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An AI teammate for DeskTime.

Connect DeskTime and your Cicada agent works in it for you: 10 DeskTime 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 DeskTime
  • What's overdue in DeskTime, and who owns it?
  • Turn the action items from today's call into DeskTime tasks.
  • Post a Friday summary of what got done in DeskTime to #team.
  • Which DeskTime projects have had no updates in two weeks?
Text it, Slack it, or type it in the app. Swap in your own details.
What Cicada can do in DeskTime

10 DeskTime actions, picked for what you ask.

About DeskTime: DeskTime is an automatic time tracking software that helps teams and freelancers monitor productivity, manage projects, and analyze work habits.

Reads

7 in all · always allowed
  • Get Employee Data
    Fetch data for all employees within the company. use after verifying the api key is valid.
  • Get Projects List
    Retrieve all active projects for the company, including related tasks.
  • Ping DeskTime API
    Check the api's availability and confirm the service is operational.
  • Get Account Details
    Retrieve detailed information about the authenticated user's company account.
  • Get Employee Projects
    Retrieve information about projects assigned to employees, including project names, durations, and…
  • Get All Company Employees
    List all employees in the company, including their roles and statuses.
  • Get Employee Projects and Apps
    Retrieve an employee's tracked projects and application usage.

Changes

3 in all · off when DeskTime is read-only
  • Stop Project Task
    Stop tracking time for a specified project and optional task.
  • Start Project Task
    Start tracking time for a specified project and optional task.
  • Create Project with Optional Task
    Create a new project with an optional initial task. use when you need to set up a new DeskTime…

Showing 10 of 10. 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 DeskTime

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

Works with your other tools

DeskTime, 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

DeskTime and Cicada, answered.

Does Cicada integrate with DeskTime?

Yes. DeskTime 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 DeskTime?

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

What can Cicada do in DeskTime?

10 actions: 7 that read from DeskTime and 3 that change things in it, for example get employee data, get projects list, ping desktime api. It picks the right ones for what you ask and chains them with your other apps.

Can I stop Cicada changing things in DeskTime?

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

Is my DeskTime data safe?

Your DeskTime 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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