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An AI teammate for CarsXE.

Connect CarsXE and your Cicada agent works in it for you: 12 CarsXE 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 CarsXE
  • What broke in CarsXE overnight, and is it new?
  • Open a CarsXE issue for this bug with the steps from the Slack thread.
  • Summarise this week's CarsXE activity for the standup.
  • Tell me when something in CarsXE needs my attention.
Text it, Slack it, or type it in the app. Swap in your own details.
What Cicada can do in CarsXE

12 CarsXE actions, picked for what you ask.

About CarsXE: CarsXE provides vehicle data APIs for VIN specifications, recalls, license plate decoding, market values, history, images, recognition, and related automotive lookups.

Reads

11 in all · always allowed
  • Decode OBD Code
    Translate an OBD-II diagnostic trouble code into a readable diagnosis.
  • Get Vehicle Images
    Find up to 10 vehicle photos by make and model, with optional year, trim, angle, image type, size,…
  • Get Vehicle History
    Retrieve title, brand, junk/salvage, insurance, VIN-change, and historical title records for a VIN.
  • Get Vehicle Recalls
    Find safety recall campaigns either for one VIN or for a year, make, and model.
  • Decode License Plate
    Look up vehicle identity from a license plate using CarsXE's current global v2 decoder.
  • Recognize License Plate
    Analyze a publicly accessible vehicle image and return license-plate candidates, regions,…
  • Get Vehicle Market Value
    Estimate wholesale, retail, and trade-in values for a VIN using CarsXE's current v2 valuation,…
  • Get Year Make Model Data
    Look up detailed vehicle and trim information by year, make, and model without a VIN.
  • Get Vehicle Specifications
    Decode a 17-character VIN into vehicle identity, specifications, equipment, colors, and warranty…
  • Check Lien and Theft Records
    Retrieve reportable US lien and theft events for a VIN. A no-data response means CarsXE has no…
  • Get Recall Batch
    Make exactly one read request for a CarsXE recall batch. The default status view returns current…

Changes

1 in all · off when CarsXE is read-only
  • Submit Recall Batch
    Create one asynchronous CarsXE recall-check batch for 1 to 10,000 VIN entries.

Showing 12 of 12. 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 CarsXE

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

Works with your other tools

CarsXE, 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

CarsXE and Cicada, answered.

Does Cicada integrate with CarsXE?

Yes. CarsXE 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 CarsXE?

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

What can Cicada do in CarsXE?

12 actions: 11 that read from CarsXE and 1 that change things in it, for example decode obd code, get vehicle images, get vehicle history. It picks the right ones for what you ask and chains them with your other apps.

Can I stop Cicada changing things in CarsXE?

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

Is my CarsXE data safe?

Your CarsXE 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.

Works nights, remembers every decision, answers in the thread. Start free with 300 credits.

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