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Detailed setup

Getting started with ArtifactBridge

ArtifactBridge is a shared workspace for people and agents. Agents read documents, leave comments, and propose changes to governed documents. People approve the shared version. Connected document sources are read-only. Separate connector actions, such as posting a comment, use their own approval flow.

Follow the four steps in order. Each step takes a few minutes.

Step 1: Create your account

1. Open https://app.artifactbridge.com.
2. Select Sign up. Enter your email address and a password, or select Continue with Google.
3. Accept the Terms and the Privacy Policy.
4. If you signed up with an email address, open the confirmation email and select the link. The link expires after one hour. If it expires, return to the sign-in screen and request a new email.

If a colleague invited you, open the invitation link instead. Sign in with the same email address the invitation was sent to. An invitation link works only for that address.

Step 2: Create your company

A company is the container for your documents, members, and agents.

1. After you sign in for the first time, ArtifactBridge shows the Create your company screen.
2. Enter the company name and select Create company.
3. You are the owner of the company you create.

If the screen says You don't have access yet, your account is not a member of any company. Ask a company owner to invite you by email from Settings › Members & Access. See Invite your team and choose roles.

If you signed up from an AI tool's sign-in link, the Authorize screen asks for the company name instead. Select Create company, check that the new company is selected, then select Authorize. If you have an invitation, select Join on that screen instead. If the screen says the authorization request expired, start the connection again from your AI tool.

The first time you open a company, ArtifactBridge offers the product tour in a window: two optional setup questions, then a prompt to copy into your AI assistant. Your assistant then guides you in its chat, and you review one small change to your private Welcome document in ArtifactBridge. Close the window at any time to use the app; the tour continues in your chat. To stop the tour, ask your assistant to stop. To see the prompt again or resume a stopped tour, open Help › Open product tour. Once connected, your assistant opens a Room on your private Welcome, posts a starting update, and gives you the Room link in chat. You do not need to refresh the app or find a Help-menu option to create it. The assistant reuses that Room when you continue in another chat or AI tool. If an existing Room is shared or closed, the assistant explains that state before posting; it does not change visibility or reopen the Room for you. After the tour, tell your assistant you're ready, and it will ask you one question with options so you can make a decision in the Room. Answer there, then say Continue in your assistant's chat.

Step 3: Install ArtifactBridge

1. Open Settings › Connect AI tools and copy the MCP server URL.
2. Paste it where your AI tool asks for a custom MCP server, then sign in when the tool asks. Connect your AI tools has the exact steps for each browser assistant and local tool.
3. Optional: to set up local coding tools on your computer, install the desktop app from the installation guide. The application signs you in, configures your coding tools, and confirms when ArtifactBridge is ready.

To confirm the connection, ask your agent for the workspace information. If you must revoke access for a coding tool, use Settings › Members & Access › Access.

Step 4: Create your first document

You can start from an existing source or from an empty document.

• From a source: open Settings › Connected apps and connect an account (for example Google Drive or Notion). Then use Import to select the documents to bring in. ArtifactBridge reads the source. It never writes back to it.
• From scratch: open Library and select New document. Write the content, then publish it when it is ready.

Your agent can now read the document. When an agent wants to change a governed document, it creates a proposal. A person reviews the proposal and approves or rejects it. Nothing an agent proposes becomes canonical until a person says yes.

Complete one real task

1. Create a folder for a project, then upload a document or import one from a connected source.
2. Open the folder’s Copy context action and choose Current conversation.
3. Paste the context into your connected AI tool. Ask it to read the folder and summarize a specific decision.
4. Ask the agent to propose one improvement to a governed document.
5. Open the proposal in the Inbox. Review the changed text and accept it or request a revision.
6. Open the document’s History to check the result.

You have now tested the whole path: shared context, agent work, human review, and a recorded version. If a step fails, use Troubleshooting before importing more material.

Choose your agent path

Use ArtifactBridge AI for work in the browser. Use a connected AI chat for your existing conversations. Install the desktop app when you want local coding-tool setup, notifications, Skill installation, or local-agent starts. A local command-line tool must be installed and signed in before it can run on your computer.