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Ably

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Ably is a real-time messaging platform helping developers build live features, including chat and data synchronization, with global scalability and robust reliability for modern applications

About this integration

Connect Ably to Definable to triage issues, review pull requests, monitor builds. Personas call Ably's 25 tools directly from chat or scheduled flows. Wire it into a triage, review, or release-management persona — every action runs scoped, reviewable, and logged.

Connect Ably to Definable and it becomes a set of typed tools your agents plan with — triggered by events, run on schedules, or invoked mid-conversation. Every write is checked by the verifier before it lands.

Auth OAuth2 · 2 clicks
Tools 25 exposed
Plans All, incl. Free
Data Never trained on

Ably · in workflows

What teams actually run.

Three patterns teams run with Ably on day one. Each one is a plain-English prompt — no canvas, no glue code — and you can remix them into anything.

01

Triage incoming issues

Webhook fires on every new issue
Persona summarises and labels it
Assigns the right engineer
02

Auto-review PRs

Pull the diff
Run a code-review persona
Post structured feedback as PR comment
03

Failing-build alerts

CI sends a failure event
Agent inspects logs and stack trace
Drops a debug summary in Slack

25 tools available

The Ably toolbox.

Every Ably capability your agents can call, each with a typed schema the planner reads. The router picks the right tool per step; the verifier checks the result.

Query Batch Presence

This tool enables querying the presence states of multiple channels in a single API request. The API retrieves the member presence details of the specified channels in parallel.

Query Batch Presence History

This tool enables querying presence history for multiple channels in a single API request. It uses the GET endpoint at https://rest.ably.io/presence to retrieve the member presence history details of the specified channels in parallel.

Delete Channel Subscription

This tool allows you to unsubscribe devices or clients from push notifications for specific channels. The operation is asynchronous, so immediate requests after deletion may briefly still return the subscription.

Get Channel Details

This tool retrieves metadata and details for a specific channel in Ably. It returns a ChannelDetails object containing information about the channel's status, occupancy, and other metadata. The endpoint provides visibility into channel activity, including metrics such as connections, presence, publishers, and subscribers, and requires appropriate permissions.

Get Channel History

This tool retrieves the message history for a specified Ably channel. It uses the GET /channels/{channelId}/messages endpoint to return a paginated list of messages in chronological order, subject to parameters such as 'channelId', 'limit', 'direction', 'start', and 'end'. The tool is useful for auditing, recovering missed messages, analyzing channel activity, and debugging message flows. Authentication is required via basic or token authentication.

Get Channel Presence

Tool to obtain the set of members currently present for a channel. Use when you need to check which clients are currently connected and active on a specific Ably channel.

Get Message Versions

Tool to retrieve all historical versions of a specific message from an Ably channel. Use when you need to track message history, including the original message and all subsequent updates or delete operations. Each version includes metadata such as timestamp, action type, and client ID.

Get Channel Presence History

This tool retrieves the history of presence messages for a specified channel in Ably. It allows you to query presence events on a channel within a given time period.

Get Push Device Registration

Tool to get the full details of a device registration for push notifications. Use when you need to retrieve information about a specific device registered for push notifications, including its platform, state, recipient details, and metadata. Requires the device ID.

Get Ably Service Time

This tool retrieves the current server time from Ably's service in milliseconds since the epoch. It is particularly useful for time synchronization and generating valid TokenRequest timestamps to prevent replay attacks. The endpoint supports multiple content types, handles HTTP errors, network issues, and is a fundamental tool for ensuring accurate timing in Ably applications.

Get Application Stats

This tool retrieves your application's usage statistics from Ably. The stats endpoint returns a paginated list of your application's usage statistics by minute, hour, day, or month. It supports optional parameters such as start, end, direction, limit, and unit to filter and format the returned data. The stats include metrics for: - Message counts and data transferred - Connection counts - Channel usage - API request counts - Push notification metrics - Token request counts

List Channels

Tool to enumerate all active channels in the Ably application. Use when you need to discover available channels or monitor channel activity. Returns paginated results and is heavily rate-limited. Can return either channel names only or full channel details with occupancy data.

List Push Channels

Tool to list all channels with at least one subscribed device. Use when you need to discover which channels have active push notification subscriptions in your Ably application.

List Push Channel Subscriptions

This tool retrieves a list of all push notification channel subscriptions. It allows you to view all active push notification subscriptions for channels in your Ably application. Allows filtering by channel, deviceId, and clientId, supports pagination with limit parameter, and returns detailed push notification subscription information including channel, deviceId, and clientId.

List Registered Push Devices

Tool to list all devices registered for receiving push notifications in your Ably application. Use when you need to view, filter, or audit push notification device registrations. Supports filtering by deviceId and clientId, with pagination via limit parameter.

Patch Push Device Registration

Tool to partially update specific attributes of an existing device registration in Ably's push notification system. Use when you need to modify device properties like formFactor, clientId, platform, or push recipient details without replacing the entire registration.

Batch Publish Messages

Tool to batch publish messages to multiple channels in parallel. Use when you need to send the same set of messages to multiple channels simultaneously for efficient broadcasting.

Publish Message to Channel

This tool will allow users to publish a message to a specified Ably channel using a POST request. It covers the essentials like channel name, message data, optional event name/type, and additional metadata for push notifications. It is an independent and fundamental operation within Ably's real-time messaging platform.

Publish Push Notification

Tool to publish a push notification directly to device(s) via Ably's Push Notifications API. Use when you need to send push notifications to specific devices identified by device ID, client ID, or platform-specific tokens. The API returns HTTP 204 on success with no response body.

Batch Publish Push Notifications

Tool to batch publish push notifications directly to specific recipients. Use when you need to send multiple push notifications efficiently in a single request. Supports up to 10,000 notifications per batch.

Register Push Device

Tool to register a device for receiving push notifications in Ably. Use when you need to enable push notifications for a specific device across various platforms including iOS (APNs), Android (FCM/GCM), and web browsers (Web Push). The device must be registered before it can receive push notifications through Ably's push notification system.

Request Access Token

Request an access token for Ably authentication. Use this when you need to generate a token with specific capabilities and client identifiers for secure authentication. The token can be used to authenticate clients with limited permissions and time-bound access.

Unregister All Push Devices

Tool to unregister matching devices for push notifications. Use when you need to remove device registrations from Ably's push notification system. You can filter by deviceId or clientId, but not both simultaneously.

Unregister Push Device

Tool to unregister a single device from push notifications in Ably. Use when you need to remove a device's push notification registration. This permanently removes the device from receiving push notifications until it is registered again.

Update Push Device Registration

Tool to update (upsert) a device registration for push notifications in Ably. Use when registering a new device or updating an existing device's push notification configuration. This is an upsert operation - if the device doesn't exist, it will be created; if it exists, it will be updated.

See it run

One prompt, start to finish.

A real prompt, the Ably tools it calls, and what comes back. This is the whole interface — describe the outcome, agents handle the rest.

Run a real Ably task end-to-end — plan it, execute across the API, and hand back a verified result.

ably.query_batch_presence This tool enables querying the presence states of multiple channels in a single API reques
ably.query_batch_presence_history This tool enables querying presence history for multiple channels in a single API request.
ably.delete_channel_subscription This tool allows you to unsubscribe devices or clients from push notifications for specifi · verified
done

Done. Ably responded across 3 calls, the verifier signed off, and the result is logged with every payload.

FAQ · Ably

Questions, answered.

What teams ask before connecting Ably.

01 What can I automate with Ably on Definable?

Anything Ably exposes through its API. Common developer tools workflows on Definable include triage issues, review pull requests, monitor builds. Personas can call any of the 25 Ably tools directly, then chain the result into another integration without you writing code.

02 How does Ably authentication work?

Ably uses API_KEY on Definable. You connect once from the integrations page, scoped to the permissions you choose, and from then on any persona that has the integration enabled can act on your behalf. Tokens are encrypted at rest and rotated automatically.

03 Is the Ably integration included in my Definable plan?

Yes — every Definable plan, including Starter, includes access to all 25 Ably tools. You only need a separate Ably subscription if Ably itself charges per seat or per API call.

04 Is using Ably through Definable secure?

Every call from a persona to Ably is logged with the user, persona, prompt, and response. Tokens never leave Definable's secrets vault, scopes are configurable per persona, and you can revoke access at any time from the integration page.

05 How do I get started with Ably on Definable?

Sign up for Definable, open the integrations page, find Ably, and connect via OAuth or API key. You can immediately attach Ably to any persona and start running workflows. The free Starter plan includes 5,000 credits/month.

06 What Ably actions does Definable expose?

Definable exposes all 25 Ably actions as callable tools — including `Query Batch Presence`, `Query Batch Presence History`, `Delete Channel Subscription`, plus 22 more. Each tool gets a typed parameter schema so personas know exactly how to call it.

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