⚡ Infrastructure for Africa's AI agent builders

One key. One set of routes.
Every tool your agent needs.

Shovel is the connection layer between your AI agents and the tools people already use — WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Postgres, MySQL, and any custom backend. Link them once in a workspace, then talk to all of them through a single API key.

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WhatsApp · Telegram · Facebook · Instagram · Twitter · Postgres · MySQL · Custom APIs — all routed through one Shovel workspace

The catalog

Connect what your users are already on

Every workspace gets the same catalog of tools. Link a few or link them all — adding a new one never changes how your agent talks to the others.

How it works

Three steps from signup to a live integration

1. Create a workspace

Name it after a client, a product, or a project. Each workspace gets its own isolated API key and webhook routes.

2. Link your tools

Pick WhatsApp, Telegram, a Postgres database, or any custom API. Drop in credentials once — Shovel handles the rest.

3. Connect your agent

Your AI agent reads inbound messages and sends replies through one JSON API — regardless of which tool is on the other end.

Built for agents, not just apps

Your agent gets one inbox and one way to reply — no matter the channel

Point your AI agent at a single base URL. It can poll for new messages, query a linked database, or reply to a customer on WhatsApp — using the exact same JSON shape every time. Add a tenth tool next month and the agent's code doesn't change.

  • ✓ Normalized inbound events from every channel
  • ✓ One API key, scoped per workspace
  • ✓ Optional push: forward events straight to your agent's URL
  • ✓ Database query access alongside messaging tools
POST /api/v1/<your_api_key>/send
{
  "tool": "telegram",
  "action": "send_message",
  "payload": { "to": "8841213", "text": "Order shipped 🚚" }
}

GET /api/v1/<your_api_key>/inbox?since_id=104
→ normalized messages from WhatsApp, Telegram,
  Instagram — whichever tool sent them

Built for the African AI agent ecosystem

Lightweight, low-compute infrastructure designed to run comfortably on free-tier hosting and scale tool-by-tool as you grow.

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