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Build with Tensic
Tensic sits between your applications and the AI models they use. These guides walk you through setting up projects, agents, knowledge bases, guards and integrations, one screen at a time.
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01Tensic in 10 minutesWhat Tensic is, how an instance is organised into teams and projects, and which of the four project types to use.03Inference projects: connect any OpenAI- or Anthropic-compatible appCreate an inference project, connect an app with the OpenAI or Anthropic SDK, add embedding, image and speech models, set up model groups with failover, test in the playground and publish a project price.04Connect OpenCode and other coding agents to TensicUse Connect an app, the tensic CLI or OpenCode's own discovery to point OpenCode (or Claude Code, Codex, Grok, Hermes) at a Tensic project, then check the traffic in the project's logs.
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07Build an agent projectSet up a Tensic agent with a model, a system prompt with variables, embeddings, built-in tools such as the terminal and crawler, agent-loop limits and encrypted secrets.08Extend an agent with tools, MCP servers and skillsLet an agent write its own reusable tools, review and edit them, inject secrets, connect external MCP servers, and add skills the agent loads on demand.09Give an agent memoryUnderstand session memory, enable memory bank and memory search, set the memory token budget, and inspect or purge what an agent remembers.12Build a RAG knowledge base and connect it to an agentCreate a RAG project, ingest documents or websites, tune the score cutoff and Top-K so it only answers from your content, and let agents search it with the search_knowledge tool.13Route requests between projects with router workflowsBuild a no-code router project in the Router IDE that sends each request to the right Tensic project using a visual flow and block-based conditions.
Control and quality
05Teams, project access and API keysHow teams scope access in Tensic, what the three permission levels can do, how to share a project with your team or invite one person, and how to create scoped, read-only or expiring project API keys.06Budgets, rate limits, logs and observabilityCap a project's monthly spend and requests per minute, track spend, read per-project logs with token and cost breakdowns, control logging, redaction and retention, and export telemetry with OpenTelemetry or LangSmith.10Protect a project with input and output guardsUse other Tensic projects as input and output guards that block or flag unsafe prompts and answers, and return a fixed fallback answer instead.11Run evals and manage prompt versionsTest a project against a dataset of questions and expected answers, compare runs across prompt versions, and restore an earlier prompt when quality drops.
Connect to your systems
14Embed a project on your website with a widget and site context injectionCreate a chat widget for a Tensic project, embed it with one script tag, and pass the logged-in user's identity to the project with a signed site context token.15Automate projects with routines, messaging channels, webhooks and the APISchedule agent tasks with routines, connect a project to messaging channels, receive event webhooks in your own systems, and build against the Tensic OpenAPI spec with a coding agent.