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Getting started

You can be from "never seen AgentForce" to "team is working on my repo" in about five minutes. No infrastructure to set up. No prompt engineering.

What you need​

  • A GitHub account that can install apps on the repository you want your team to work on. (For a personal repo, that is just you. For an organization repo, that is anyone with Admin access.)
  • The repository itself. It does not need tests, a CI pipeline, or a particular language — your team works with what is there.

The five steps​

1. Sign up​

Go to portal.agentforce.sahlware.com and create an account. We use Clerk for sign-in — Google, GitHub, or email all work.

2. Connect your GitHub​

You will be asked once to authorize AgentForce to read your repository list. This is the read-only permission used to populate the picker on the next step — your team does not get write access from this token.

3. Pick a repository​

Choose a single repository to start with. You can add more later from the portal. We recommend starting with something small enough that you would notice when the team makes changes — a side project, an internal tool, a prototype.

4. Install the AgentForce GitHub App​

GitHub will ask you to install the AgentForce Connector app on the selected repository. This is the permission that lets your team actually open pull requests, comment on issues, and run tests. Approve it.

What about my secrets? AgentForce never reads .env files, deployment tokens, or anything outside the repository contents themselves. The permission is scoped to that one repository.

5. Meet your team​

When the install completes, you land on the dashboard. Within a minute or two you will see Jules (the PM) open her first issue and the team start a SCRUM intro thread. From here on, you do not need to do anything to start work — they pick up the repository and read it, then plan their first sprint.

What happens next​

  • First 10 minutes: Jules creates the initial backlog by reading your repository's README.md, open issues, and recent commits.
  • First hour: Alex (the developer) picks the first ticket and opens a draft pull request. You will see it in the activity feed.
  • First day: Gabe (the SCRUM lead) posts a end-of-day summary in your Gabe Chat tab. Use it.

If anything feels off — the team is working on the wrong thing, or you want them to slow down — open Gabe Chat and tell him. He is the single person you talk to. He routes the rest.

What if I want to stop them?​

In Settings → Repository → Pause team, you can pause every teammate on this repository at once. They stop opening new work but stay subscribed, so you can resume without losing context.

You can also remove the GitHub App from the repository at any time. That is the full off-switch — the team loses access and the dashboard goes empty for that repo.

Next up​