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An AI teammate for WaniKani.

Connect WaniKani and your Cicada agent works in it for you: 16 WaniKani 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 WaniKani
  • What's new in WaniKani this week?
  • Pull the latest from WaniKani into a sheet.
  • Tell me when something important changes in WaniKani.
  • Do the weekly WaniKani update and send me the summary.
Text it, Slack it, or type it in the app. Swap in your own details.
What Cicada can do in WaniKani

16 WaniKani actions, picked for what you ask.

About WaniKani: WaniKani is a spaced-repetition learning platform for studying Japanese radicals, kanji, and vocabulary.

Reads

11 in all · always allowed
  • Get User
    Get the connected user's identity, level, subscription status, vacation state, and application…
  • Get Resets
    Retrieve one account-reset record by ID, or list account level-reset history.
  • Get Reviews
    Retrieve one completed review by ID, or list completed reviews filtered by review IDs, subject IDs,…
  • Get Subjects
    Retrieve one WaniKani subject by ID, or search radicals, kanji, vocabulary, and kana vocabulary by…
  • Get Assignments
    Retrieve one assignment by ID, or list the connected user's assignments using progress,…
  • Get Voice Actors
    Retrieve one WaniKani pronunciation voice actor by ID, or list voice actors with ID and update-time…
  • Get Study Summary
    Get lessons available now and review availability over the next 24 hours for the connected user.
  • Get Study Materials
    Retrieve one study-material record by ID, or list the user's subject notes and meaning synonyms…
  • Get Review Statistics
    Retrieve one per-subject review statistic by ID, or list answer totals, streaks, and accuracy using…
  • Get Level Progressions
    Retrieve one level-progression record by ID, or list the user's level history with ID and…
  • Get Spaced Repetition Systems
    Retrieve one spaced-repetition system by ID, or list SRS definitions and their stage intervals.

Changes

5 in all · off when WaniKani is read-only
  • Submit Review
    Irreversibly submit a completed review, changing assignment progress and review statistics.
  • Start Assignment
    Irreversibly mark one unlocked lesson assignment as started and move it into reviews.
  • Create Study Material
    Create the sole study-material record for a subject, optionally with notes or meaning synonyms.
  • Update Study Material
    Update at least one note or meaning-synonym field on an existing study-material record without…
  • Update User Preferences
    Update one or more supported WaniKani lesson or review preferences.

Showing 16 of 16. 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 WaniKani

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

Works with your other tools

WaniKani, 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

WaniKani and Cicada, answered.

Does Cicada integrate with WaniKani?

Yes. WaniKani 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 WaniKani?

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

What can Cicada do in WaniKani?

16 actions: 11 that read from WaniKani and 5 that change things in it, for example get user, get resets, get reviews. It picks the right ones for what you ask and chains them with your other apps.

Can I stop Cicada changing things in WaniKani?

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

Is my WaniKani data safe?

Your WaniKani 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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