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Getting Started with AngenAI

Set up your AngenAI account and experience your first AI-assisted development workflow in minutes.

Getting Started with AngenAI

This guide walks you through setting up your AngenAI account and experiencing your first AI-assisted development workflow. Whether you're a developer writing code, a project manager structuring requirements, or a team lead establishing standards, this guide gets you up and running.

Create Your Account

  1. Open AngenAI and click Sign In
  2. Sign in with your email or use a social login provider (Google, GitHub)
  3. Complete any required verification steps

Create an Organization

After signing in for the first time, create an Organization to contain your projects:
  1. Click Create Organization
  2. Enter your organization name (e.g., "My Company" or "Personal Projects")
  3. Review the URL slug that AngenAI generates (e.g., my-company)
  4. Click Create to confirm
Tip: Choose a short, memorable URL slug. This appears in your AngenAI URLs and cannot be changed later.

Set Up Your First Project

Projects connect AngenAI to your local codebase:
  1. Click Create Project in the sidebar
  2. Enter a project name (e.g., "Web App" or "API Server")
  3. Click Select Folder to choose your Source Folder
  4. Navigate to your project's root directory and select it
  5. Click Create to finish
The Source Folder is the local directory containing your code. AngenAI reads files from this folder to provide context for AI generation.
Note: AngenAI only reads files from your Source Folder. It does not modify files unless you explicitly apply generated changes.

Tour the Main Interface

After creating a project, you see the main navigation:
  • Sidebar (left): Switch between projects and access main sections
  • Work Items: Your AI generation tasks
  • Knowledge: Reusable documentation and standards
  • Personalities: AI behavior configurations
  • Media: Image library for visual context
  • Meetings: Meeting transcripts and notes
  • Settings: Organization and project configuration

Create Your First Work Item

  1. Click New Work Item in the sidebar (or press the keyboard shortcut)
  2. Write a description of what you want to build:
    Create a React component that displays a user profile card
with avatar, name, email, and a "View Profile" button.
  3. Open the Context Panel on the right
  4. Select relevant files from your project (e.g., existing components to match style)
  5. Choose an AI model from the dropdown
  6. Click Create to generate code

Review and Apply Changes

After generation completes:
  1. Review the generated files in the Changes panel
  2. Click a file to view its contents in the Code Viewer
  3. Toggle Diff View to compare against existing files
  4. Click Apply to write the changes to your Source Folder
Tip: Always review generated code before applying. Use the diff view to understand exactly what changes.

Iterate on Results

If the output needs adjustment:
  1. Type a follow-up prompt in the chat (e.g., "Add a loading state to the component")
  2. Click Create to generate a new iteration
  3. Compare iterations using the history selector
  4. Revert to a previous iteration if needed

What's Next?