Quickstart

Go from a product brief to a structured spec, your first release, and a connected coding agent.

This quickstart takes you through the full OriginAI loop: create product context, refine it in the workbench, publish a release, and connect a coding agent to implement it.

What you'll need

A web browser.
An OriginAI account — you can start for free.
Optionally, a short product brief or a few screenshots to seed the first draft.

Step 1: Create a project

There are two ways to begin, depending on whether you already have an account.

New users — start from the home page. Open getoriginai.com and describe your product in the composer. When you generate, you'll be routed to sign up; your brief is preserved through signup, and generation continues automatically once you land in the app. Open the new project and review its files and canvas.

Existing users — start in the app. Open getoriginai.com/app and use Generate with a brief (subject to your plan limits). Then review and edit the result in the workbench — see the Workbench map if you need orientation.

Generation happens in two stages: first a product README (overview, information architecture, route plan), then prototype screens built from that README. Review the README before moving on to screens — getting the structure right first makes the screens much better. See Create a project on OriginAI for the full explanation.

Step 2: Publish a release

When the specs reflect what you want to build, publish a release. This freezes the current state into an immutable, versioned snapshot that agents can implement.

Step 3: Connect a coding agent

Point a coding agent at your published release. The core loop is:

npx originai login
npx originai link --project <project-id> --skill
npx originai get-diff
# the agent implements the changes…
npx originai sync

For the full setup across different agents, see Connect a coding agent.

You're done when…

Your project holds structured specs (RPML files).
At least one release has been published.
A coding agent can list the release's documents through the originai CLI.
You understand the Free plan caps: 3 projects and 30 in-app AI turns per day.

Common snags

Issue	Fix
Generation didn't start after signup	Confirm your brief is still in the session, then retry Generate in the app.
You hit a project limit	The Free plan allows 3 projects — see Plans and usage.
Your daily turns are used up	Wait for the reset at 00:00 UTC, or upgrade.
A coding agent's write returns `suggested: true`	That's a change request waiting in Change requests — apply it, then publish.