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Quick start

From install to answering the agent from your phone in a few minutes.

1. Sign in on the PC

Open BambooKit from the Start menu and choose one:

  • Sign in with email and password, or Create account and confirm the email first.
  • Continue with Google opens your browser to finish the Google sign-in.
  • Continue offline uses the agent without phone and web features.

Click the BambooKit chip in the title bar: BambooKit API, Realtime and Agent engine should all say connected.

2. Open a project and prompt

Choose Add project (Ctrl+O) and pick a folder. Open the model picker (Ctrl+'); the BambooKit provider has free models. Then ask for something:

Example
Create a file named hello.txt containing: Hello from BambooKit

Changed files appear in the review panel (Ctrl+Shift+R).

3. Pair your phone

  1. PC: BambooKit chip → Add mobile device. A QR code appears; it refreshes itself every two minutes.
  2. Phone: sign in with the same account, then Devices → Scan QR code.
  3. The PC shows "your phone is now connected".

4. Follow along

On the phone open Projects → your project → the session. Summary shows status, duration, files changed and tests; Timeline and Chat update live; Changes shows each file's diff and its Before and After; Files, Project and Diagram show what the session touched and the project's structure. On the web, open Sessions.

5. Answer an approval

When the agent needs permission (for example to run a command or edit a file), the phone plays the BambooKit sound and shows Approval required. Open Approvals and choose Allow once, Always or Deny. When the agent asks a question, tick an option (or several) or type your own answer and press Submit.

6. Chat from the phone

In a session press Continue on PC once. The PC opens the session, and from then on you can type messages on the phone and pick the model for each one.

7. Stop if needed

If the agent goes the wrong way, press Stop on the phone.