Docs & files · Connects with an API key

An AI teammate for PDF Vector.

Connect PDF Vector and your Cicada agent works in it for you: 10 PDF Vector 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 Vector
  • Find the latest pricing doc in PDF Vector and send me the link.
  • What changed in our PDF Vector docs this week?
  • Write up these notes in PDF Vector and share them with the team.
  • What did we decide about the Q1 plan? Check PDF Vector.
Text it, Slack it, or type it in the app. Swap in your own details.
What Cicada can do in PDF Vector

10 PDF Vector actions, picked for what you ask.

About PDF Vector: PDF Vector parses documents into markdown, extracts structured data, answers document questions, and searches academic publications and grants.

Reads

10 in all · always allowed
  • Ask Document
    Answer one question from a general, identity, invoice, or bank-statement document.
  • Find Citations
    Find relevant academic citations for each sentence in a paragraph and preserve provider-specific…
  • Parse Document
    Convert a general, identity, invoice, or bank-statement document to markdown.
  • Get Paper Graph
    Retrieve a publication plus one independently offset-controlled page of citing papers and one page…
  • Fetch Publications
    Resolve up to 100 publication identifiers with provider auto-detection and return both resolved…
  • Find Similar Papers
    Find papers related to a seed publication using citation-network similarity, optionally including…
  • Search Publications
    Search academic publications across selected databases and return one offset-controlled page,…
  • Parse Academic Paper
    Resolve an academic identifier or provider URL to a public PDF and parse it to markdown.
  • Extract Document Data
    Extract schema-constrained structured data from a general, identity, invoice, or bank-statement…
  • Search Research Grants
    Search US, EU, and UK research-grant providers and return one explicit offset-controlled page with…

Changes

0 in all · off when PDF Vector is read-only

None in this app.

Showing 10 of 10. 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 Vector

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

Works with your other tools

PDF Vector, 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 Vector and Cicada, answered.

Does Cicada integrate with PDF Vector?

Yes. PDF Vector 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 Vector?

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

What can Cicada do in PDF Vector?

10 actions: 10 that read from PDF Vector and 0 that change things in it, for example ask document, find citations, parse document. It picks the right ones for what you ask and chains them with your other apps.

Can I stop Cicada changing things in PDF Vector?

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

Is my PDF Vector data safe?

Your PDF Vector 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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