> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.decisional.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Quickstart
> Build your first agent in minutes
## Before You Start
You'll need a Decisional account. [Sign up here](https://agents.decisional.com/sign-up) if you haven't already.
## Step 1: Describe What You Want
Go to [agents.decisional.com](https://agents.decisional.com) and sign in. You'll see a prompt box on the home page.
Tell Decisional what you want your agent to do in plain English. For example:
```
Every morning, check my CRM for new deals that closed yesterday,
pull the contract PDF from each deal, extract the key terms,
and add a row to my spreadsheet with the deal name, value, and renewal date.
```
You can also upload files for context — spreadsheets, PDFs, price lists, templates — whatever your agent needs to understand the job.
Be specific about what you want the outcome to look like. The more detail you give, the better your agent will be.
## Step 2: Review the Agent Plan
Once you submit, the setup flow asks clarifying questions to understand what you need, then identifies the integrations and tools required for the job.
After that, your agent writes up a set of **instructions** — a plain-English summary of exactly what it will do, step by step. You'll get to review these instructions before anything is built. If something's off, edit it in the Decisional web app.
## Step 3: Build Your Workflow
Once you approve the instructions, build the workflow. Decisional breaks your instructions into nodes, writes the logic for each step, and wires the graph together.
You can watch it build in real time from the **Workflow** tab. When it's done, you'll see the complete workflow laid out as a visual graph — each node representing a step your agent will execute.
Learn how trigger nodes, task nodes, action nodes, AI nodes, agent nodes, and gate nodes fit together.
## Step 4: Connect Your Integrations
Your agent needs access to the apps in your workflow. There are two ways to connect them:
* **Connections** — Open the connections panel on your agent page to see which integrations are needed and connect them directly.
* **Ask your agent** — Just tell your agent to connect an integration in the chat, such as "connect my email", and it will walk you through it.
Once you click connect, you'll authorize access through the app's standard OAuth flow. Decisional stores the connection and makes it available to the agent according to your workspace and tool policy.
Hover over any tool or trigger in the connections panel to see exactly where it's used in your agent's workflow.
You can also manage all your integrations from the **Integrations** page in the sidebar.
## Step 5: Test Your Agent
Before going live, run a test to make sure everything works.
Your agent will walk through its workflow step by step. For action nodes (things that write data, send emails, etc.), it pauses and asks for your approval before executing.
Learn when agents ask for approval, how bypass approvals work, and where global policy is configured.
Review the results, check the output, and if something needs tweaking — just tell your agent in the chat.
## Step 6: Go Live
When you're happy with the test, set your agent live. You can configure it to run:
* **On a schedule** — every morning, every hour, weekly, whatever you need
* **On triggers** — when a message, form submission, or connected-app event arrives
* **On demand** — run it manually anytime
## Step 7: Monitor and Manage
Once live, you can see all your agent's runs from the **Runs** tab. Each run shows:
* Status (Running, Completed, Failed, Needs Approval)
* What happened at each step
* The files and data your agent produced
Need to change something? Use Operator Mode in the Decisional web app for configuration-level edits.
## Next Steps
Learn about Agents, Workflows, Integrations, and Runs
Deep dive into agent configuration and management
Understand Chat Mode, Operator Mode, and Run Mode
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