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:

  1. Find @BotFather on Telegram, run /newbot, copy the token
  2. In DlxAI's Channels page, pick "Telegram", paste the token, save
  3. 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