An AI teammate for Needle.
Connect Needle and your Cicada agent works in it for you: 5 Needle 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.
300 free credits. No card. Read-only if you want.
- What broke in Needle overnight, and is it new?
- Open a Needle issue for this bug with the steps from the Slack thread.
- Summarise this week's Needle activity for the standup.
- Tell me when something in Needle needs my attention.
5 Needle actions, picked for what you ask.
About Needle: Needle provides retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) tools that enable semantic search across your data, facilitating the development of AI agents and applications.
Reads
3 in all · always allowed- List CollectionsList collections. use after authenticating with your api key to page through collections.
- List Collection FilesList all files within a specific collection by its id. use when you have a collection id and need…
- Get collection statsRetrieve statistics for a specific collection by its id. use when you need document count, index…
Changes
2 in all · off when Needle is read-only- Create CollectionCreate a new collection. use after confirming the collection name.
- Delete files from a collectionDelete files from a specific collection by providing file ids.
Showing 5 of 5. Your agent can use every one of them; you don't pick them, you ask for the outcome.
Connected in a minute. In your control after that.
Connect Needle
Open Connections, find Needle and paste an API key from your Needle account settings. Cicada checks it works before saving it.
Choose what it may do
Full, Ask first or Read-only, for the whole workspace. Share Needle with the team, or keep it under each person's own login.
Ask from anywhere
Text your agent on iMessage or WhatsApp, message it in Slack or the app, or put a Needle job on a schedule: every morning, every Friday.
Needle, 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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Needle and Cicada, answered.
Does Cicada integrate with Needle?
Yes. Needle 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 Needle?
Open Connections, find Needle and paste an API key from your Needle account settings. Cicada checks it works before saving it.
What can Cicada do in Needle?
5 actions: 3 that read from Needle and 2 that change things in it, for example list collections, list collection files, get collection stats. It picks the right ones for what you ask and chains them with your other apps.
Can I stop Cicada changing things in Needle?
Yes. In Connections, set Needle 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 Needle 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 Needle jobs on a schedule, like every morning at 8.
Is my Needle data safe?
Your Needle 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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