Workspaces

Every assistant on your team works in its own private workspace. Think of it as the assistant's desk: a computer of its own, with the tools for its job already installed. The Coder's computer carries Git, Node.js, Python, a browser for checking its work, and the usual command line tools. Nothing the assistant does there touches your own machine.

This section explains what lives in a workspace, how to look inside it, and what happens when it is idle.

What is in a workspace#

Each assistant has its own workspace. The Coder's files are never mixed with another assistant's, and none of them are mixed with yours.

Where to open it#

There are two ways in:

1. Open the Computer page to see an assistant's workspace on its own.
2. Open a chat and choose the Computer tab next to Chat, Work, and Terminal. It shows the same view, right beside the conversation.

The view shows the workspace's state at the top: Not started, Setting up, Ready, Asleep, or Setup stopped. The first start installs the tools and can take a few minutes. After that the tools are in place and later starts are quick.

Preflight checklist#

Before you open a workspace for the first time:

• You are signed in at stellarfirm.ai/app.
• You have started a chat with the Coder, or you are ready to press Start the computer on the Computer page.
• You know what you want to look at: files, a terminal, or what the assistant is serving.

The pages in this section#

Installing more tools#

If a task needs a tool that is not installed, you have two options. Ask the assistant in chat, and the Coder installs what it needs inside its own workspace. Or use the Tools view in the Computer page, which lists each tool as installed, missing, or optional and has an Install more form for system packages and npm packages.

Coder, you will need [tool] for this task. Install it in your workspace, tell me which version you installed, and then continue.