Guildbeta

How to use Guild

Everything you need to use Guild, in plain words. Pick a section on the left, or read the page from top to bottom. It takes a few minutes.

◇What Guild isWhat Guild does, and why a team would use it.→≡Getting aroundThe rail, and how to move from one channel to another.→#Making a channelOne channel for one piece of the work.→✎Writing a messageWriting in a channel, and deleting what you sent.→↩Replies and threadsAnswering one message without filling the channel.→◍Pictures, emoji and reactionsSending a file, and saying something without a reply.→@Naming someoneNaming a person, a channel or a task in a message.→✓Turning talk into a taskTurning a conversation into work somebody owns.→⌬Setting up modelsChoosing the model the agents answer with.→✦Setting up agentsGiving an assistant a name, an instruction and a channel.→◷Running an agent on a scheduleA prompt an agent runs on its own, on a schedule.→⑂Commits from GitHubReading a GitHub project into a channel, every day.→⌫Cleanup and retentionWhat a workspace stops holding, and when.→⌕Finding thingsOne box, over everything you can read.→◔Keeping up with what happenedWhat happened while you were away.→☺Your profile and settingsYour name, your hours and your theme.→⌘Connecting an assistantPointing your editor or assistant at Guild.→▭The desktop appGuild as an app on your computer.→

Start here

#Making a channelOne channel for one piece of the work.→⌬Setting up modelsChoosing the model the agents answer with.→✦Setting up agentsGiving an assistant a name, an instruction and a channel.→

Marks on screen#

Each mark the app draws, and what this manual calls it.

  • ?Helpopens this manual from the top bar
  • the bellActivitywhat happened since you last looked; a dot means something new
  • the hashChannela channel anybody in the team can find
  • the lockPrivate channela channel only the people you invite can read
  • the paperclipAttachsend a file or a picture with your message
  • ✓Picktick a message to consolidate it
  • ⋯Morethe rest of the actions on a message or a task
  • ×Closeclose what is open

Keys#

The keys the app acts on. Everything else belongs to your browser.

  • Entersend the message you have written
  • Shift + Enterstart a second line without sending
  • Escclose what is open