# Start your first Fungi Agent

> Hosted signup status and the first-Agent walkthrough for when it opens.

**Hosted signup is not open yet.** It opens with the production cutover. The
production site currently shows the waitlist, including for invite holders.
Meanwhile, [try Oyster on your computer](/oyster-quickstart/) without an account
or [install Shiitake](/install/) for a local Agent.

## Before hosted signup opens

For the hosted walkthrough below, you will need:

- **An invite code.** The hosted beta is invite-only. To get one, email
  [support@fungi.computer](mailto:support@fungi.computer) or join the waitlist
  at [fungi.computer](https://fungi.computer/#email). Without a code you cannot
  create an account; the terminal and Oyster routes below need none.
- **Funding.** Hosted work needs Team credit or a Pro subscription; creating an
  account alone does not fund it. Plan to add credit in step 3. See
  [Billing and credit](/account/billing/).

You will also need a browser and an email address. An invite does not make
signup available before the production cutover.

## After hosted signup opens

These steps describe the hosted flow once the production sign-in page is
available. They are not instructions to sign up through the current waitlist.

1. **Create an account.** Choose **Create account**, enter your name and email,
   accept the Terms and enter your invite code. Choose **Send code**, enter the
   code from your email and choose **Continue with code**. You can choose **Use
   a magic link** instead. **Continue with GitHub** appears when GitHub sign-in
   is configured. If Fungi asks you to verify your email before creating a Team,
   open the verification link in your inbox. See
   [Sign-in and your account](/account/sign-in/).

2. **Choose your personal Team.** After signing in, create a Team or select one
   you own. Your personal-Team choice is permanent, so choose the Team you
   intend to keep as your own. You can create other Teams later.

3. **Fund the Team.** Open **Your Teams** → **Billing** and add credit or start
   Pro before creating a hosted Agent or Computer. A credit-bearing invite code
   can also fund the Team. Your own model key covers model charges from that
   provider, but does not replace the funding needed to create hosted resources.
   See [Billing and credit](/account/billing/).

4. **Open the workspace.** Choose **Open workspace** for your Team. Its
   dashboard is Tourtois; choose **Grove** from the App launcher if it is not
   already open. Grove is where you talk to Agents.

5. **Create an Agent.** In Grove, choose **Create**, enter a name under **New
   Agent**, explicitly choose **New Computer** under **Computer**, then choose
   **Create Agent**. The default is the newest existing Computer, or **No
   Computer** when the Team has none. A new Computer keeps this exercise
   separate from existing work; selecting an existing Computer shares its files.
   The sole attached Computer becomes Home. **No Computer** is available for
   conversation-only work; the file steps below require a Computer. If prompted,
   grant Grove access to read and send the Agent's messages. Under **Start a
   conversation with**, choose the new Agent and click **Start**.

6. **Give the Agent a job.** This prompt is illustrative; write it in the new
   conversation and wait for the Agent's reply and file operation to finish:

   ```text
   Make a folder called notes. In it, write hello.md with three ideas for a
   weekend project. Then list the folder so I can see it worked.
   ```

7. **Open its files.** Choose **Inkcap** from the App launcher and select that
   Agent's Computer. Look for `notes/hello.md`; its contents should match the
   Agent's reply. Inkcap and the Agent work with that same Computer's files.

If the code or link does not arrive, check the address and spam folder, then
request another from the sign-in form. If Agent creation says **Add credit to
this Team in Billing**, return to Billing and confirm the Team has available
credit or an active Pro plan. If the file is missing, check the Agent's reply
for an error or unfinished work before looking in Inkcap again.

## Next

- [Customize your Team dashboard](/guides/customize-your-dashboard/)
- [Teams and invitations](/account/teams/)
- [Billing and credit](/account/billing/)
- [Limits](/account/limits/)
- [Privacy and support](/account/privacy/)
- [Add your own model key](/models/your-own-key/)