After you install

A new Eido Build starts with one admin, which is whoever installed it, and nothing connected. Work through these in order.

Connect your repository host

In Admin → Integrations, connect GitHub or Azure DevOps.
- GitHub is a GitHub App that your organisation owns.
- Azure DevOps uses a managed identity.
Decide where agents run

In Admin → Workbenches, check the workbench your projects will use.
- For a Foundry workbench, deploy the models you want in Foundry.
- For an Anthropic workbench, paste an Anthropic API key in Admin → Integrations.
Set a monthly budget while you are there. See Costs and budgets.
Set up your project

In Admin → Projects, point the project at its repository and choose how it ships. Write the project’s description, because every agent reads it. See Projects.
Add your people

In Admin → Teams, set up your teams. In Admin → Users, add each person, give them their projects and put them in their teams. See Users and permissions.
Check the workflows

A new project has the stock workflows. Open them in Admin → Projects → Workflows and check which teams take part in and approve each stage. See Workflows.
Run something small

Raise a small, real enhancement, approve it in Triage, and follow it through. See Your first work item.

Worth doing in the first week#


Set up email	So that people are told when they are assigned something. See Email.
Write project actions	A sign-in action and a seed-data action save every tester time on every work item. See Project actions.
Add an agent	Start with one from the catalogue, such as the Dependency Warden. See Setting up agents.
Choose how work starts	If opening a release would start more agent sessions than you want at once, set the project to start work manually. See Projects.
Add your customers	So that requests can be weighed at triage. See Customers.

Set the project’s next work item number above the highest number your old tracker used, so existing keys keep meaning what they meant.

If production is already on a version, set the project’s last released version, so Eido Build’s first release counts on from there.

The top of Admin shows what this installation is licensed as, and when it last checked in. If it warns that it has not checked in, see Licensing.