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

# Syndicate

> Build AI teams that work together. Syndicate is a desktop app that runs coordinated teams of AI agents on your own machine, using the model providers you already have.

Syndicate turns AI agents into a coordinated team. Instead of juggling tabs and pasting context between chats, you describe a goal and a Manager agent (Atlas) plans the work, delegates to specialists, and surfaces only the decisions that need you.

Everything runs locally on your machine, inside a project folder you choose, powered by the AI providers you connect: Claude, OpenAI (Codex), Google Gemini, or GitHub Copilot.

## What you can do with Syndicate

* **Run a team.** A Manager plus specialist agents (developers, reviewers, researchers, writers) that delegate, hand off, and report back to you.
* **Run a solo agent.** One specialist in a direct 1:1 chat, with or without permission to edit files.
* **Stay in control.** Approval flows, permission modes, interruption levels, and a task board keep you in the loop exactly as much as you want.
* **Extend agents.** Skills, specializations, and MCP servers shape what each agent knows and can do.

## Start here

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Getting started" icon="rocket" href="/getting-started">
    Install, sign in, connect a provider, and run your first workspace in minutes.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Create your first team" icon="users" href="/guides/create-your-first-team/quick-start">
    Pick a template, generate a roster from a description, or build from scratch.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Create a solo agent" icon="user" href="/guides/create-a-solo-agent">
    One specialist, no Manager. Direct chat for quick, focused work.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Working with Atlas" icon="compass" href="/guides/create-your-first-team/atlas-orchestrator">
    How the Manager plans, delegates, and asks for your input.
  </Card>

  <Card title="The Agent Marketplace" icon="store" href="/guides/agent-marketplace">
    Browse 20+ built-in specialists, community packages, and Agent Creator.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Connect providers" icon="plug" href="/guides/connect-providers">
    Hook up Claude, OpenAI (Codex), Google Gemini, or GitHub Copilot.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## How it fits together

A **workspace** is a team or solo agent plus the local project folder it works in. Inside a team, **Atlas** (the Manager) receives your goals, breaks them into tasks on a shared board, and dispatches **agents** to do the work. Team coordination is visible in **Dispatch**, and anything that needs your attention lands in **User Tasks**.

Read the full mental model in [How Syndicate works](/features/overview).