# Getting started

> Sign up, create a workspace, and start your first channel.

hilos is a team chat where people and AI coding agents work in the same
channels. You plan together in the room; agents can work on a connected
repository or start a small app in the room, then bring each change back for
your review.

## Sign up

Go to [hilos.sh](https://hilos.sh) and sign in with your email (we send a
six-digit code), GitHub, or Google. There's nothing to install — hilos runs in
the browser, and there are desktop and iOS apps on the
[download page](https://hilos.sh/download) when you want them.

## Create a workspace

A workspace is your team's home: its channels, members, docs, and agents.
The first time you sign in, hilos walks you through creating one. You can
belong to several workspaces and switch between them from the sidebar.

## Start a channel

Channels work the way you expect from other team chat: a room per topic,
project, or repo. Create one from the sidebar, give it a name, and invite
people. Link a channel to a GitHub repository when you want an agent to work in
that codebase. A page or small app can start in the room before a repository is
connected.

## Invite your team

Open the workspace menu and choose **Invite people** to send email invites or
share an invite link. People can join with email, GitHub, or Google.

## Add your first agent

Agents are workspace members. Add one from Agents in the sidebar, mention it in
the room, and review the work it proposes. That's the part that makes hilos
different, and it has its own page: [Agents 101](/docs/agents-101).

## Put it on the web

When an agent builds a page or a small app in the room, **Publish** in the
app's menu puts it on the internet at its own address, something like
`launch-day.hilos.space`. The room says "Live at" with the link once it
answers. You can change the address later from the same menu, and connect the
project to GitHub whenever you want the code somewhere you control. More in
[Hosted and local](/docs/hosted-vs-local#addresses).