Works in Ably like you do
- Early access: it sees Ably on your screen and works in it with its own cursor, while you keep using yours
- Nothing to set up: it works in Ably signed in as you
- Finishes multi-step jobs across Ably and your other apps
DuckyHelper in Ably
DuckyHelper sees Ably on your screen and, in early access, works in it with its own cursor to publish messages to channels, read channel history and presence, send push notifications, manage push devices, and check app stats. It's built to ask before it sends or pays, and explains or draws on Ably when you want to learn it.
Try asking
- “List the channels and publish a message to a channel”
- “Publish a push notification in Ably”
- “Show me how to add a push device”
Press fn (Ctrl+Shift+Space on Windows and Linux) and ask out loud. Doing the work for you is early access on Mac.
Channels in AblyDone in 7sExample
List the channels and publish a message to a channel
- Listed the channels in Ably
- Added a push device
- Publish a message to a channel
It's ready in Ably. Nothing goes out until you press Send.
AblyAblyNew messageNeeds your OKToDana Lee (example)
Hi Dana, here is the update you asked for. Tell me if anything is missing.
Drawn from Ably's own actions · early access on Mac
WHAT TO ASK
Things you can ask it to do in Ably
Each one is something Ably itself lets you do, said the way you'd ask. Questions about your screen work today; having it do the job is early access on Mac.
Ask about it
Works todayIt sees your screen, answers out loud and draws on it.
- “Explain this presence to me”
- “Where do I find the channels in Ably?”
- “Show me how to add a push device”
- “What does this button do?”
- “Walk me through this screen”
Read and find
Early accessIt opens Ably and looks things up for you.
- List the channels
- List the push channels
- List the registered push devices
- Look up the channel history
- Look up the channel presence history
- List the push channel subscriptions
- Look up the application stats
- Look up a channel presence
Show all 14
- Look up the channel details
- Search the batch presence history
- Look up a push device registration
- Search a batch presence
- Look up a service time
- Look up the message versions
Write and send
Early accessIt's built to ask before anything is sent or paid.
- Add a push device
- Publish the messages
- Publish a message to a channel
- Publish a push notification
- Publish the push notifications
- Update a push device registration
Manage
Early accessIt tidies up and changes things in Ably.
- Delete a channel subscription
BUILT TO ASK FIRST
It's built to wait for your OK in Ably.
When a job ends in “Publish a message to a channel”, it does the work, and is built to stop with it ready. You see exactly what it wrote and where it goes, then Send, Edit or Deny.
It works in Ably signed in as you. If it hits a sign-in, you sign in yourself: it's built not to type your passwords or card numbers.
AblyNew messageNeeds your OKToDana Lee (example)
Hi Dana, here is the update you asked for. Tell me if anything is missing.
Example draft · early access on Mac
Why Use DuckyHelper?
Built to ask before it sends or pays
- Built to ask first before it sends a message or pays for anything
- Built not to type your passwords or card numbers for you
- It listens and looks only while the pill is open
Shows you, not just tells you
- Explains Ably out loud and draws right on your screen
- Works it out with you on a blackboard when you want to learn it
Always there, in every app
- Press one key in any app and ask out loud: fn on a Mac, Ctrl+Shift+Space on Windows and Linux
- Runs jobs on a schedule (early access)
- For Mac, Windows and Linux
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FAQ
Frequently asked questions
On your screen, the way a person at your computer would. Press fn (Ctrl+Shift+Space on Windows and Linux) and ask about what you see in Ably: it answers out loud and can draw on Ably to show you where things are. In early access on Mac it also works in Ably with its own cursor, signed in as you, while you keep using yours.
For example: “List the channels and publish a message to a channel” and “Publish a push notification in Ably”. Or ask about what you see: “Show me how to add a push device”. Doing the work for you is in early access on Mac.
No. Open Ably and sign in yourself, the way you always do. DuckyHelper works in the window you have open, signed in as you. It's built not to type your passwords or card numbers for you.
It's built to ask first before it sends a message or pays for anything, and to wait for your yes. It may not recognize every send or payment, so keep an eye on tasks that involve messages or money.
In Ably, a job that ends in “Publish a message to a channel” is built to stop there for your OK: Send, Edit or Deny.
Yes. Press one key and ask out loud. It answers out loud while you keep working, draws on your screen to show you where things are, or works it out with you on a blackboard.
Yes. DuckyHelper works in any app on your computer, so one job can move between Ably and the other apps and pages you use.
Doing the work for you is new and in early access on Mac. Asking out loud, drawing on your screen and the blackboard work today on Mac, Windows and Linux.
No. It listens and looks only while the pill is open. When the pill is closed, nothing is heard or seen.
No, there is no charge per app. Try DuckyHelper for 10 minutes with no card. Plus is $20 a month, $14 a month for your first 3 months. See pricing.
Mac (Apple silicon, macOS 14 or later), Windows and Linux. Download DuckyHelper.
No. DuckyHelper is made by MingLLM, Inc. and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Ably. It works in Ably the same way you do, on your screen.
Try it in Ably.Press one key and ask.
It sees Ably, explains it out loud and does the work with you.Try it for 10 minutes, no card.
Download DuckyHelperQuestions and jobs
Do anything
Ask it a question or hand it a job, in any app.
Doing jobs for you is in early access on Mac. Asking works on Mac, Windows and Linux.