Set up from your assistant

You can set a workspace up entirely in a conversation with your assistant, once it is connected. The assistant asks Tandem what is left and does each step for you, or hands you a link when a step needs a browser: Slack, GitHub and payment sign you in with those services themselves.

A walk, in words

Say what you want; the assistant does the rest. A typical exchange:

You: Set up a Tandem workspace for my company, call it acme, engineering team.

Assistant: Created acme. It seats an engineering team. Left to do: connect Slack (link), connect the code (link), connect the issue tracker, choose the first task, model keys, and the plan (link). Shall we connect Linear?

You: Yes, here is my Linear key: lin_api_…

Assistant: Linear is connected. The CEO will read your recent issues, ask you at most three questions and put up the first week as a plan. After that, may the team start on further work by itself, or should it ask you first?

You: It may start by itself.

Assistant: Done. Two steps need your browser: add Tandem to Slack at …, and choose a plan at …. When those are done the workspace builds itself in a few minutes.

What each step maps to

Step	From the assistant	In a browser
Name and team	create_workspace
Slack		the link setup gives
Code (GitHub)		the link setup gives
Linear	connect_linear with your API key
Jira		the link setup gives
How the team goes on	set_work_gate
Model keys	set_model_key
Plan and payment		the link setup gives

setup always says where the walk stands: what is done, what the assistant can do, and what you do at which address. Ask for it whenever you come back.

A word on keys

A Linear key or a model key you paste into a conversation goes through your assistant’s provider to Tandem. Tandem checks it with its own provider and keeps it sealed; it reaches only your workspace. If you would rather not paste a key into a chat, the same step is on the workspace’s page in the portal.