Docs & files · Connects with an API key

An AI teammate for PDF.co.

Connect PDF.co and your Cicada agent works in it for you: 33 PDF.co 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 PDF.co
  • Find the latest pricing doc in PDF.co and send me the link.
  • What changed in our PDF.co docs this week?
  • Write up these notes in PDF.co and share them with the team.
  • What did we decide about the Q1 plan? Check PDF.co.
Text it, Slack it, or type it in the app. Swap in your own details.
What Cicada can do in PDF.co

33 PDF.co actions, picked for what you ask.

About PDF.co: PDF.co is a REST API platform for PDF automation including PDF extraction, generation, editing, splitting, merging, form filling, barcode processing, OCR, document parsing, file conversion (PDF to Excel/CSV/JSON/XML/HTML/Image and vice versa), and AI-powered…

Reads

6 in all · always allowed
  • Check Job Status
    Check status and result of an asynchronous job. use after submitting a job to poll for completion.
  • Find Text in PDF
    Find text in a pdf document. use when you need to locate keywords or regex patterns and get their…
  • Extract PDF Attachments
    Extract embedded attachments from a pdf. use when you need to retrieve embedded files from a pdf…
  • Get Account Balance Info
    Get account balance info. use after authenticating to check remaining credits.
  • Search and Delete Text in PDF
    Search for and delete text in a pdf by keyword or regex. use when you need to remove sensitive or…
  • Search and Replace Text in PDF
    Search for and replace text in a pdf document. use when you need to update specific text instances…

Changes

27 in all · off when PDF.co is read-only
  • Split PDF
    Split a pdf into multiple files by page ranges. use when you need to extract specific pages or page…
  • Merge PDFs
    Merge multiple pdf files into one document. use when you need to combine several pdf urls into a…
  • Upload File
    Upload a local file to PDF.co. use when you need to stage a document on PDF.co for downstream…
  • Document Parser
    Parse documents based on predefined templates to extract structured data.
  • PDF Info Reader
    Retrieve detailed information and metadata of a pdf. use when you need page count, author,…
  • Generate Barcode
    Generate barcode images (qr, code128, code39, pdf417, etc.).
  • Delete PDF Pages
    Delete specific pages from a pdf file. use when you need to remove unwanted pages before further…
  • Rotate PDF Pages
    Rotate selected pages in a pdf. use when you need to adjust the orientation of specific pages in an…
  • Add Content to PDF
    Add content to an existing pdf. use when you need to overlay text, images, barcodes, or links…
  • Convert PDF to CSV
    Convert pdf or scanned images to csv format. use when you need to extract tabular data from a pdf…
  • Convert PDF to XLS
    Convert pdf or scanned images to xls format. use when you need to extract tabular data into an…
  • Convert PDF to XML
    Convert pdf or scanned images to xml format. use when you need to extract structured data from pdf…
  • Convert Text to PDF
    Convert plain text data to pdf. use when you need to generate a pdf from raw text content or text…
  • Convert HTML to PDF
    Convert html code or webpage url into a pdf document. use when you need to capture a webpage or…

Showing 20 of 33. 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.co

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

Works with your other tools

PDF.co, 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.

Questions

PDF.co and Cicada, answered.

Does Cicada integrate with PDF.co?

Yes. PDF.co 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.co?

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

What can Cicada do in PDF.co?

33 actions: 6 that read from PDF.co and 27 that change things in it, for example check job status, find text in pdf, extract pdf attachments. It picks the right ones for what you ask and chains them with your other apps.

Can I stop Cicada changing things in PDF.co?

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

Is my PDF.co data safe?

Your PDF.co 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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