Playbooks & Cloud Builds
Save your build plan as a Playbook, run it in the browser, or schedule it to run before lock.
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What is a playbook
A playbook is a saved plan that builds, simulates, selects, fills, and exports in one run, in your browser or in the cloud before lock.
Create a playbook
Build a playbook with the five-step interview, describe it in words, start from a blank editor, or save one from a finished build.
The playbook editor
Every stage of the playbook editor, top to bottom: Build & Sim or Build Only, Stacking, Select, Fill, Export, and Guardrails, with every control.
Starter playbooks
The four shipped playbook presets, what each one sets, and which interview style picks it.
Run a playbook in the browser
Pick a playbook from the workspace toolbar, click Run Playbook, and follow the run bar and contest rows in Mission Control until the pool lands.
Schedule a cloud build
Pick a lead time of 5 to 30 minutes before lock and let DFS Hero build, simulate, select, and fill on its side, even with the app closed.
Scheduled builds
Follow a queued cloud build: the Scheduled builds sheet, the status on the Day View, the Mission Report, the notifications, and how to open the result.
Cloud fill and export
How a scheduled run fills your uploaded entries, which entries it skips, and the download and upload steps you still do by hand.
Manage playbooks
The Playbooks library: filters, the card and its record, and every action: edit, schedule, replay, set default, auto-schedule, duplicate, delete, apply.
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Start Here
What DFS Hero does, the full loop from entries file to upload, your first build, and the two plans.
7 articlesSlates & Contests
The Day View, slate tabs, the contest lobby, and the sports and sites DFS Hero supports.
5 articlesPlayer Pool
Read the player grid, lock and exclude players, edit projections and ownership, and use Game Sim and StackIQ.
9 articlesBuild Settings
Every setting in the Build sheet: entries, randomness, exposure, team limits, stacks, group rules, templates, and sport rules.
10 articlesLineups & Entries Preview
The lineups panel after a build: Pool vs Entries Preview, selection methods, ranking, exposure, and editing the pool.
11 articlesSimulate Contests
Score your lineups against a realistic field and real payouts, read every metric, and pick entries from the results.
8 articlesEntries & Export
Download the entries CSV from DraftKings or FanDuel, upload it, fill it with lineups, export, and upload it back.
8 articlesLate Swap
Swap unlocked players in your live entries after the first games start.
4 articlesHero Chat & Hero IQ
The assistant that reads your slate and changes your build, and the coaching insights built from your history.
4 articlesAI Agents
Connect Claude, ChatGPT, or a coding tool to your account, and let the agent research, build, fill your entries, and hand you the file.
5 articlesResults, Replay & Film Room
The Dashboard, contest results, Replay on past slates, Film Room, and Hero Jump.
5 articlesAccount, Plans & Billing
Your subscription, credits, profile, appearance, notifications, and security.
5 articlesSport Guides
Roster formats, stack defaults, sport rules, and tips for every sport DFS Hero supports.
14 articlesGlossary
Plain definitions of every DFS Hero term and every DFS term you will meet in the app.
2 articlesFAQ & Troubleshooting
Quick answers, error messages explained, device support, and how to reach support.
5 articlesStill need help?
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