> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.meetdarwin.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Set up Darwin on your own

> Home → Get Darwin live without the setup chat: the five steps (Assistant, Scheduling, Try your agent, Connect your website, Go live), where each one is done, and a guide for each.

<div className="darwin-location"><strong>Find it in Darwin</strong> Home → Get Darwin live <a href="https://app.meetdarwin.ai/admin">Open this screen ↗</a></div>

You don't need the setup chat to get Darwin live. Close it with the **×** at its top right, then work through the five steps on Home. Each step is done on a normal Darwin screen, and Home ticks it off when it's done.

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<Steps>
  <Step title="Set up your agent">
    Name your agent, pick its voice and write the opening line in **Agent Studio → Messages**. [Step 1 guide](/getting-started/own-agent)
  </Step>

  <Step title="Connect your calendar">
    Connect Google Calendar, Calendly or RevenueHero in **Integrations**, so visitors can book in the chat. [Step 2 guide](/getting-started/own-calendar)
  </Step>

  <Step title="Try your agent">
    Ask your agent a few questions in Agent Studio's preview, with an optional four-part setup tour. [Step 3 guide](/getting-started/own-try)
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add the chat to your website">
    Add Darwin's site tag to your website, or connect Webflow. There's a guide for each kind of website. [Step 4 guide](/getting-started/own-website)
  </Step>

  <Step title="Go live">
    Turn on **Turn your agent live** in Agent Studio. [Step 5 guide](/getting-started/own-go-live)
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Good to know

* Home's **Start** button on **Assistant** opens the setup chat. To skip the chat, open **Agent Studio** from the sidebar instead.
* You can do steps 2 to 4 in any order. **Go live** needs the others done first.
* Stuck on a step? Select **Ask Darwin** on Home, or email [support@meetdarwin.ai](mailto:support@meetdarwin.ai).

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  <Card title="Step 1: Set up your agent" icon="user-round" href="/getting-started/own-agent">Name, voice and opening line in Agent Studio.</Card>
  <Card title="Set up with Darwin's help" icon="message-circle" href="/getting-started/quickstart">Prefer to do it in chat? Darwin walks you through.</Card>
</CardGroup>


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