Quick Start

Get Phyllax running in under 5 minutes.

1. Download & Install

Download the .exe installer from phyllax.app and run it. No admin rights needed.

2. Choose Your AI Provider

On first launch, the setup wizard asks you to pick an AI provider. You need at least one to power the monitoring. Phyllax supports 8 providers:

Provider	Cost	Best for
Google Gemini	Free tier (recommended)	Getting started — no credit card needed
Ollama	Free forever	Privacy — runs 100% locally, no internet
Anthropic Claude	Pay per use	Best quality responses
OpenAI GPT-4o	Pay per use	Familiar if you use ChatGPT
xAI Grok	Pay per use	Good balance of quality and cost
Azure OpenAI	Enterprise	Companies with Azure subscriptions
AWS Bedrock	Enterprise	Companies with AWS accounts
OpenAI Compatible	Bring your own	Together AI, Groq, Fireworks, Mistral, vLLM, LM Studio server mode, your company's internal AI endpoint

OpenAI Compatible covers a lot of ground

Point the OpenAI Compatible provider at any OpenAI-protocol endpoint and Phyllax routes through it. That unlocks Together AI's open-source MoE models, Groq's fast inference, self-hosted vLLM clusters, and internal company gateways — all without a custom integration. See Choose Your AI Provider for endpoint URLs.

Recommendation

Start with Gemini (free, no credit card) or Ollama (free, private). You can switch anytime in Settings.

You can set different providers for different tasks in Settings → Advanced:

• Assistant provider — powers the AI chat and suggested replies
• Scheduler provider — powers the background monitoring checks

3. Connect Your First Integration

Go to the Integrations page and click Connect on any tool. The modal will ask for credentials — each integration guide has step-by-step instructions.

Suggested first connections:

• Gmail or Outlook — everyone has email
• Slack — if your team uses it
• Instagram or YouTube — if you're a creator

4. Set Up Monitoring

After connecting, the setup wizard shows suggested monitoring actions. Check the ones you want and click Start Monitoring. Phyllax runs them automatically in the background.

5. Get Notifications

When something important happens, you'll get a native desktop notification. Click it to open Phyllax and see the notification card.

Notifications are batched per check — if Phyllax finds 5 urgent emails in one run, you get one notification summarizing all 5, not 5 separate popups.

What's in a notification card

• Summary of what happened
• AI Suggested Replies — Phyllax auto-generates reply options in different tones (Professional, Friendly, Casual, etc.) when you expand the card
• Send button — send the reply directly without leaving Phyllax (Gmail, Slack, Teams, Discord)
• Action chips — context-aware actions (Reply, Approve, Escalate, Mark as Read, Delete, etc.)
• Thread context — for Slack mentions in threads, see the full thread summary

How notifications work

Phyllax uses AI triage to filter noise:

• Gmail/Outlook — fetches your inbox, classifies each email (personal, transactional, marketing), and only notifies about urgent ones
• Slack — checks your DMs and channel mentions, groups messages by person, resolves sender names, and only surfaces messages that need a response
• Other integrations — uses AI to check for important updates and filters out routine activity

Only new messages since the last check are shown — Phyllax won't re-notify you about messages you've already seen.

Appearance

Phyllax ships with 9 themes — go to Settings → Appearance to switch:

Dark themes: Synthwave (default), Dracula, Night, Dim, Luxury, Black

Light themes: Corporate, Winter, Light

All themes adjust colors, glows, borders, scrollbars, and the neural animation in the sidebar automatically.

Export & Import Your Setup

Use File → Export Configuration to save your schedules and settings to a JSON file. Use File → Import Configuration to load them on another machine or after a reinstall. API keys and credentials are never included in exports.

That's it. Phyllax is watching your tools while you focus on work.