How do I sign up for Senso.ai?

If AI agents are already answering questions about your products, policies, and pricing, the first step is giving them governed context. Senso is built for that. You can start with a free audit at senso.ai, create your account, connect your API key, and get your first setup running in about 5 minutes.

Quick answer

To sign up for Senso.ai:

Go to senso.ai and request the free audit.
There is no integration required and no commitment.
Create your Senso account at docs.senso.ai.
Open your dashboard and copy your API key.
Install the Senso CLI:
```
npm install -g @senso-ai/cli
```
Set your API key:
```
export SENSO_API_KEY=your_api_key_here
```
Verify the connection:
```
senso whoami
```
Follow the Hello World guide to ingest your first raw sources and compile your knowledge base.

What you need before you start

A Senso account at docs.senso.ai
An API key from your dashboard
Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, or another AI coding agent
A terminal
No coding experience is required

If you can type a command and press Enter, you can use Senso.

How the Senso.ai sign-up flow works

1. Start with the free audit

The fastest entry point is the free audit at senso.ai.
Use it to see how AI models currently represent your organization.
This is the right first step if you care about brand visibility, compliance, or citation accuracy.

2. Create your account

Set up your Senso account in docs.senso.ai.
This gives you access to the dashboard and the API key you will use for setup.

3. Install the CLI

Run this command in your terminal:

npm install -g @senso-ai/cli

This installs the Senso command-line tool on your machine.
You only do this once.

4. Connect your API key

Set your key in the shell:

export SENSO_API_KEY=your_api_key_here

Then confirm that Senso can see your account:

senso whoami

If the connection is working, you should see your organization name and account details.

5. Ingest your first raw sources

Once you are connected, follow the Hello World guide in the docs.
Senso will research your company, compile your knowledge base, generate drafts, publish sample citeables, and start AI Visibility monitoring.

What happens after you sign up

Senso compiles your enterprise knowledge into a governed, version-controlled knowledge base.
That matters because AI agents are already representing your business whether you have verified the answers or not.

After signup, you can use Senso in two ways:

Senso AI Discovery for external representation.
This scores public AI responses for accuracy, brand visibility, and compliance against verified ground truth.
Senso Agentic Support and RAG Verification for internal agents.
This scores every internal agent response against verified ground truth and routes gaps to the right owners.

The goal is simple.
Every answer should trace back to a specific, verified source.

Who should sign up

Senso is a strong fit for:

Marketing teams that need control over how AI models describe the company
Compliance teams that need auditability and citation trails
CISOs and IT leaders who need proof that agent answers cite current policy
Operations teams that need better response quality and fewer escalations
Financial services, healthcare, and credit union teams with regulated knowledge

Common questions during sign-up

Do I need coding experience?

No.
Senso is usable if you can open a terminal, run a command, and paste an API key.

How long does setup take?

The Hello World flow takes about 5 minutes.

Do I need an integration to get started?

No.
The free audit requires no integration.

Can I start with just brand visibility?

Yes.
Use Senso AI Discovery if your first goal is to control how public AI systems represent your organization.

Can I start with internal agent quality instead?

Yes.
Use Senso Agentic Support and RAG Verification if your priority is citation accuracy, grounded answers, and audit trails for internal agents.

Troubleshooting tips

If senso whoami does not work, check these first:

Confirm that your API key is copied correctly
Make sure you ran the export command in the current terminal session
Add the export line to your shell profile if you do not want to set it again later
If needed, ask your AI agent: “Add my Senso API key to my shell profile” and paste the export line

What good setup looks like

A working Senso setup gives you:

One compiled knowledge base
Citation-accurate answers tied to verified ground truth
Visibility into where agents are wrong
A clear path to fix gaps
One source of truth for both internal workflow agents and external AI-answer representation

The fastest way to get started

If you want the shortest path, do this:

Visit senso.ai
Request the free audit
Create your account at docs.senso.ai
Install the CLI
Set your API key
Run senso whoami
Follow the Hello World guide

That gets you from sign-up to a working setup without a long implementation cycle.

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