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An AI teammate for Botster.

Connect Botster and your Cicada agent works in it for you: 11 Botster 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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300 free credits. No card. Read-only if you want.

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

11 Botster actions, picked for what you ask.

About Botster: Botster automates web data collection through configurable bots, job lifecycle management, and structured run results.

Reads

6 in all · always allowed
  • Get Job
    Get one job's status and data-run identifiers required to retrieve run results.
  • List Bots
    List or search bots available to the connected account and return their identifiers for cost…
  • List Jobs
    List jobs belonging to the connected Botster account and return job identifiers for inspection or…
  • Get Run Results
    Return the complete bot-specific JSON for one data run identified from GET_JOB in the results…
  • Calculate Bot Cost
    Calculate the credit price of one intended bot launch using the same input and bot-specific…
  • Get Credit Balance
    Return the connected Botster account's available credit balance;

Changes

5 in all · off when Botster is read-only
  • Delete Job
    Permanently delete one Botster job. This destructive action cannot be undone, is not the same as…
  • Delete Run
    Permanently delete one Botster data run and its stored results without deleting the entire job.
  • Launch Bot
    Launch a Botster bot, creating external work that may spend account credits.
  • Restart Job
    Restart an existing Botster job, creating renewed external work that may repeat the bot's effects…
  • Set Job Archived
    Archive a Botster job or restore it from the archive by setting its desired archived state.

Showing 11 of 11. 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 Botster

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

Works with your other tools

Botster, 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

Botster and Cicada, answered.

Does Cicada integrate with Botster?

Yes. Botster 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 Botster?

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

What can Cicada do in Botster?

11 actions: 6 that read from Botster and 5 that change things in it, for example get job, list bots, list jobs. It picks the right ones for what you ask and chains them with your other apps.

Can I stop Cicada changing things in Botster?

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

Is my Botster data safe?

Your Botster 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.

One teammate. The output of a team.

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