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An AI teammate for Control D.

Connect Control D and your Cicada agent works in it for you: 48 Control D 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 Control D
  • What broke in Control D overnight, and is it new?
  • Open a Control D issue for this bug with the steps from the Slack thread.
  • Summarise this week's Control D activity for the standup.
  • Tell me when something in Control D needs my attention.
Text it, Slack it, or type it in the app. Swap in your own details.
What Cicada can do in Control D

48 Control D actions, picked for what you ask.

About Control D: Control D is a customizable DNS filtering and traffic redirection platform that allows users to manage internet access, enforce policies, and monitor usage across devices and networks.

Reads

26 in all · always allowed
  • Get Devices
    List all devices associated with the account. Use when you need to retrieve device inventory after…
  • Get Users
    Retrieve user account data. Use when you need account details after authentication.
  • Get Profiles
    List all profiles associated with the authenticated account.
  • Get Profile by ID
    Retrieve details of a specific profile by its ID. Use when you need full profile details after…
  • Get Profile Options
    Get all available profile options. Use when you need to retrieve the possible configurations for…
  • Get Profile Filters
    List native filters associated with a specific profile. Use when you have a profile ID and need to…
  • Get Profile Folders
    List rule folders (groups) within a profile. Use when you need to retrieve all folders for a given…
  • Get Profile Schedule
    Retrieve a specific schedule by its ID within a profile. Use when you need details of a profile…
  • Get Profile Services
    List services associated with a specific profile. Use when you need to retrieve all services that…
  • List Known Access IPs
    List known IPs associated with the account. Use when you need to retrieve recent access IPs for…

Changes

22 in all · off when Control D is read-only
  • Create Device
    Create a new device. Use when you need to provision devices and retrieve their DNS resolvers.
  • Delete Device by ID
    Delete a Control-D device. Use when you need to remove a device by its identifier after confirming…
  • Modify Device
    Modify an existing device. Use when you need to update device settings by providing its ID.
  • Create Profile
    Create a new blank profile or clone an existing one. Use when you need to provision a profile…
  • Modify Organization
    Modify organization settings and limits. Use when you need to change organization limits such as…
  • Delete Profile by ID
    Delete a profile. Use when you need to remove a profile by its ID after ensuring it is not enforced…
  • Update Profile by ID
    Modify an existing profile by ID. Use when you need to update profile fields after confirming the…
  • Modify Profile Filter
    Modify the enabled state of a specific filter on a profile.
  • Delete Profile Schedule
    Delete a specific schedule within a profile. Use after confirming profile_id and schedule_id.
  • Create Profile Schedule
    Create a new schedule within a specific profile. Use after gathering profile_id and schedule…

Showing 20 of 48. 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 Control D

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

Works with your other tools

Control D, 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

Control D and Cicada, answered.

Does Cicada integrate with Control D?

Yes. Control D 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 Control D?

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

What can Cicada do in Control D?

48 actions: 26 that read from Control D and 22 that change things in it, for example get devices, get users, get profiles. It picks the right ones for what you ask and chains them with your other apps.

Can I stop Cicada changing things in Control D?

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

Is my Control D data safe?

Your Control D 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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