aytia

Quick Start Guide

You pick how the game goes. Aytia builds the lineups that make sense if you're right.

What Aytia is

Aytia is a lineup builder for DraftKings NFL contests. Most tools just chase the highest projections. Aytia starts with your read on the game — the story — and builds lineups that would win if that story comes true. It suggests stories from thousands of simulated games, but you always make the final call.

Why Aytia is different

Every optimizer can sort by projected points. Aytia starts somewhere else: how the game actually goes.

Stories, not just spreadsheets — Aytia simulates the game thousands of times and turns what it sees into a few plain-language stories. You pick the one you believe.
Lineups that match the story — if your story says New England wins through the air, your lineups are built from the players that story runs through — not random pieces that happened to project well.
Built for your contest — one strong lineup for a single-entry; a spread of cores for a 20-entry tournament. Aytia shapes the set to the game you're playing.
You always choose — Aytia suggests. Nothing applies itself: not the intel, not a story, not a core.

What you need

One file: the DraftKings salaries CSV for the contest you want to play. If you've never grabbed one, Step 2 walks you through it — everything else happens right here in the app.

Step 1 — Put Aytia on your home screen

Use your browser's “Add to Home Screen” so Aytia opens like an app.

Good to know: your slates and settings are private to your own browser. Nobody else using Aytia can see them, and you can't see theirs.

Step 2 — Getting the DraftKings file

Sign in to DraftKings and find the contest you want to play. Open it and start a lineup, the way you normally would.
Under the list of players, tap Export to CSV. A file named DKSalaries downloads.
You do not need to finish or enter that lineup — you only need the file.
It saves to your Downloads, and Aytia's upload in the next step can pick it from there. Grabbed it on a computer instead? Get it onto your phone first — email it to yourself or use your files app.

Step 3 — Load a slate

On the Build tab, in the Load Slate Files card, upload the DraftKings CSV you downloaded.

Showdown = a single game (like a Thursday night game). Classic = a full Sunday slate.

You'll land on the Players tab with the full player pool loaded.

Step 4 — Set up your players

Each player row shows his salary and his projected points in gold.

Tap the gold points to type in your own projection if you disagree.
Quick checks on every row: CPT? = he's allowed to be your captain. Lock = he goes in every lineup. Exclude = he's never used.
Players who are out are listed as plain names at the bottom — they're never used, nothing to do there.

Step 5 — Check the Lab (optional)

The Lab simulates the game thousands of times and shows each player's range (P10–P90), plus Optimal % — how often he lands in the best lineup.

Aytia also collects game intel (injuries, usage notes). It is OFF by default and never applies itself. If you want it used, flip “Apply Aytia intel” yourself.

Step 6 — Tell the story and build

Contest card (top of the Build tab): how many lineups to build, the contest's field size, and payout style. Aytia uses this to set sensible defaults.
Tell the Story: Aytia shows a few suggested stories for the game, built from its simulations. Each card shows how often that game shape came up, the score it points to, the key players (the “core”), and a short “why.” Pick the one you believe — or choose “No story — build free” and skip all of this.
Cores: a core is the small group of players a story runs through (for example: the quarterback plus his top two targets). The Cores dial (1–3) is pre-set by your contest: 1 for single entry, more for big multi-entry tournaments, so your lineups spread across different ways the game can go. Your story's core gets the most lineups. Tap “Edit core” to swap a player, change how many lineups carry that core, or turn a core off entirely.
Optionally type a final score, then tap Build.

Step 7 — Review and export

Your lineups appear on the Lineups tab, grouped by core, best-rated first. Each has a Story Fit score — how fully it matches its core.

Leftover salary is fine. Winning lineups often leave money unspent; the story matters more than spending every dollar.
The Exposure line at the bottom shows which players you're heaviest on. Tap it to set Min/Max targets for any player, then Save + Rebuild.
Set “My entries” to how many lineups you'll actually enter, tap Export to DraftKings, and upload that file on DraftKings. Done.

Good to know

Aytia suggests; you always choose. Nothing — intel, stories, cores — applies itself without you.
One core means all-in on one read. More cores means spreading across the ways the game can go. Big field? Spread. Single entry? Play your best one.
Your rules always win: if a core includes a player you've excluded, Aytia drops him and tells you.
Want a clean slate? “Reset my space” in the Load Slate Files card wipes your slates and settings on this browser.

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