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An AI teammate for Adafruit IO.

Connect Adafruit IO and your Cicada agent works in it for you: 21 Adafruit IO 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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Things to ask about Adafruit IO
  • What changed in Adafruit IO this week compared with last week?
  • Pull these numbers from Adafruit IO into a sheet and chart them.
  • Text me if the daily figure in Adafruit IO drops by more than 20%.
  • Build me a Monday summary from Adafruit IO.
Text it, Slack it, or type it in the app. Swap in your own details.
What Cicada can do in Adafruit IO

21 Adafruit IO actions, picked for what you ask.

About Adafruit IO: Adafruit IO is a cloud platform for storing, visualizing, and acting on data from connected devices and Internet of Things projects.

Reads

6 in all · always allowed
  • Get Feeds
    List feeds, or retrieve one feed by key with optional data summary details.
  • Get Groups
    List groups with feed summaries, or retrieve one group by key.
  • Get Dashboards
    List dashboards, or retrieve one dashboard and its blocks by key.
  • Get Data Point
    Retrieve one feed data point by its exact ID.
  • List Feed Data
    Return one newest-first page of feed data with an opaque cursor for the next older page.
  • Get Account Status
    Return compact identity, plan limits, and current data-write throttle usage for the connected…

Changes

15 in all · off when Adafruit IO is read-only
  • Create Feed
    Create a feed, optionally within an existing group.
  • Delete Feed
    Permanently delete one feed and its retained data by exact feed key.
  • Update Feed
    Update an existing feed by exact feed key.
  • Create Group
    Create a group for organizing feeds.
  • Delete Group
    Permanently delete one group by exact key.
  • Update Group
    Update an existing group by exact group key.
  • Create Dashboard
    Create a dashboard for visualizing and controlling feed data.
  • Delete Dashboard
    Permanently delete one dashboard by exact key.
  • Update Dashboard
    Update an existing dashboard by exact dashboard key.
  • Delete Data Point
    Permanently delete one feed data point by ID.
  • Publish Feed Data
    Publish one or multiple timestamped values to a feed, using the batch endpoint only when multiple…
  • Update Data Point
    Replace the value and optional metadata of one existing feed data point.
  • Add Feeds to Group
    Sequentially add 1-10 existing feeds to one group using one documented provider request per feed.
  • Delete Data Points
    Permanently delete 1-30 feed data points sequentially through Adafruit IO's single-data-point…

Showing 20 of 21. Your agent can use every one of them; you don't pick them, you ask for the outcome.

How it works

Connected in a minute. In your control after that.

  1. Connect Adafruit IO

    Open Connections, find Adafruit IO and paste an API key from your Adafruit IO account settings. Cicada checks it works before saving it.

  2. Choose what it may do

    Full, Ask first or Read-only, for the whole workspace. Share Adafruit IO with the team, or keep it under each person's own login.

  3. Ask from anywhere

    Text your agent on iMessage or WhatsApp, message it in Slack or the app, or put a Adafruit IO job on a schedule: every morning, every Friday.

Works with your other tools

Adafruit IO, 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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Questions

Adafruit IO and Cicada, answered.

Does Cicada integrate with Adafruit IO?

Yes. Adafruit IO 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 Adafruit IO?

Open Connections, find Adafruit IO and paste an API key from your Adafruit IO account settings. Cicada checks it works before saving it.

What can Cicada do in Adafruit IO?

21 actions: 6 that read from Adafruit IO and 15 that change things in it, for example get feeds, get groups, get dashboards. It picks the right ones for what you ask and chains them with your other apps.

Can I stop Cicada changing things in Adafruit IO?

Yes. In Connections, set Adafruit IO 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 Adafruit IO 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 Adafruit IO jobs on a schedule, like every morning at 8.

Is my Adafruit IO data safe?

Your Adafruit IO 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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