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An AI teammate for Shortcut.

Connect Shortcut and your Cicada agent works in it for you: 122 Shortcut 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 Shortcut
  • What's overdue in Shortcut, and who owns it?
  • Turn the action items from today's call into Shortcut tasks.
  • Post a Friday summary of what got done in Shortcut to #team.
  • Which Shortcut projects have had no updates in two weeks?
Text it, Slack it, or type it in the app. Swap in your own details.
What Cicada can do in Shortcut

122 Shortcut actions, picked for what you ask.

About Shortcut: Shortcut aligns product development work with company objectives so teams can execute with a shared purpose.

Reads

59 in all · always allowed
  • List epics
    List epics returns a list of all epics and their attributes.
  • Get project
    Get project returns information about the selected project.
  • List categories
    List categories returns a list of all categories and their attributes.
  • List milestones
    (deprecated: use 'list objectives') list milestones returns a list of all milestones and their…
  • List objectives
    List objectives returns a list of all objectives and their attributes.
  • Search objectives
    Search objectives lets you search objectives based on desired parameters.
  • Search
    Search lets you search epics and stories based on desired parameters.
  • Get epic
    Get epic returns information about the selected epic.
  • Get file
    Get file returns information about the selected uploadedfile.
  • Get task
    Returns information about a chosen task.

Changes

63 in all · off when Shortcut is read-only
  • Create epic
    Create epic allows you to create a new epic in Shortcut.
  • Create task
    Create task is used to create a new task in a story.
  • Delete epic
    Delete epic can be used to delete the epic. the only required parameter is epic id.
  • Delete file
    Delete file deletes a previously uploaded file.
  • Delete task
    Delete task can be used to delete any previously created task on a story.
  • Update epic
    Update epic can be used to update numerous fields in the epic.
  • Update file
    Update file updates the properties of an uploadedfile (but not its content).
  • Update task
    Update task can be used to update task properties.
  • Create group
    Creates a new group in the Shortcut system with customizable properties.
  • Create label
    Create label allows you to create a new label in Shortcut.

Showing 20 of 122. 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 Shortcut

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

Works with your other tools

Shortcut, 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

Shortcut and Cicada, answered.

Does Cicada integrate with Shortcut?

Yes. Shortcut 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 Shortcut?

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

What can Cicada do in Shortcut?

122 actions: 59 that read from Shortcut and 63 that change things in it, for example list epics, get project, list categories. It picks the right ones for what you ask and chains them with your other apps.

Can I stop Cicada changing things in Shortcut?

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

Is my Shortcut data safe?

Your Shortcut 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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