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Status: Available Pipedream is how DuckBrain ingests apps that have no local crawler. Credentials live in Pipedream, never on your machine or in the chat — one proxy-first AppConnector injects auth server-side on every request. It’s an adapter behind the source, not something you see at the source level.

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Connect, then sync

Each source is a declarative SourceSpec — no per-source code. Available today:

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Two connector kinds

  • Managed OAuth — for apps in Pipedream’s registry. Pipedream runs the OAuth dance and proxies the API; you just connect and sync.
  • The broker — for apps Pipedream doesn’t have. You deploy one small hosted key-entry form (once), paste the app’s API key into Pipedream via a Connect-Link-style page, and duckbrain proxies through it with the key injected server-side. The key never touches your machine. RevenueCat rides this. Deep dive: the broker guide.

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Add a new app

gen-spec reads the app’s Pipedream component, drafts the spec, probes the live API, and refuses if the connector’s shape isn’t supported yet — so a spec never ships broken. Write the draft, re-run with --draft <file> to validate and register it, then smoke-test with sync.

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Setup

apps need Pipedream project credentials, stored locally (0600) and loaded by the daemon too:
These identify your Pipedream project — the per-app credentials themselves stay inside Pipedream.