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Brain guide

Jerry's Brain 101

What an LLM is, what you pay for, and how ClickSorcery routes it — honestly.

€79 Desktop Pro is the ClickSorcery desktop license — agents, memory, integrations, and orchestration. It does not buy ChatGPT-style unlimited AI. Jerry thinks through an LLM (large language model) running on your hardware (Ollama) or in a cloud API you connect with your own key.

Three words worth knowing

LLM (model)

The AI that reads your message and writes a reply — e.g. Llama, Claude, GPT-4o, DeepSeek. Different models cost different amounts and suit different jobs.

API

A paid (or free-tier) service on the internet that runs the model for you. Your laptop sends text; the API sends back Jerry's answer.

API key

Your personal password to that service — created in Groq, OpenRouter, DeepInfra, Anthropic, etc. You paste it once into ClickSorcery Vault; it never leaves your machine unencrypted.

What €79 Desktop Pro includes — and what it doesn't

Included

  • ✓Jerry (CEO) + 32 agents, org chart, 20 core verified workflows + 51 templates, 55 guided tasks, 65 tools & integrations, Approvals, Telegram, voice UI, Obsidian memory + RAG
  • ✓Multi-tier routing, Model Optimizer, Budget monitor in the app
  • ✓7-day full trial before you pay

Separate bill

  • —Cloud AI usage (pay per token to Groq, OpenRouter, DeepInfra, Claude, …)
  • —Optional integrations (Stripe, Todoist, …) — their own free/paid tiers

What cloud usage actually costs

Real ranges from early users — your mileage varies with model choice and chat length.

Light week (few Jerry chats/day)~€5–15 / month
Active daily use + research~€10–40+ / month
Heavy multi-agent projectsSet Budget alerts; Model Optimizer helps
Local Ollama (16 GB+ / GPU)€0 API — electricity only

Tokens ≈ word pieces. A short reply might be 200 tokens; a long research thread can be 10 000+. Memory and RAG context count too.

Plain-language token guide →

How ClickSorcery handles the brain

  • Vault — All API keys encrypted in the Electron main process — masked in UI, not in the browser bundle.
  • Brain = Auto + multi-tier — When an agent has no manual model, ClickSorcery tries Groq → DeepInfra → OpenRouter by role (voice, code, strategy). Failover on rate limits. Toggle in Settings → Channels.
  • Model Optimizer — Compare agent models against live price lists — swap to cheaper or faster options with approval.
  • Budget monitor — Estimated spend by agent and session — not a vendor invoice, but enough to see drift before it hurts.
  • Local option — 16 GB+ RAM or GPU? Run Ollama at home — €0 API for inference, same Jerry UI.

Minimum start (recommended first week)

You do not need three accounts on day one.

  1. Install ClickSorcery — 7-day trial, Magic Installer picks Cloud Commander on 8 GB laptops.
  2. Create a free Groq account → generate API key → paste in Settings → Vault (enables fast tier-1 routing).
  3. Create OpenRouter OR DeepInfra → add ~€5–10 credit → paste API key in Vault (backup tier + premium models).
  4. Chat with Jerry — watch Settings → Budget or the status-bar chip for estimates.
  5. Optional: add the third provider later for full Groq → DeepInfra → OpenRouter chain.

Full multi-tier chain (optional power setup)

When Brain = Auto and multi-tier routing is on, ClickSorcery walks this ladder until one provider answers. Each needs a free signup and an API key in Vault.

Groq

Tier 1 — fast & cheap

Generous free tier for small models (Llama 3.1 8B). Paid tiers for heavy use.

console.groq.com ↗

  1. Sign up → API Keys → Create key
  2. Paste into ClickSorcery Vault under Groq

DeepInfra

Tier 2 — reliable mid-range

Pay-as-you-go. Load ~€5–10 to learn your burn rate.

deepinfra.com ↗

  1. Sign up → Billing → add credit
  2. API Keys → create → paste in Vault under DeepInfra

OpenRouter

Tier 3 — quality & 400+ models

One wallet for Claude, GPT-4o, DeepSeek, and cheap models. ~€10 starter credit is enough for a realistic trial month if you use Model Optimizer.

openrouter.ai ↗

  1. Sign up → Credits → add funds
  2. Keys → create → paste in Vault under OpenRouter

Honest tip: put €5–10 on OpenRouter or DeepInfra (not both required at once). Groq free tier covers a lot of routine chat. After two weeks you'll know whether you're a €10 or €40/month user.

In the app: Settings → Channels → enable multi-tier routing. Settings → Vault → connect keys. Per-agent overrides still win over Auto.

See real usage (videos)

We publish screen recordings with real API spend — not marketing fiction.

  • ▷ Creating a Groq key and pasting it into Vault (~2 min)
  • ▷ One Jerry chat with Budget before/after
  • ▷ Multi-tier failover when Groq rate-limits

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