Getting Started

Welcome. Pando is an AI assistant for people who build software: it reads your project, answers questions about it, writes and changes code, runs commands and remembers what you decided last week. This page is the trailhead. Pick a path and follow the signs.

The short path: three guides

Do these in order and you will be working with Pando in about fifteen minutes.

1. Install Pando

One download or one line in a terminal

2. Connect an AI account

The setup assistant, accounts and models

3. Your first session

One real request, from start to finish

In a hurry?

On Linux or macOS, paste this in a terminal:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/digiogithub/pando/main/scripts/install.sh | bash

On Windows, in PowerShell:

iex (irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/digiogithub/pando/main/scripts/install-windows.ps1)

Then go to your project and open Pando:

cd my-project
pando app        # the Web UI, in your browser

pando desktop opens the same interface in its own window, and plain pando opens the terminal interface. The first time, a setup assistant asks for your AI account.

How this site is organised

Three kinds of pages, three kinds of questions:

Section	It answers	Start with
Guides	“How do I set this up and use it?” Step by step, with screenshots	Find your way around the Web UI
Features	“What is this and do I want it?” Plain explanations	Web UI
Configuration	“What is that option called?” Lists of settings and commands	Configuration

What to try after your first session

Choose your surface: desktop, browser, terminal or a single line.
Teach Pando your project: give it a memory.
Work on several projects: one tab each.
Use Pando from your phone.

For the terminal-minded

pando -c /path/to/project                       # start in a specific folder
pando -p "Explain the use of context in Go"     # one question, one answer
pando -p "Explain the use of context in Go" -f json
pando -d                                        # with debug messages

All start-up options are in the reference; building from source is covered at the end of the installation guide.