Start with one workflow
A repository holds several. Name the one you mean and describe only that, on its own board. Start here
Staves
A board shows one piece of work as the people in it experience it. Your coding agent reads your code and draws it.
Already using a coding agent? Start locally without an account. The format, editor and local tools are open source under Apache-2.0.
Copy, paste, and your agent connects
New board → Use my coding agent gives you one thing to paste into your agent’s chat. It connects itself; nothing is cloned and no repository is uploaded. Node.js is all you install. Your first session
Your agent is already a model
Connecting an agent, drawing a board and reviewing it need no AI key. A key of your own is for talking to Staves in the browser: the interview and the reviews it runs there. What the key is for
When it goes wrong
npx @staves/cli doctor — one screen of what is running, what is registered and what is wrong.
Troubleshooting