# Quickstart

Sign in, describe your first goal, set it up with its agent and launch the first week.

Canonical page: https://app.auto-lab.ai/docs/quickstart

This page takes you from signing in to a goal that is running on its own. Setup takes about two minutes of
conversation, plus the time it takes to connect the tools the goal needs.

### Sign in
Open [app.auto-lab.ai](https://app.auto-lab.ai) and enter your work email. Auto Lab emails you a code; type it
in to sign in. If you prefer a password, choose **Use a password instead**.

If you were invited, use **Accept invitation** in the email instead. It signs you in to the right
organization. If sign-up is closed, Auto Lab shows a short form to request access.

### Describe the goal
Choose **New goal**. Auto Lab asks: **What should Auto Lab work toward?**

Write the outcome in a sentence or two. Name a number and a period when you have one, because the agent
tracks progress against it. For example:

- "Qualify 20 inbound leads a week from our website form and hand the good ones to sales."
- "Send me a brief on our competitors every Monday: launches, pricing changes and hiring."

Attach a doc or spec if you already have one. Auto Lab suggests a name for the goal; select **Rename** to
change it. Then select **Start**.

If Auto Lab has already created a first goal for you, it opens straight into setup. Type your goal as the
first message there.

### Set up together
The goal's agent reads what you wrote and asks only what is missing. As you answer, the **Goal brief** on the
right fills in:

- **Works with**: the apps and data the goal uses. Select **Connect** on a card to sign in to that app now,
or skip it and connect later.
- **Reaches you**: where the agent sends updates and questions, such as Slack or **Here in Auto Lab**.
- **On its own**: how much it may do without asking. The brief suggests **Acts within your rules**; choose
**Asks before acting** if you want to approve every action at first.
- **Rules**: anything it must never do, one rule per line.

You can edit any field on the brief directly instead of answering in the conversation. To bring teammates into
the goal, add them under **Settings › Access** after launch; see [Roles and access](/docs/organization/access).

### Launch the first week
Select **Draft my first week**. The agent turns the conversation into a plan: tasks owned by the agent or by
you, the times it checks in, and what it tracks.

Ask for changes in the conversation until the plan looks right, then select **Launch**. Auto Lab approves the
plan, schedules the check-ins and opens the goal's Overview. The agent starts on the first task.

## After launch

- **Overview** shows progress, the week's work and a **Needs you** list. Check it once a day, or let the
  channel you picked bring items to you.
- **Chat** is the goal's one running conversation. Ask questions, change direction or hand it a new task.
- **Brain › Learning** shows what the goal has learned. You can undo anything it applied on its own.

You can edit the goal or re-plan it from the Overview at any time. To hold scheduled work, see
[Pause a goal](/docs/goals#pause-a-goal).

## Next steps

- [How Auto Lab works](/docs/how-it-works): Goals, Chat, task agents, the Brain and approvals.
- [Set up and launch a goal](/docs/goals/setup): Every setup field, and how to edit a goal later.
- [Overview, Needs you and Activity](/docs/goals/overview): What to check, and what each kind of request means.
- [Connectors](/docs/connect/connectors): Give the goal access to the apps it works with.