# Day to day

> What using DispatchSEO actually looks like once setup is done - a few minutes a week, and where they go.

Source: https://dispatchseo.com/docs/day-to-day
All docs in one file: https://dispatchseo.com/llms-full.txt

Once the wizard finishes, DispatchSEO settles into a rhythm. Your part
takes a few minutes a week; here is where those minutes go.

## Ideas arrive in the queue

Once a week the agent researches keywords and files suggestions - each one
a card with the keyword, why it looks winnable, and the angle. You approve,
reject, or reorder them on the **Queue** page (or from agent chat;
everything the dashboard does, the agent can do over MCP).

## Approved ideas become pull requests

The builder picks up the oldest approved idea (one guide a day at most -
publishing pace ramps up slowly on purpose) and opens a PR against your
site's repo. In semi-automatic mode you press **Merge** on the dashboard;
in automatic mode green PRs merge themselves and you just see "published"
in the activity feed.

## Numbers accumulate on their own

Rankings, clicks, and impressions land on the dashboard daily. The **Home**
page tells you which SEO stage you're in and what, if anything, needs you.

## Problems announce themselves

A failed job shows a red banner on Home, and emails you if you set up the
two-minute
[failure email](/docs/troubleshooting#get-emailed-when-something-breaks) -
worth it in automatic mode, where nobody's looking at the dashboard. No
news means it's working - see
[Troubleshooting](/docs/troubleshooting) when there is news.

Running on a laptop that sleeps? Missed schedules are delays, not
failures - content builds catch up on their own when the machine wakes,
and the health checks only flag a job that misses its window while the
stack is actually running. You'll never be warned about a job that was
simply powered off.

## A normal week

Open the dashboard once or twice, approve a couple of ideas, merge a couple
of PRs, glance at the charts. That's the product.

## Data tiers

The tiers stack - start free, add keys when you want more signal:

| Tier | Costs | You get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **GSC-only** (default) | $0 | Rankings from Search Console, keyword ideas from Google Autocomplete + your own impression data |
| **+ SerpApi key** | $0 (250 searches/mo free) | Live SERP checks: real positions weekly, page-1 recon before writing |
| **+ DataForSEO** | pay per call, prepaid | Search volumes, keyword difficulty, domain rating - the "is this keyword worth winning" numbers |

Honest framing: free mode finds keywords you can win; paid mode also knows
which ones are worth winning. [Keyword data sources](/docs/keyword-data) has
the setup for each.

## Where to go from here

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  <Card title="The dashboard, page by page" href="/docs/dashboard">
    What every screen is for.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Automations and modes" href="/docs/automations">
    Hand over more, or less.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Agent commands" href="/docs/agent-commands">
    Driving it from your coding agent.
  </Card>
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