Quickstart

Your first bot, working, in about five minutes.

By the end of this page you will have a bot with a name, a character and a job, and you will have watched it do its first piece of work.

You need an email address and, if your Cadence server does not provide a model, an AI account: a Claude or ChatGPT subscription, or an API key.

1. Sign up

   Open app.usecadence.gg (or your own server’s address if you self-host) and click Sign up. Enter:

   • Name: your name.
   • Company name: your business or team. Your company and its main space are named after it.
   • Email and Password (8 characters or more).

   Click Create account. You are the owner of your new company.

   Joining a teammate’s company? Use the invite link they sent you instead. See Accept an invite.

2. Answer a few questions

   Cadence asks how you will use it and what you want help with. Answer, or skip.

3. Connect a model

   If Cadence asks you to Connect a model, choose one:

   • Sign in with Claude for a Claude Pro or Max plan.
   • Sign in with ChatGPT for a ChatGPT Plus or Pro plan.
   • Or paste an API key from a model provider.

   See Models for every option. If the step does not appear, your server already has a model.

4. Meet your first bot

   Cadence creates your first bot, Chief, and opens its chat. Chief says hello. Tell it what you want help with in plain words.

5. Create a bot for a job

   Now make a bot for a specific job, like answering customers.

   1. Click + at the top of the sidebar, then New bot.
   2. Type a name, for example Ada.
   3. Pick a character. Each of the 28 characters is a 3D figure that blinks and looks around. Once you pick one, you can change its Body color.
   4. Click Create.

   The new bot greets you and asks what it is for.

6. Give it instructions

   Open Ada’s settings and write its Instructions:

   You are Ada, the customer assistant for Example Co.
   Answer questions about orders, delivery and returns.
   Be warm and brief. Never promise a refund; tell the customer a person will follow up.
   

   Then, under Files, click Add file, name it Prices, and paste your price list. Ada reads it on every run.

7. Try it

   Go back to Ada’s chat and ask something a customer would ask, like “How much is express delivery?” Ada answers from its instructions and the Prices file.

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Where to go next

To do this	Read
Understand how the pieces fit	Concepts
Keep rules and prices up to date	Instruction files
Have a bot work on a schedule	Routines
Let customers message a bot on WhatsApp or Slack	Channels
Let a bot use a browser	Computers
Connect Gmail, a calendar or other apps	Integrations
Decide what bots may do on their own	Approvals
Bring in your team	Companies and people
Call Cadence from your own code	API introduction