> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://aidocs.ethanbragdon.icu/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# First-Day Checklist

> A practical checklist for configuring a new Starfire AI account, choosing a workspace, creating a project, and understanding billing and security.

# First-day checklist

Use this checklist when setting up Starfire AI for the first time or onboarding a new team member.

## Account

* Sign in to the intended Starfire account.
* Complete email verification when required.
* Confirm profile and timezone information.
* Review active sessions and devices after signing in from a shared or unfamiliar machine.

## Workspace

* Start one simple Chat to confirm model access.
* Review the available model list for the current plan/context.
* Create a Project for any work that will span multiple conversations.
* Put durable project instructions in the Project instead of repeating them in every prompt.

## Files and Knowledge

* Attach temporary files directly to a conversation.
* Add reusable reference material to Knowledge instead of repeatedly uploading it.
* Confirm indexed sources reach a retrieval-ready state before relying on them.

## FORGE

If FORGE is available:

* Start with a small build to learn the build lifecycle.
* Review validation output instead of judging success only from generated code.
* Download important artifacts before their retention period expires.

## Agents and automation

* Create agents only for behavior you expect to reuse.
* Keep agent permissions narrow.
* Test an agent on ambiguous and failure cases before giving it workflow responsibilities.

## Organization setup

For team use:

* Confirm the correct organization is active.
* Invite members with the smallest appropriate role.
* Verify billing ownership and seat state.
* Prefer organization-owned applications and service accounts for production integrations.

## Billing and usage

* Confirm whether work is billed to your personal account or an organization.
* Review credit allowance and any configured hard limits.
* Avoid creating a second subscription when a billing state appears delayed; troubleshoot the existing billing chain first.

## Security

* Keep API keys and other secrets out of prompts.
* Revoke sessions or credentials you no longer need.
* Use separate developer credentials for software workloads.

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  Follow the guided path from sign-in to your first useful Starfire workflow.
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