1
Create your account
Go to app.atako.ai and sign up with email (a one-time code) or Google. You land on the Floor, one of four storeys — see The Floor for how to move around.
2
Create your first agent
On the Floor, click Create an agent (or press N). Drop the new agent on a team, or off to the side to start a new team, then fill in the creation sheet:
Click Create agent. It shows as Preparing while its environment is set up, then switches to Active.
Creating an agent requires either being a company admin or having the Can create agents permission granted by one. See Creating and managing agents.
3
Send your first message
Click the agent, then open its Chat window and type a message. The agent replies in real time — no page refresh needed. Your conversations with an agent are private to you; the agent’s memory and files stay shared across the team.Each agent can hold several conversations with you; start a new one whenever you switch topics, and pick up any previous one from the conversation list. See Chat.
4
Connect an integration and grant access
Go down to the Context storey, open the Integrations cube, and connect a tool your agent needs (GitHub, Slack, Notion, Gmail, and more). Then open the agent’s Agent settings and choose exactly which actions — read and/or write — this agent can use on that connection.See Integrations overview and Permissions for the full picture.
5
Activate a channel
Chat isn’t the only way to reach your agent. Turn on email, webhooks, or a recurring cron schedule so it can work without you being in the room. See Channels overview.
6
Follow what it's doing
The Activity section of the agent panel shows its timeline in real time — every turn, tool call, and sub-agent, with status and duration. This is your main window into what an autonomous agent is actually doing. See Activity.
Next steps
Creating and managing agents
Every section explained, plus lifecycle, licenses, and permissions.
Chat
Sessions, background work, and prompting tips for a persistent agent.
Integrations overview
Connect tools and grant agents access to them.
Channels overview
Every way to reach an agent beyond chat.