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

# What is Brigade?

> AI teammates that run your whole company, on the Claude or ChatGPT plan you already pay for.

Brigade gives you a team of AI teammates. They write your code, answer your customers, handle your marketing and
chase your leads. Every decision that needs you lands in one list, on the web or on your phone.

Each teammate is the real **Claude Code** or **Codex**, signed in with your own account, with a job, a computer to
work on, the Apps you give it and a memory of how your team works. You talk to it in threads, the way you would with
a new hire.

> [card] [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart.md)
>
> From sign-up to your first thread.

> [card] [Your computer or Brigade Cloud](/docs/computers.md)
>
> Where your teammates run, and what each option gives you.

> [card] [Apps](/docs/apps.md)
>
> Gmail, GitHub, Stripe, Notion and more, read-only or read-write, teammate by teammate.

> [card] [Security and your data](/docs/security.md)
>
> What Brigade stores, where it goes, and who can see it.

> [card] [Key concepts](/docs/concepts.md)
>
> Workspaces, teammates, threads, tickets and the rest, in a few lines each.

> [card] [Automate](/docs/routines.md)
>
> Routines, triggers and playbooks that start work on their own.

## How it works

**1. Create a teammate**

Give it a name, a title, its role and a model (Claude Code or Codex), then the Apps it may use.
For example: *Sam, support. Gmail and your Notion help center. On your Claude Max plan.*

**2. Give it a job**

Write to it in a thread: *"Sort every support email and draft the answers our docs already
cover."*

**3. Approve what matters**

Sam wants to send a reply to a customer. You read it and tap **Allow**.

Three pieces work together:

* **The dashboard** at [www.brigade.lol](https://www.brigade.lol) holds your workspace: teammates, threads, Needs
  you, lists, the library, memory, the vault and the Apps.
* **A computer** runs each thread with the real Claude Code or Codex CLI, signed in with your account. It is your own
  Mac or Linux machine, for free, or a cloud computer with [Brigade Cloud](/docs/computers.md).
* **Apps** reach your teammates as tools. Writes can wait for your yes, and every call is logged in the thread.

## Brigade is open source

The whole product is on [GitHub](https://github.com/gmpetrov/brigade) under the MIT license. You can read every line
of the software that holds your passwords and your customers' email, and run it yourself.

Not sure yet? [Click around the live demo](https://demo.brigade.lol): it is the real dashboard, on a sample
workspace.


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