Quick start
Three steps. Sign in for free credits, connect a chat app, write your first rule. Five minutes total.
Step 1: Sign in for free credits
Open the management panel and click "Sign in / Sign up" in the top-right. Email signup gets you 100 starting credits + 100k tokens of free daily quota. By default, requests go through the DlxAI cloud proxy to OpenRouter — no API key needed to start chatting.
Don't want cloud credits?
Switch to "Self-hosted" mode under Settings → Access mode and bring your own OpenAI / Anthropic / DeepSeek keys for fully local execution.
Step 2: Connect a chat app
Click "Channels" in the sidebar. Pick a platform you use. Telegram example:
- Find @BotFather on Telegram, run
/newbot, copy the token - In DlxAI's Channels page, pick "Telegram", paste the token, save
- Search for your bot on Telegram and send it a message
Other platforms work similarly — see Chat channels.
Step 3: Write your first rule
Click "Rules" in the sidebar and type a sentence:
Every morning at 9, summarise yesterday's Telegram messages and send to me. Save. The rule compiles into a cron job + summarisation skill, and takes effect immediately. No restart.
That's it
Your DlxAI is now standing by 24/7 inside Telegram. Next steps:
- Connect more channels (Lark, Discord, Slack...) — same agent, shared context
- Read Natural language rules for more advanced patterns
- Browse the Skills marketplace for one-click community skills