An AI teammate for Ably.
Connect Ably and your Cicada agent works in it for you: 11 Ably actions, from looking things up to making changes. Ask from iMessage, WhatsApp, Slack or the app, and keep it read-only if you only want it to look.
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- What broke in Ably overnight, and is it new?
- Open a Ably issue for this bug with the steps from the Slack thread.
- Summarise this week's Ably activity for the standup.
- Tell me when something in Ably needs my attention.
11 Ably actions, picked for what you ask.
About Ably: Ably is a real-time messaging platform helping developers build live features, including chat and data synchronization, with global scalability and robust reliability for modern applications
Reads
8 in all · always allowed- Get Channel DetailsThis tool retrieves metadata and details for a specific channel in Ably.
- Get Channel HistoryThis tool retrieves the message history for a specified Ably channel.
- Get Ably Service TimeThis tool retrieves the current server time from Ably's service in milliseconds since the epoch.
- Get Application StatsThis tool retrieves your application's usage statistics from Ably.
- Get Channel Presence HistoryThis tool retrieves the history of presence messages for a specified channel in Ably.
- List Push Channel SubscriptionsThis tool retrieves a list of all push notification channel subscriptions.
- Query Batch PresenceThis tool enables querying the presence states of multiple channels in a single api request.
- Query Batch Presence HistoryThis tool enables querying presence history for multiple channels in a single api request.
Changes
3 in all · off when Ably is read-only- Create Ably ChannelCreates a new channel or retrieves an existing channel in Ably.
- Publish Message to ChannelThis tool will allow users to publish a message to a specified Ably channel using a post request.
- Delete Channel SubscriptionThis tool allows you to unsubscribe devices or clients from push notifications for specific…
Showing 11 of 11. Your agent can use every one of them; you don't pick them, you ask for the outcome.
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Connect Ably
Open Connections, find Ably and paste an API key from your Ably account settings. Cicada checks it works before saving it.
Choose what it may do
Full, Ask first or Read-only, for the whole workspace. Share Ably with the team, or keep it under each person's own login.
Ask from anywhere
Text your agent on iMessage or WhatsApp, message it in Slack or the app, or put a Ably job on a schedule: every morning, every Friday.
Ably, together with the rest of your stack.
Ask for an outcome that spans apps and your agent pulls from each one, cross-checks them and sends back one answer.
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Ably and Cicada, answered.
Does Cicada integrate with Ably?
Yes. Ably is one of the 888 apps with a page here, and it connects with an API key. Once it's connected, every agent in your workspace can use it from any channel you talk to them on.
How do I connect Ably?
Open Connections, find Ably and paste an API key from your Ably account settings. Cicada checks it works before saving it.
What can Cicada do in Ably?
11 actions: 8 that read from Ably and 3 that change things in it, for example get channel details, get channel history, get ably service time. It picks the right ones for what you ask and chains them with your other apps.
Can I stop Cicada changing things in Ably?
Yes. In Connections, set Ably to Read-only and no agent in your workspace can create, change or delete anything in it; it can still read. Ask first lets it act but makes it check with you before each change.
Can I ask about Ably from my phone?
Yes. Text your agent on iMessage or WhatsApp, or message it in Slack or the app. It answers in the same thread, and it can run Ably jobs on a schedule, like every morning at 8.
Is my Ably data safe?
Your Ably login or key is stored on the server and never appears in a conversation. Disconnecting removes it. Every action an agent takes is in your activity log, and your data isn't used to train models.
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