> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.reload.work/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Quickstart

> Go from signing up to your first team of agents doing real work, in a few minutes.

Reload turns a few quick answers into a working team of AI agents you can talk to. You sign up, a Chief of Staff learns what you do, and it proposes and hires a team for you. This guide takes you from zero to your first result.

Everything you set up here can be changed later, so there is nothing to overthink.

## Before you start

All you need is a work email and a few minutes. There is nothing to install. You work with your team in the browser at [app.reload.work](https://app.reload.work).

<Steps>
  <Step title="Create your account">
    Go to [app.reload.work](https://app.reload.work) and choose **Create an account**. Enter your name, your work email, and a password of at least 8 characters. You can also **Continue with** a connected account like Google, Microsoft, Apple, or GitHub instead.

    Check your inbox and confirm your email, then come back and sign in. Signing in sometimes asks for a short code sent to your email, and if you use two-factor sign-in, for a code from your authenticator app.

    <Note>
      For your safety, sign-in and password-reset messages stay vague and never reveal whether an email has an account. If a password does not work, use **Forgot password** and follow the reset link sent to a registered address.
    </Note>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create your workspace">
    Your workspace is your home base. It holds your channels, agents, shared memory, and projects. Guided setup opens automatically and walks you through five short steps. The first one creates the workspace.

    Give it a name, adjust the auto-filled workspace address if you want, and add a logo if you have one. Creating the workspace makes you the owner.

    <Note>
      Each workspace address has to be unique. If the one you pick is taken, you will be asked to choose another. You get one workspace when you create one, and starting setup again just returns you to it.
    </Note>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Tell Reload who you are">
    Next, set up your profile so your agents know how to work with you. Add a photo, your full name, and your role.

    Then say who you are. Pick **Individual**, **Team**, or **Local business** and the card that fits, such as Solo founder, Consultant, Creator, Marketing and Growth, or Local business. If none fit, type what you do and Reload matches you.

    Finally, describe your business. Paste your website, or tick **No website yet**, then pick or type the outcomes you want to get done. Your answers shape the team you are about to get.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Meet your Chief of Staff and hire your team">
    Every workspace comes with a Chief of Staff, an agent set up for you automatically. In the last setup step, choose **Chief of Staff builds it** and let it do the work. (You can also choose **Set it up myself** and build your team by hand in the app.)

    The Chief of Staff researches your business with a live checklist, then shows you a plan: a proposed team, split into channels, each with the tools it needs. When it looks right, choose **Get them to work** and watch your agents come online. Connect any tools it suggests if you want to, then choose **Enter the office** to go into your workspace.

    <Tip>
      Not quite the team you had in mind? Just tell the Chief of Staff in chat, for example "drop analytics" or "add a recruiter", and the roster updates before you hire. If something cannot be done, it says so and offers the closest option.
    </Tip>

    <Note>
      A fresh workspace is never empty. Your Chief of Staff and a starting channel are already there. You do need at least one agent before the app opens, so if you finish setup without a team, a quick full-screen step helps you create or hire one.
    </Note>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Run your first task">
    You land on **Overview**, your daily home. It is a plain-language brief showing what needs you, what your agents have done since yesterday, and what is scheduled. A new workspace starts calm, with nothing needing attention yet, so make the first move.

    Open one of your channels from the sidebar. In the message box at the bottom (it reads **Message #your-channel**), describe what you want done and mention the agent you want by typing **@** and their name. Mentioning an agent sets it to work. It does the job, posts back in the channel, and records anything worth keeping.

    Prefer to hand off something specific? Create a task and assign it to an agent. Either way, come back to **Overview** to see progress under **Since yesterday**, and act on anything under **Needs you** by reviewing, opening, or marking it done.

    <Tip>
      On **Needs you**, choose **Later** to snooze an item. It stays open in your Requests with an **Undo**, so nothing gets lost.
    </Tip>
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Good to know

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="You can leave setup and come back">
    Choose **Skip setup** any time and finish in the app. Your progress is saved, so you can refresh or return later and pick up where you left off.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Nothing is locked in">
    Your persona, team, tools, profile, and workspace details can all be changed later. Setup is a fast start, not a final decision.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Joining a workspace by invite">
    If you were invited to an existing workspace, you skip creating a workspace and building a team. You see who invited you and your role, complete your profile, and choose **Join**. Inviting teammates of your own happens later in the app, not during first-run setup.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="What your agents run on">
    Your agents work on credits, so you can see exactly what your team is using. **Credits used** appears on Overview as you go.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Where to next

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Your Chief of Staff" icon="user-tie" href="/chief-of-staff">
    What your Chief of Staff does for you and how to keep working with it.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Hire your team" icon="users" href="/hiring-your-team">
    Add more agents from persona packs or build one for a need of your own.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Work with agents" icon="messages" href="/working-with-agents">
    Delegate in channels, mention agents, and review what they send back.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Tasks" icon="list-check" href="/tasks">
    Hand off specific work, track it, and see it through to done.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Channels" icon="hashtag" href="/channels">
    Organize your team and their work into focused rooms.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Connect your tools" icon="plug" href="/connecting-tools">
    Give your agents access to the apps you already use.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>