AI agents for Ably

Read a channel's history

Reads messages published on a channel, newest first by default, as result[]: each with id, name, data, clientId and timestamp (Unix milliseconds).

See who is on a channel

Lists the clients present on a channel right now, as result[]: each with clientId, connectionId, action and data (what the client shared about itself, like a status).

List active channels

Lists the names of channels that are active now, at result[], optionally only those starting with prefix.

Get a channel's status

Reads a channel's details: channelId, status.isActive and status.occupancy.metrics (connections, publishers, subscribers, presence members).

Get usage stats

Reads the app's usage statistics per minute, hour, day or month, newest first, as result[].

Publish a message

Publishes one message on a channel; every client subscribed to the channel gets it at once.

Publish to several channels

Publishes the same message to up to 100 channels in one request.

Send a push notification

Sends a push notification straight to the devices registered with Ably for a client_id (all of that user's devices) or one device_id, with a title, body and optional key-value data for the app.