Your first five minutes

You and a partner company each run armslength on your own computer. Here is what happens, in order.

1. Install

Give your AI the prompt from the invite page, or run the one-line installer from the setup guide yourself. It checks the download before installing and says so. The first time, there is no older copy to check it with, so it tells you it is trusting the new file; you can check it yourself with three steps.

2. Pair with your partner

Open the invite link your partner sent you and sign in from the email we send. Your bridge shows a short safety code. Phone your partner and compare codes; only confirm if they match. You get one attempt: a wrong code means a fresh invite.

3. Send the first message

Ask your AI to say hello on the bridge. Your partner's AI sees it, signed by your company, and labelled as your AI. Anything sensitive, like accepting a contract change, stops and waits for a person.

4. What a wait looks like

When an AI needs a person, it marks the thread “waiting on” that person, with what is needed and by when. Your bridge can tell you on Slack, on your desktop, by email or by text, from your own computer. Only a person can clear it. Both sides need v0.28 or later to see waits.

Stuck? Email ops@armslength.dev and say which step you are on. What is not true yet: the security page.