Getting started
Create your Astell account, connect your first tools, and set up a workspace for your team.
This page walks you through your first session with Astell, from account creation to a working workspace with live data.
Before you begin
Astell is in early access. New signups join a waitlist, and we onboard teams in small groups so every team gets a smooth start. Once your account is approved you receive an email and can sign in.
You will get the most out of setup if you have admin access (or at least connection permissions) for the tools you plan to connect, such as your Google Workspace, Slack workspace, or GitHub organization.
Create your account
Go to the signup page and create an account with your work email, or continue with Google.
Verify your email address using the link we send you.
If your account is on the waitlist, wait for the approval email before continuing. You can sign in at any time to check your status.
Run through onboarding
After your first sign-in, Astell guides you through setup. You can skip most steps and return to them later in settings.
Connect Google, GitHub, and Slack. These are the highest-signal sources for most teams. Astell asks for read access and explains what each permission is used for. If you are the admin of your Google Workspace organization, you can enable the Workspace Directory so teammates are recognized automatically.
Add more integrations. Pick any other tools your team lives in, such as Notion, Linear, Figma, or Zoom. The full list is on the Integrations page. We recommend connecting at least one integration; you can always add more later in workspace settings.
Configure auto-ingest. For each connected integration, choose what Astell should keep in sync automatically. Use each integration's selector to pick specific spaces, channels, or folders, or choose All to keep everything in sync. See Integrations and syncing for how ingestion works.
Create your workspace. Give it a name and a URL slug. A workspace is the shared container for your team's data, members, and settings. See Workspaces and members.
Pick a plan. Every plan includes unlimited Native Data syncing and search; plans differ in monthly tokens, indexed history, and team features. See Plans and billing. You can start on the free Sapling plan and upgrade later.
Invite your team. Add teammates by email. They join with the Member role by default; you can promote them later. Astell is built for shared context, so it gets more useful with every person who joins.
Tell Astell about yourself and your workspace. A short profile step helps Astell understand your role and what your team works on, which improves how it ranks and summarizes your context.
What happens next
Once your integrations are connected, Astell begins ingesting and indexing your workspace in the background. Depending on how much history your tools hold, the first full index can take a while; you can watch progress under workspace settings in the data ingest section.
From there:
- Search and Chat answer questions with citations from your own data.
- Loops start appearing as Astell finds open decisions, promises, and requests in your team's communication.
- Twice a day, an Audit summarizes what changed and which loops need attention. See Audits in the Help Center.
Syncing messages, emails, tasks, and code (Native Data) is unlimited on every plan and never consumes tokens. Token-metered work is mainly document, media, and meeting ingestion, chat, and Audits. See What are tokens?