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An AI teammate for PDF Blocks.

Connect PDF Blocks and your Cicada agent works in it for you: 17 PDF Blocks 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 PDF Blocks
  • Find the latest pricing doc in PDF Blocks and send me the link.
  • What changed in our PDF Blocks docs this week?
  • Write up these notes in PDF Blocks and share them with the team.
  • What did we decide about the Q1 plan? Check PDF Blocks.
Text it, Slack it, or type it in the app. Swap in your own details.
What Cicada can do in PDF Blocks

17 PDF Blocks actions, picked for what you ask.

About PDF Blocks: PDF Blocks provides synchronous API operations for merging, splitting, watermarking, securing, and reorganizing PDF documents.

Reads

1 in all · always allowed
  • Extract PDF Pages
    Create a PDF containing selected source pages in their original order.

Changes

16 in all · off when PDF Blocks is read-only
  • Merge PDFs
    Merge PDF files into one PDF in the exact order provided.
  • Add PDF Password
    Create an encrypted copy of a PDF that requires a password to open.
  • Remove PDF Pages
    Create a PDF with selected pages removed while preserving the remaining page order.
  • Rotate PDF Pages
    Rotate all or selected PDF pages by a supported multiple of 90 degrees.
  • Reorder PDF Pages
    Create a PDF in an exact page order, optionally dropping or repeating source pages.
  • Reverse PDF Pages
    Create a PDF with the complete page order reversed.
  • Split PDF at Page
    Split a PDF into exactly two downloadable PDFs at a page boundary;
  • Split PDF by Size
    Split a PDF into downloadable PDFs no larger than a requested byte limit.
  • Add Text Watermark
    Add up to three styled text lines as a watermark on all or selected PDF pages.
  • Add Image Watermark
    Add a PNG or JPEG image as a watermark on all or selected PDF pages.
  • Remove PDF Password
    Create an unencrypted copy of a password-protected PDF using its current password.
  • Add PDF Restrictions
    Create an encrypted PDF copy with explicit permissions for copying, editing, printing, forms,…
  • Remove PDF Signatures
    Create a PDF copy with all digital signatures and timestamps removed.
  • Remove PDF Restrictions
    Create a PDF copy with permission restrictions cleared.
  • Split PDF by Page Count
    Split a PDF into consecutive downloadable PDFs containing up to a fixed number of pages each.
  • Split PDF by Page Groups
    Create one downloadable PDF for each caller-defined ordered group of source pages.

Showing 17 of 17. 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 PDF Blocks

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

Works with your other tools

PDF Blocks, 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

PDF Blocks and Cicada, answered.

Does Cicada integrate with PDF Blocks?

Yes. PDF Blocks 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 PDF Blocks?

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

What can Cicada do in PDF Blocks?

17 actions: 1 that read from PDF Blocks and 16 that change things in it, for example extract pdf pages, merge pdfs, add pdf password. It picks the right ones for what you ask and chains them with your other apps.

Can I stop Cicada changing things in PDF Blocks?

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

Is my PDF Blocks data safe?

Your PDF Blocks 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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