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How to use DCS Agentic

A step-by-step guide to every feature — connect your apps, build flows and AI agents, schedule social, and prove every run. Flat price, your own keys, no credits.

Overview

DCS Agentic lets you build automations and AI agents, run them, and prove every run with a signed, independently verifiable receipt — at a flat price, using your own API keys, with no credits and zero markup.

There are three ways to build, and one place to verify everything you run:

Flows

Connect apps with triggers and actions — "new email → summarise → save to Sheets". No code.

🤖Agents

Drag-and-drop AI agents that reason and act, built from inputs, models and processors.

📅Social

Plan and publish posts across every major platform from one calendar.

🛡️Trust

Every run is signed into a verifiable receipt chain with its real cost — auditable by anyone.

The left sidebar at a glance

TabWhat it does
HomeYour dashboard — counts, recent activity, quick actions.
FlowsVisual Workflow Builder (triggers + actions).
AgentsAgent Studio — build AI agents from components.
SocialSocial Scheduler + posting calendar.
TemplatesPre-built starters — the fastest way to begin.
ConnectLink your apps (Gmail, Slack, Notion…) via OAuth.
TrustVerification & signed receipts for every run.
KeysYour encrypted API-key vault (bring your own key).
StorageFiles and data your agents read and write.
ComputeWhere heavier agent runs execute.

Your first 5 minutes

Do these in order — connecting apps and keys first means everything's ready when you build.

Connect your appsOpen Connect and authorise the tools you'll use (Gmail, Slack, Sheets…).
Add your keysIn Keys, paste your provider key (OpenAI, Anthropic…). Stored encrypted; runs cost $0 on our side.
Start from a templateOpen Templates and pick a starter — it opens a pre-filled flow or agent.
Test itHit Test / run to watch it work and see the cost.
Save & verifySave your work, then open Trust to see the signed receipt for the run.

Connect (integrations)

Linking apps is the first thing to do. Open Connect, choose an app, and authorise it. Once linked, that app appears as a step in Flows and as a component in Agents.

💡

If an app shows "mock", its OAuth credentials aren't configured on the backend yet — it'll connect for real once they're set.

Keys — bring your own key (BYOK)

Open Keys and paste your provider API key (e.g. OpenAI or Anthropic). Keys are encrypted at rest (AES-256-GCM) and never shown back to the browser or written to logs.

This is what makes DCS Agentic different on price: with your own key, the platform charge for a run is $0 — you pay the provider directly with no markup. Prefer not to manage keys? Use managed pass-through and we bill the exact provider cost, itemised to the cent.

Templates

The fastest way to start. Open Templates, pick a starter, and click Use template — it opens a pre-filled flow or agent you can tweak instead of building from a blank canvas.

Starters include: Research Agent, Social Media Agent, Sales Outreach, GitHub Code Review, Content Creation, Customer Support, DCS Rank Agent, and a Multi-Agent Orchestrator.

Flows — Workflow Builder

Use Flows for app-to-app automation that doesn't need AI reasoning.

New flowOpen Flows → New.
Add a triggerChoose what starts it — a new Gmail email, a schedule, or a webhook.
Add actionsWhat happens next — summarise, append a Sheets row, send a Slack message.
SaveIt runs automatically on the trigger (or on schedule).

Agents — Agent Studio

Build an AI agent by dragging components onto the canvas. The left Components panel has four groups:

GroupComponentsWhat they're for
InputsText Input · File Upload · API WebhookHow data enters the agent.
AI ModelsGPT · Claude · Gemini · DeepSeek · Your DCS ModelThe "brain" that reasons.
ProcessorsLLM · Code Execution · Data TransformLogic steps between input and output.
IntegrationsGmail, Slack… (whatever you connected)Actions the agent takes in your apps.

Build an agent, step by step

New agentClick + New agent and give it a name (replace "Untitled Agent" at the top).
Drag componentsPull components from the left onto the canvas — e.g. Text Input → LLM → Gmail.
Connect the nodesLink them in order so each node's output feeds the next.
Edit propertiesClick any node to set its Properties on the right — name, model, prompt, etc.
TestHit ▶ Test to do a trial run and watch it work.
Save AgentClick 💾 Save Agent when it behaves the way you want.
🧭

Start with the simplest chain — Text Input → LLM → one action — get it working, then add steps.

Social Scheduler

Open Social, compose a post, pick the platforms (X, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube), choose a date and time on the calendar, and schedule. It publishes automatically.

🔗

Live publishing needs each platform connected first in Connect.

Trust — verifiable runs unique to DCS

This is the feature no other automation platform has. After any run, open Trust to see its signed receipt: what ran, the real cost, and a cryptographic signature that you — or anyone — can independently verify, without trusting our servers. Receipts are chained, so a run's history is provable and replayable.

Cost ledger — see every cent

Every run shows the real provider cost with 0% DCS markup, itemised line by line. With BYOK your runs cost nothing on our side. There are no credits to run out of — check the ledger / transparency view after any run to see exactly what it cost.

Storage & Compute

Storage holds files your agents read from or write to. Compute is where heavier agent runs execute — there's usually nothing to configure to get started.

Troubleshooting

You seeWhat it meansWhat to do
Badge "Operational" 🟢Backend healthyNothing to do.
A connector says "mock"Its OAuth creds aren't set yetConnect once credentials are configured.
Run shows no costBYOK = $0, or no model ranNormal for BYOK; add a model step if you expected a cost.
Data missing after reloadShould never happenContact support — this is a bug, not expected.
"FREE" plan badgeYou're on the free tierUpgrade under View plans when ready.

Plans

Flat base plus optional per-feature add-ons — no credits, ever. Hybrid $15/mo (core + one lane), per-feature +$10/mo each, Master $399/mo (everything). The only variable cost is third-party APIs, which you control via BYOK. See the pricing page for details.

🚀

Ready? Open the app and start from a template — Connect → Keys → Template → Test → Save → Trust.