Ecommerce · Connects with an API key

An AI teammate for Countdown API.

Connect Countdown API and your Cicada agent works in it for you: 23 Countdown API 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 Countdown API
  • How many Countdown API orders came in overnight, and which ones need attention?
  • Which products in Countdown API will run out in the next two weeks at this pace?
  • Text me yesterday's Countdown API sales at 8 every morning.
  • List this month's refunds in Countdown API with the reasons.
Text it, Slack it, or type it in the app. Swap in your own details.
What Cicada can do in Countdown API

23 Countdown API actions, picked for what you ask.

About Countdown API: Countdown API provides real-time eBay product data, including product details, customer reviews, seller feedback, and search results, enabling businesses and developers to access comprehensive eBay marketplace information.

Reads

10 in all · always allowed
  • Get Collection
    Retrieve details for a single collection by ID. Use when you need collection metadata and counts…
  • Get Result Set
    Retrieve a collection run's result set payload. Use after a collection run completes to fetch…
  • List Collections
    List all collections for the authenticated account. Use when you need to retrieve paginated…
  • List Result Sets
    List result sets produced by a collection. Use when you need to retrieve all summary status of…
  • eBay Autocomplete
    Fetch eBay autocomplete suggestions. Use when needing search-term-based suggestions from Countdown…
  • List Destinations
    List all destinations configured for the account. Use when you need to inspect or paginate through…
  • Export Requests CSV
    Export all requests in a collection as CSV download links.
  • List Requests Paged
    List requests for a collection by page. Use when you need to fetch a specific batch of up to 1000…
  • Get Account Information
    Retrieve account usage and current platform status. Use when needing to check plan, usage, and…
  • Export Requests as JSON
    Download all requests in a collection as JSON. Use when you need to export the entire request…

Changes

13 in all · off when Countdown API is read-only
  • Stop Collection
    Stop (pause) a single collection’s processing by ID. Use when you need to halt a running or queued…
  • Start Collection
    Start processing a collection's queued requests. Use after creating or pausing a collection to…
  • Delete Collection
    Delete a collection and its configuration by ID. Use when you need to remove an existing,…
  • Create Destination
    Create a destination. Use when you need to set up a new destination for results or notifications.
  • Delete Destination
    Delete a destination by ID. Use when you need to remove an existing destination.
  • Update Destination
    Update a destination's configuration by ID. Use after creating or retrieving a destination to…
  • Stop All Collections
    Stop all collections. Use when you need to halt any running or queued collections after reviewing…
  • Delete Single Request
    Remove a specific request from a collection. Use when you need to delete one request by ID.
  • Update Single Request
    Modify parameters of an existing request in a collection.
  • Clear Collection Requests
    Clear all requests from a specified collection. Use when you need to remove all queued requests for…

Showing 20 of 23. 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 Countdown API

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

Works with your other tools

Countdown API, 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

Countdown API and Cicada, answered.

Does Cicada integrate with Countdown API?

Yes. Countdown API 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 Countdown API?

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

What can Cicada do in Countdown API?

23 actions: 10 that read from Countdown API and 13 that change things in it, for example get collection, get result set, list collections. It picks the right ones for what you ask and chains them with your other apps.

Can I stop Cicada changing things in Countdown API?

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

Is my Countdown API data safe?

Your Countdown API 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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