# Overview Genie is designed to work out of the box, but every environment is different. The settings panel gives you the ability to customize your experience, manage your infrastructure, and control how your system behaves. All settings are accessible from your dashboard and apply immediately. *** ## What You Can Configure Genie organizes settings into clear sections, each focused on a specific area of your environment. ### Your AI Customize how your AI assistant behaves. Set your name, provide context about your work, and define rules that shape how the AI responds to you. This is where you make the AI yours. ### Channels Connect external platforms like Telegram and Discord to your Genie environment. This allows you to interact with your system from anywhere, not just the browser. ### Server View and manage your server's resources, performance, and status. Restart, rebuild, or adjust your setup as needed. ### Backups Protect your work with automatic or manual backups. Restore to any previous state if something goes wrong. ### Secrets Store sensitive data like API keys, tokens, and passwords securely. Secrets are encrypted and injected into your environment as variables. ### Account & Security Manage your login methods, enable two-factor authentication, add passkeys, and review active sessions. ### Advanced Access power-user features including SSH access, API tokens, webhooks, custom domains, cron jobs, and environment variables. *** ## How Settings Work Settings in Genie are: * Applied immediately after saving * Synced across all your devices * Stored securely and encrypted where applicable * Scoped to your account (other users cannot access your settings) There is no need to restart your environment after changing settings unless specifically noted. *** ## Where to Start If you are new to Genie, focus on these first: 1. **Set up your AI** — Add your name and a short bio so the AI understands your context 2. **Connect a channel** — Link Telegram or Discord for mobile access 3. **Enable backups** — Protect your work from day one 4. **Store your secrets** — Add any API keys you need for your projects Everything else can be configured as your usage evolves. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.deva.me/settings-and-configuration/overview.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.