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

# Quickstart

> Install the Audimate desktop app, record a task in watch mode, review the workflow it drafts, and run it, all in about ten minutes.

By the end of this you will have a working workflow that Audimate built from watching you do a task
once.

Audimate is coming soon. Access to the web workspace and desktop downloads is limited to approved testers.
Public signups and downloads are not open yet.

The desktop app is for Windows. macOS is coming soon; Mac-specific guidance describes the upcoming release.

## Prerequisites

* A Windows PC running Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit), for the desktop app.
* A Chromium-based browser: Chrome, Edge, Brave, or Arc.
* An Audimate account. Sign up at [app.audimate.ai](https://app.audimate.ai), then open the
  confirmation email we send you. Your account is not active, and you cannot sign in, until you
  do. The link expires after 60 minutes, and the sign-up page can send a fresh one.

Every step works on the Free plan. Free includes 3 workflow runs, so you can run what you build in
step 4. Running beyond those starts on **Plus**. Free builds a complete workflow, with one recording,
one playbook, and one connected task board. See [Plan limits](/account/plan-limits).

The first time you sign in, a setup wizard asks for your workspace name.
The role dropdown starts blank and includes **Other**. Choosing a role and inviting teammates are optional.

Your first visit to Home in each workspace opens a welcome screen.

| App     | After the welcome                                                 |
| ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Desktop | **Continue** or closing the welcome starts Arro's spoken tour     |
| Browser | **Show me around** starts it; **I'll explore on my own** skips it |

Arro narrates the desktop tutorial, introducing the dock, task cards, and Home ask bar.
Select **Done**, close the tutorial, or press **Esc** to finish.
If you quit the app before finishing or dismissing it, the tutorial returns when you reopen that workspace.
Completion is remembered for that workspace on this device.

**Replay tour** in your profile menu starts an optional tour, including the [spoken dock tour](/concepts/dynamic-dock) on desktop.

## Step 1: Install the desktop app

Recording happens in the [desktop app](/concepts/desktop-app), so the first-time flow starts there.
You can read and edit workflows in the browser too, and both share the same account.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Download the app">
    Go to [audimate.ai/download](https://audimate.ai/download) and download the Windows installer.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Install and launch">
    Run the installer and launch Audimate from the Start menu.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Sign in">
    The app opens your default browser to sign in, then hands you back. See the
    [desktop app guide](/concepts/desktop-app) for the full walkthrough.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Step 2: Record the task in watch mode

[Watch mode](/concepts/watch-mode) captures a workflow: demonstrate the task once and Audimate turns
it into a recording, a step timeline, and a drafted playbook.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Ask Arro to watch">
    Hold your push-to-talk key (**Right Ctrl** by default) and say "watch me do this".
  </Step>

  <Step title="Walk through the task once">
    Complete the task as you normally would. A glowing border traces the screen being recorded, and
    a status card tracks elapsed time and captured steps.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Stop">
    Say "stop watching". The review editor opens with your captured video.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Review the demonstration">
    Follow [Review before submitting](/concepts/recordings#review-before-submitting) to correct annotations, trim footage, and conceal sensitive information.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Submit the recording">
    Click **Submit** and confirm. Audimate creates the workflow and notifies you when processing finishes.
  </Step>
</Steps>

The workflow is named automatically from your demonstration, and you can rename it afterward.

<Tip>
  The recording does not have to be perfect. You can edit step instructions inline, delete steps,
  and add steps by hand once it has processed.
</Tip>

## Step 3: Review and scaffold with AI

Processing already drafts a [playbook](/concepts/playbooks) and, when the task uses per-run values,
an input [task board](/data/boards).

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the workflow">
    Review the step timeline and the drafted playbook.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Click Create">
    In the workflow header, **Create** opens the **Create with AI** dialog.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick what to scaffold">
    Use **Create** for a new playbook or template task board, or **Edit** to update an existing one.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Select the recording as reference">
    The agent follows what it shows, then fills in the relevant tabs in a few seconds.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Step 4: Run the workflow

**Start workflow**, in the top-right of the workflow header, opens a dropdown with two ways to run.

| Mode            | What it does                                    | Best when                        |
| --------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------- |
| **Guide me**    | Arro coaches you through it on your own screen  | You want to verify the steps     |
| **Run with AI** | Runs as a background task, working the playbook | You trust the playbook and tools |

**Guide me** highlights the control to use, tells you what to do, and waits. It coaches from the
recording when there is one and from the playbook when there is not. **Run with AI** follows the
procedure once and asks you for missing inputs. Attached task board queues stay untouched.

Both modes live in the desktop app, so pressing them in a browser hands off to it. If nothing opens,
the dialog that appears has a download link and a button to try again.

Follow the run in the **Tasks** view, which replays what the agent did step by step, and Arro tells
you how it went when it finishes. For queued work, see [running many tasks at once](/concepts/workflows#running-many-tasks-at-once).

## Next steps

<Columns cols={2}>
  <Card title="Workflows" icon="diagram-project" href="/concepts/workflows">
    Edit, run, version, and share the automations you build.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Playbooks" icon="book-open" href="/concepts/playbooks">
    Refine the drafted playbook so it reads the way you want.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Task boards" icon="table" href="/data/boards">
    Drive a workflow over a list of customers, orders, or tickets.
  </Card>
</Columns>