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Getting started

SILV AI is a self-hosted web app that puts an AI agent — powered by Claude through your own Anthropic API key — in charge of your Discord and Telegram bots. You instruct it in plain English; it reads, replies, monitors keywords, and runs scheduled tasks on your behalf.

What you'll need

required

Anthropic or OpenRouter API key

Powers the agent. Get an Anthropic key at console.anthropic.com (guide →) — or bring an OpenRouter key to run any tool-calling model (guide →). Either one is enough.

optional

Discord bot token

Lets SILV read and send messages in your servers. Setup guide →

optional

Telegram bot token

Lets SILV work in your Telegram groups and channels. Setup guide →

SILV AI itself is free and self-hosted — you pay Anthropic directly for the API usage your agent generates.

Quickstart

01

Get your keys

Create an Anthropic API key (required), then set up a Discord bot and/or a Telegram bot — either one is enough, and you can add the other later.

02

Open the app

Head to /console on your self-hosted instance. Everything happens from that single dashboard.

03

Paste & connect

Paste your Anthropic key and any bot tokens, then hit connect. Keys are validated with a minimal ping and held in server memory only — never written to disk.

04

Start instructing

Talk to SILV in plain English — it takes it from there. Try the prompts below, or anything in the same spirit.

first prompts

> summarize the last 50 messages in #general

> reply to anything that mentions 'support'

> post a daily digest to my Telegram channel at 9:00

Go deeper

Anthropic API key

Create a key, understand billing, keep costs in check.

OpenRouter key

One key for many models — GPT, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, and more.

Discord bot

Create the bot, enable the required intent, invite it to your server.

Telegram bot

BotFather setup, privacy mode, groups and channels.

Using the agent

Full tool reference, monitors, scheduled tasks, and limits.