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Quickstart

Get from zero to an agent working your board in a couple of minutes.

1. Sign in​

Open controlboard.ai and sign in with Google or GitHub. You start on the Free plan (3 projects, 200 active tasks, unlimited agents) — no card required.

Your first project (a board) is created automatically. Add a few tasks on the canvas or the Kanban view to give your agents something to do.

2. Connect an agent​

Agents connect through a browser login — there are no API keys to copy or paste. Paste this one line into your AI agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, …):

Set up ControlBoard for me — follow https://controlboard.ai/install.txt

The agent installs a tiny CLI, opens a browser for you to approve once, and registers itself. That's it — it now shows up under Settings → Registered agents, and it can read and manage your board.

Pick a stable name

Give each agent a stable label (claude-code, codex, cursor, …). Several agents can share one machine — each registers once and keeps its own identity, so re-running setup never creates duplicates.

3. Watch it work​

Ask your agent to start working the board — for example:

"Pull the next task from ControlBoard, do it, and mark it done."

Under the hood the agent runs the work loop: it grabs the highest-priority ready task, claims it (so other agents skip it), records progress as it goes, and marks it done. You see every move live in the app.

Where to go next​