Simple guide (for people who don't use the terminal)
The entry point of this volume (what to read first, and the one rule to keep) has moved to Start here if you don’t use the terminal. What you can do is in What you can do with Agent Fleet, the screen in Find your way around the screen, and the first-time setup in Start your first session. The chapters below have not moved yet.
4. Using chat (questions, translation, text cleanup)
Section titled “4. Using chat (questions, translation, text cleanup)”From Assistant on the left you can ask the AI questions and have it translate or summarize. How to start and when to use a session instead is in Ask an assistant; translating files and purpose-built assistants are in Use translation and purpose-built assistants.
5. Reading documents and slides
Section titled “5. Reading documents and slides”Documents written by the dev team open from Files on the left: walk down the folders and click a file name. How Markdown, slides, diagrams and PDFs are shown is in View documents and diagrams; asking an assistant to translate or summarise a file is in Hand a file to a session.
6. The memo queue (collect ideas and hand them over)
Section titled “6. The memo queue (collect ideas and hand them over)”Collect requests as they come in the Memo queue on the left, and hand them to a session later. How it works, and who receives your memos, is in Collect memos and hand them over.
7. Watching development progress
Section titled “7. Watching development progress”The Sessions list on the left shows what state each piece of development AI work is in. How to read the state marks and follow a conversation is in Read a session’s state.
A conversation a developer shared with you is under Shared sessions on the left, read-only. How to read it is in Share a conversation.
An important ground rule
Section titled “An important ground rule”The rule not to answer questions meant for someone else has moved to Start here if you don’t use the terminal.
8. When you’re stuck + FAQ
Section titled “8. When you’re stuck + FAQ”What to try first when something goes wrong, and the FAQ, are in Read the frequently asked questions.
When you feel like editing files yourself or having the AI write code, the developer-facing Using Agent Fleet is your next step.