Getting started with Tandem.
Tandem is a desktop assistant that can monitor your context, surface recommendations, run tasks, organize work into projects, and help turn repeat work into workflows.
Use this page to get set up, learn the main product concepts, connect your tools, and find help when you need it.
How Tandem works
- Monitor your context
- Get recommendations
- Run a task
- Learn from past work
- Organize repeatable work
Suggested paths
Week 1
Daily use
Power users
Help and support
Start Here
Set up Tandem, learn the basics, and finish your first task.
What Is Tandem?
Learn the core Tandem model: a desktop assistant that can monitor context, surface recommendations, run tasks, organize work into projects, and turn repeat work into workflows.
Onboarding
Set up Tandem for the first time, including sign-in, role and focus selection, folder access, and your first connections.
Your First Task
See the fastest path to value: open Tandem, start monitoring or type in the composer, submit a plain-English request, and follow the task through completion.
Monitoring
Learn what monitoring is, what it powers, how to start and stop it in Tandem, how speed settings work, and where privacy controls live.
Recommendations
Learn where recommendations appear, how actionable and informational suggestions differ, and how to run, dismiss, or reuse a recommendation as a prompt.
Learn Tandem
Understand how tasks, projects, workflows, modes, connections, and skills fit together.
Tasks, Runs, And Sessions
Learn how Tandem organizes work into ongoing sessions and individual runs, including statuses like planning, executing, paused, awaiting input, completed, and failed.
Projects
See how projects keep longer-running work, summaries, and shared context together so Tandem can stay consistent over time.
Workflows
Learn how to save repeatable work as workflows with variables, preferred project or device settings, and `@workflow` mentions in the composer.
Workflow Suggestions
Learn how Tandem can suggest workflows from past runs, when suggestions appear, and how workflow learning and credits fit in.
Modes
See how built-in and custom modes shape how Tandem approaches different kinds of work.
Connections
Learn how Connections let Tandem work with local files, browsers, and external tools, and how connection status, authentication, and permissions work.
Skills
Learn how skills give Tandem specialized know-how, and how they differ from workflows, modes, and connections.
Connect Your Tools
Connect the files, services, and tools you want Tandem to use.
Files And Folder Access
See how to add or remove allowed folders, what Tandem can access locally, and what stays outside its reach.
Google Workspace
Connect Google Workspace so Tandem can work across Docs, Gmail, Drive, Calendar, and related apps.
Notion
Connect Notion so Tandem can use pages, databases, and workspace knowledge in your tasks.
Linear
Connect Linear so Tandem can use issue, project, and cycle context while you work.
Browser Tools
Learn when to use browser tools like Playwright and Chrome DevTools for automation, inspection, and debugging.
Firebase
Connect Firebase so Tandem can work with your Firebase projects and tooling.
Google Stitch
Connect Google Stitch with an API key and use it for UI generation.
Add A Custom Connection
Add your own connection when you need Tandem to work with a tool outside the built-in options.
Customize
Adjust how Tandem looks, behaves, and uses credits.
Settings And Privacy
Manage appearance, monitoring settings, recommendation frequency, keep-in-front behavior, onboarding, and privacy controls.
Billing And Credits
Learn how plans, credits, daily caps, billing, and usage limits work.
Across Devices
Use Tandem across desktop and mobile.
Remote Execution
Set up a desktop for remote execution, name the device, manage notifications, and control when it can accept runs.
Mobile Companion
Use Tandem across desktop and mobile, choose a target desktop, and stay in sync while work continues.
Help
Find troubleshooting steps, quick answers, and definitions.
Troubleshooting
Find fixes for common issues like sign-in problems, missing recommendations, connection errors, folder access problems, remote device issues, and billing questions.
FAQ
Get quick answers to common product questions.
Glossary
Learn the key Tandem terms used throughout the product and docs.