Quick start
Open a workspace, write a file, ask the agent to change it, accept the diff. Five minutes.
1. Sign in and open a workspace
Go to krowforge.com, sign in, and either pick an existing workspace from the home grid or click New workspace.
A workspace is a sandboxed project directory on the KrowForge server. Each workspace is fully isolated — its own filesystem, its own terminal sessions, its own environment.
2. The first 30 seconds
When the workspace opens you'll see four zones:
- Activity rail (far left) — Start, Map, Issues, Ask, Draft, Changes, Run.
- Sidebar (left) — file tree + project search.
- Editor (centre) — Monaco. Click any file in the tree to open it.
- Right panel — agent chat, changes timeline, terminal.
The top bar has launcher chips for the not-immediately-obvious features:
- Ask code — opens the semantic codebase search.
- Browser — opens the browser allowlist editor.
- What's new — re-opens the build's release-notes toast.
- Docs — links here.
3. Run something
Open the Run tab in the activity rail, or click the terminal icon. A real shell opens. Type:
echo "hello from the workspace"
ls -la
That's a real PTY. Ctrl+C works. Multi-tab works. Reloading the page re-attaches you to the same sessions.
4. Ask the agent to do something
Click the Ask tab on the activity rail (or press the chat shortcut). Type:
Add a README.md with a one-paragraph description of this project.
The agent will:
- Look at the project.
- Propose a diff.
- Show you the diff in the Changes panel.
You review hunk-by-hunk. Accept what you like, reject what you don't. Apply.
5. Ask the codebase
Press Ctrl+Shift+K (or click the Ask code chip). Type:
where is the database connection configured
You get ranked file:line hits. Click any result to jump to that line in the editor.
What to read next
- Workspace tour — every panel, what it does, when to use it.
- Editor — Monaco features that aren't obvious.
- Agent + MCP tools — what tools the agent has and how to use them well.