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An AI teammate for Excel.

Connect Excel and your Cicada agent works in it for you: 49 Excel 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 Excel
  • Find the latest pricing doc in Excel and send me the link.
  • What changed in our Excel docs this week?
  • Write up these notes in Excel and share them with the team.
  • What did we decide about the Q1 plan? Check Excel.
Text it, Slack it, or type it in the app. Swap in your own details.
What Cicada can do in Excel

49 Excel actions, picked for what you ask.

About Excel: Microsoft Excel is a powerful spreadsheet application for data analysis, calculations, and visualization, enabling users to organize and process data with formulas, charts, and pivot tables

Reads

21 in all · always allowed
  • List Table Columns
    List columns in a table using microsoft graph api.
  • Get Range
    Get a range from a worksheet using microsoft graph api.
  • List Charts
    List charts in a worksheet using microsoft graph api.
  • List Tables
    List tables in a worksheet using microsoft graph api.
  • Get workbook
    Retrieve the properties and relationships of a workbook. use when you need to inspect comments,…
  • Get Worksheet
    Get a worksheet by name or id from an Excel workbook using microsoft graph api.
  • List Comments
    List comments in an Excel workbook. use when you need to retrieve all workbook comments via…
  • Get Chart Axis
    Retrieve a specific axis from a chart. use when you need properties like min, max, interval, and…
  • List Table Rows
    List rows in a table using microsoft graph api.
  • List Worksheets
    List worksheets in an Excel workbook using microsoft graph api.

Changes

28 in all · off when Excel is read-only
  • Add Table
    Create a table in a workbook using microsoft graph api.
  • Insert Range
    Insert a new cell range into a worksheet, shifting existing cells down or right.
  • Create Excel Session
    Create a session for an Excel workbook using microsoft graph api.
  • Add Workbook Permission
    Grant access to a workbook via invite. use when you need to share a specific workbook file with…
  • Add Chart
    Add a chart to a worksheet using microsoft graph api.
  • Sort Range
    Sort a range in a worksheet using microsoft graph api.
  • Clear Range
    Clear values, formats, or contents in a specified worksheet range.
  • Merge Cells
    Merge cells in a worksheet range using microsoft graph api.
  • Update Chart
    Update a chart in a worksheet using microsoft graph api.
  • Update Range
    Update a range in a worksheet using microsoft graph api.

Showing 20 of 49. 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 Excel

    Open Connections, find Excel and press Connect. You sign in on Excel's own page; there's nothing to configure.

  2. Choose what it may do

    Full, Ask first or Read-only, for the whole workspace. Share Excel 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 Excel job on a schedule: every morning, every Friday.

Works with your other tools

Excel, 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

Excel and Cicada, answered.

Does Cicada integrate with Excel?

Yes. Excel is one of the 888 apps with a page here, and it connects with one click. Once it's connected, every agent in your workspace can use it from any channel you talk to them on.

How do I connect Excel?

Open Connections, find Excel and press Connect. You sign in on Excel's own page; there's nothing to configure.

What can Cicada do in Excel?

49 actions: 21 that read from Excel and 28 that change things in it, for example list table columns, get range, list charts. It picks the right ones for what you ask and chains them with your other apps.

Can I stop Cicada changing things in Excel?

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

Is my Excel data safe?

Your Excel 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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