diff --git a/src/hooks/useCompute/index.ts b/src/hooks/useCompute/index.ts
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+export * from './useCompute'
diff --git a/src/hooks/useCompute/useCompute.ts b/src/hooks/useCompute/useCompute.ts
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+import { useState } from 'react'
+import { DID, MetaDataAlgorithm } from '@oceanprotocol/squid'
+import { useOcean } from '../../providers'
+
+interface UseCompute {
+    compute: (did: DID) => Promise<void>
+    computeStep?: number
+    computeError?: string
+}
+
+// TODO: customize for compute
+export const feedback: { [key in number]: string } = {
+    99: 'Decrypting file URL...',
+    0: '1/3 Asking for agreement signature...',
+    1: '1/3 Agreement initialized.',
+    2: '2/3 Asking for two payment confirmations...',
+    3: '2/3 Payment confirmed. Requesting access...',
+    4: '3/3 Access granted. Consuming file...'
+}
+const rawAlgorithmMeta: MetaDataAlgorithm = {
+    rawcode: `console.log('Hello world'!)`,
+    format: 'docker-image',
+    version: '0.1',
+    container: {
+        entrypoint: '',
+        image: '',
+        tag: ''
+    }
+}
+
+function useCompute(): UseCompute {
+    
+    const { ocean, account, accountId, config } = useOcean()
+    const [computeStep, setComputeStep] = useState<number | undefined>()
+    const [computeError, setComputeError] = useState<string | undefined>()
+
+    async function compute(did: DID | string): Promise<void> {
+        if (!ocean || !account) return
+
+        setComputeError(undefined)
+
+        try {
+            const computeOutput = {
+                publishAlgorithmLog: false,
+                publishOutput: false,
+                brizoAddress: config.brizoAddress,
+                brizoUri: config.brizoUri,
+                metadataUri: config.aquariusUri,
+                nodeUri: config.nodeUri,
+                owner: accountId,
+                secretStoreUri: config.secretStoreUri
+            }
+
+            const agreement = await ocean.compute
+                .order(account, did as string)
+                .next((step: number) => setComputeStep(step))
+
+           // rawAlgorithmMeta.container = computeContainer
+           // rawAlgorithmMeta.rawcode = 'algorithmRawCode'
+
+            await ocean.compute.start(
+                account,
+                agreement,
+                undefined,
+                rawAlgorithmMeta,
+                computeOutput
+            )
+
+
+        } catch (error) {
+            setComputeError(error.message)
+        } finally {
+            setComputeStep(undefined)
+        }
+    }
+
+    return { compute, computeStep, computeError }
+}
+
+export { useCompute, UseCompute }
+export default UseCompute