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An AI teammate for Hex.

Connect Hex and your Cicada agent works in it for you: 31 Hex 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 Hex
  • What changed in Hex this week compared with last week?
  • Pull these numbers from Hex into a sheet and chart them.
  • Text me if the daily figure in Hex drops by more than 20%.
  • Build me a Monday summary from Hex.
Text it, Slack it, or type it in the app. Swap in your own details.
What Cicada can do in Hex

31 Hex actions, picked for what you ask.

About Hex: Hex is a collaborative data workspace that combines SQL, Python, and R notebooks for analytics and data science

Reads

12 in all · always allowed
  • List Cells
    List all cells from the draft version of a Hex project. Use when you need to retrieve cells with…
  • List Users
    List all users in the Hex workspace with pagination support.
  • Get Project
    Get metadata about a single Hex project. Use when you need to retrieve project details including…
  • List groups
    List all groups in the Hex workspace with pagination support.
  • Get Run Status
    Retrieve the status of a specific Hex project run. Use when you need to check the current state,…
  • Get Project Runs
    Retrieve the status of API-triggered runs for a specific Hex project.
  • List Collections
    Retrieve all collections in the workspace with pagination support.
  • List Hex Projects
    List all viewable Hex projects with pagination and filtering support.
  • Get Cell
    Get a single cell by ID from the draft version of a Hex project.
  • Get Group
    Retrieve information about a specific Hex group. Use when you need to get details about a group…

Changes

19 in all · off when Hex is read-only
  • Edit Group
    Edit a group's name and/or members in Hex. Use when you need to update group details, add users to…
  • Create Cell
    Create a new cell in the draft version of a Hex project. Use when adding CODE or SQL cells to a…
  • Delete Cell
    Permanently delete a cell from the draft version of a project.
  • Run Project
    Trigger a run of the latest published version of a Hex project.
  • Update Cell
    Update a cell's source code and/or data connection in Hex.
  • Delete Group
    Deletes a group from the Hex workspace. Use this when you need to permanently remove a group by its…
  • Deactivate User
    Deactivates a user in the Hex workspace. Use this when you need to deactivate a user by their ID.
  • Create Collection
    Create a new collection in the Hex workspace. Use when you need to organize projects and resources…
  • Delete Guide Draft
    Deletes a guide draft by ID from Hex. Use this when you need to permanently remove a draft guide.
  • Upsert Guide Draft
    Update or create guide drafts by filePath. Creates a new guide if it doesn't exist, creates a draft…

Showing 20 of 31. 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 Hex

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

Works with your other tools

Hex, 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

Hex and Cicada, answered.

Does Cicada integrate with Hex?

Yes. Hex 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 Hex?

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

What can Cicada do in Hex?

31 actions: 12 that read from Hex and 19 that change things in it, for example list cells, list users, get project. It picks the right ones for what you ask and chains them with your other apps.

Can I stop Cicada changing things in Hex?

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

Is my Hex data safe?

Your Hex 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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