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An AI teammate for Carbone.

Connect Carbone and your Cicada agent works in it for you: 7 Carbone 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 Carbone
  • Find the latest pricing doc in Carbone and send me the link.
  • What changed in our Carbone docs this week?
  • Write up these notes in Carbone and share them with the team.
  • What did we decide about the Q1 plan? Check Carbone.
Text it, Slack it, or type it in the app. Swap in your own details.
What Cicada can do in Carbone

7 Carbone actions, picked for what you ask.

About Carbone: Carbone is a fast and simple report generator that converts JSON data into various document formats such as PDF, DOCX, XLSX, ODT, and more, using templates.

Reads

2 in all · always allowed
  • Download Template
    Download a template from Carbone by template id. use when you need to retrieve the original…
  • Get Carbone Server Status
    Retrieve the current status and health of the Carbone server.

Changes

5 in all · off when Carbone is read-only
  • Upload a template
    Upload a template to the Carbone server. use when you need to add or replace a template by…
  • Generate Template ID
    Generate a unique template id for a new template. use when you need the template identifier before…
  • Delete Carbone Template
    Delete a template from the Carbone server. use after confirming you have the correct template id.
  • Generate Carbone Report
    Generate a Carbone report from a template and json data. use when you need to render documents in…
  • Set Carbone API Version
    Set the Carbone api version to be used for subsequent requests.

Showing 7 of 7. 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 Carbone

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

Works with your other tools

Carbone, 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.

Questions

Carbone and Cicada, answered.

Does Cicada integrate with Carbone?

Yes. Carbone 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 Carbone?

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

What can Cicada do in Carbone?

7 actions: 2 that read from Carbone and 5 that change things in it, for example download template, get carbone server status, upload a template. It picks the right ones for what you ask and chains them with your other apps.

Can I stop Cicada changing things in Carbone?

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

Is my Carbone data safe?

Your Carbone 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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