an HR hire
Onboarding that doesn't depend on your memory, and answers to the questions people ask you every week.
The repeat questions off your plate
Leave, expenses and policy questions answered from the handbook, so you can do the work that needs a person.
Starters and leavers on one list
Equipment, accounts and first-day plans tracked for everyone joining or leaving.
Reviews that happen on time
A reminder when a probation or review is due, with last cycle's notes if they're in your documents.
Answers in every time zone
People get the policy answer in Slack at 7am their time, with the section it came from.
Every new hire ready on day one
A checklist per role, from the badge to the software training, tracked until it's done.
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 give legal advice
It answers from your policies and keeps the process moving. Employment law questions and anything with legal weight go to you and your adviser, and it says so.
Three ways to run the people side
| Task | Doing it yourself | An HR platform | An AI HR assistant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Policy questions | Answered one DM at a time | A help page people search | Answered in Slack from your handbook, with the section |
| Onboarding | A checklist in your head | Workflows you configure | A checklist per starter, tracked and reported |
| Offboarding | Easy to miss a step | Workflows you configure | The leaver's list tracked, the access list handed to IT |
| Leave and review reminders | Notes in your calendar | Built-in alerts | A reminder to the right manager on the day |
| Where people ask | Your DMs | Their portal | Slack, email or the web app |
| Records | Scattered spreadsheets | The system of record | Your sheets and documents, updated as things happen |
Things to ask your AI HR assistant.
- 01
"Jordan starts Monday as an account manager. Set up the onboarding checklist and tell me what's missing."
You get: The checklist from your template with owners and dates, and the items not done yet.
- 02
"answer the leave questions in #people from the handbook, anything it doesn't cover send to me"
You get: Answers in the channel when someone names it, with the section, and a message to you for the rest.
- 03
"Who has a probation review due in the next 30 days?"
You get: Names, dates and managers from your records, with a draft reminder to each manager for your yes.
- 04
"Sam's last day is the 14th. Start the offboarding."
You get: The leaver's checklist with dates: equipment, access to remove, final pay details, the exit conversation, and the access list for IT.
- 05
"draft the announcement for the new remote work policy, short and friendly"
You get: A draft in your voice as a document, with the policy linked, ready for you to edit and send.
Frequently asked questions.
Where do people talk to it?
In Slack, by naming it in a channel like #people, where it answers in the thread. You can also reach it in iMessage, WhatsApp, email or the web app. In a channel or group chat it stays quiet until someone names it.
Does it give legal advice?
No. It answers from the policies you gave it and keeps the process moving. Employment law questions, disputes and anything with legal weight go to you and your adviser, and it says so.
How does it know our policies?
From the handbook and documents you give it, uploaded in the app or connected from Google Drive or Notion. It names the section it used, and if the documents don't cover a question it says so and asks you.
What won't it do?
It won't message anyone unless you asked or set it to, and messages to other people wait for your 👍 unless you've given it full autonomy. It doesn't touch pay or switch off accounts; it hands those to the person who does.
Can it see personal files?
Only what you connect. Keep personal records in an app or folder you don't connect, or set an app to Read-only so it can look but never change a thing.
Does it work with our HR system?
If your HR system is among the 1,000+ apps you can connect, it reads from it. If not, it keeps starters, leavers and dates in a Google Sheet or an Airtable base.
Can my team use it?
Yes. Everyone in your workspace gets their own agent, and shared apps like Slack and Google Drive are connected once for the team. Each manager can have their own agent for their reminders and reviews.
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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