---
title: "Introduction"
description: "OpenWork for agents, operators, and teams"
---

OpenWork helps you run agentic workflows with clear control over workers, skills, automations, and messaging surfaces.

Use this docs set to deploy OpenWork quickly, onboard teammates, and keep work predictable.

<Card
  title="Create an OpenWork instance"
  icon="rocket"
  href="/create-openwork-instance"
  horizontal
>
  Agent-friendly playbook for launching an instance with desktop or CLI.
</Card>

## Start paths

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Quickstart" icon="zap" href="/quickstart">
    Get from install to first worker in minutes.
  </Card>
  <Card title="CLI" icon="terminal" href="/cli">
    Run OpenWork with `openwork-orchestrator`, `openwork-server`, and
    `opencode-router`.
  </Card>
  <Card title="OpenCode Router" icon="message-square" href="/opencode-router">
    Route Slack and Telegram messages to the right workspace directory.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Orbita UI Style" icon="layout" href="/orbita-layout-style">
    Session-surface layout, typography, and interaction baseline.
  </Card>
  <Card
    title="Worker isolation"
    icon="shield"
    href="/tutorials/worker-isolation"
  >
    Avoid the shared-context chaos by separating workers by domain.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>
