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An AI teammate for Backendless.

Connect Backendless and your Cicada agent works in it for you: 31 Backendless 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 Backendless
  • What broke in Backendless overnight, and is it new?
  • Open a Backendless issue for this bug with the steps from the Slack thread.
  • Summarise this week's Backendless activity for the standup.
  • Tell me when something in Backendless needs my attention.
Text it, Slack it, or type it in the app. Swap in your own details.
What Cicada can do in Backendless

31 Backendless actions, picked for what you ask.

About Backendless: Backendless is a comprehensive backend-as-a-service (BaaS) platform providing scalable backend functionality for mobile and web applications, including user authentication, data persistence, file storage, and custom API services.

Reads

7 in all · always allowed
  • Get Key Items
    Retrieve values for a specified key in a list (all, single, or range).
  • Get All Values
    Retrieve all values from a map in a specified hive. use when you need to fetch the entire contents…
  • Get File Count
    Get the count of files in a Backendless directory. use when you need to determine how many items…
  • Find User by ID
    Retrieve user information by id. use when you need to fetch details for a specific user after you…
  • Get Counter Value
    Retrieve the current value of a Backendless counter. use when you need to inspect an atomic…
  • Validate User Token
    Validate a user session token. use after obtaining a token from login to confirm the session is…
  • Get Backendless Timer
    Retrieve information about a specific timer. use when you need to inspect a timer's schedule and…

Changes

24 in all · off when Backendless is read-only
  • Map Put
    Set or update key-value pairs in a hive map. use when you need to add or update multiple entries in…
  • Copy File
    Copy a file or directory within Backendless file storage.
  • Move File
    Move a file or directory within Backendless file storage.
  • User Login
    Log in a registered user with identity and password. use when you need to authenticate a user…
  • Delete File
    Delete a file at the specified path in Backendless file storage.
  • Delete User
    Delete a user by user id. use when removing a user account after confirming permissions.
  • User Logout
    Log out the currently authenticated user. use when you need to terminate the user session after…
  • Update User
    Update properties of an existing Backendless user. use when you need to modify user profile fields…
  • Reset Counter
    Reset a Backendless counter back to zero. use when you need to reinitialize a counter before…
  • Publish Message
    Publish a message to a specified messaging channel. use when you need to send notifications or…
  • Create Directory
    Create a new directory at the specified path. use when you need to organize files under a new…
  • Delete Directory
    Delete a directory at the specified path in Backendless file storage.
  • Directory Listing
    Retrieve a listing of files and directories at a given path.

Showing 20 of 31. 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 Backendless

    Open Connections, find Backendless and paste an API key from your Backendless 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 Backendless 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 Backendless job on a schedule: every morning, every Friday.

Works with your other tools

Backendless, 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

Backendless and Cicada, answered.

Does Cicada integrate with Backendless?

Yes. Backendless 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 Backendless?

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

What can Cicada do in Backendless?

31 actions: 7 that read from Backendless and 24 that change things in it, for example get key items, get all values, get file count. It picks the right ones for what you ask and chains them with your other apps.

Can I stop Cicada changing things in Backendless?

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

Is my Backendless data safe?

Your Backendless 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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