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Early access — Settings labels and onboarding steps shift between releases. Screenshots: coming soon. Join the Product Brain Community if the UI diverges from this page.
This page gets a human from “I just signed up” to “my workspace is ready for agents” in a few minutes. Your agent handles repetitive steps (pb login, MCP config) once you point it at this guide.

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1. Sign in

Open work.productbrain.io and complete account creation. Use a workspace you intend to connect to Cursor/Claude/etc.

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2. Create or join a workspace

From the workspace switcher, create a workspace or accept an invite. Pick a slug you are comfortable seeing in URLs (/w/<slug>/…). Screenshot: coming soon.

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3. Invite teammates (optional)

When you collaborate, invite others from Members (see Workspace members). Everyone shares the same Chain within the workspace.

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4. Generate an API key

Go to Settings → API keys (workspace-scoped). Create:
  • a read key for experiments, or
  • a read-write key when agents should capture and commit (subject to governance).
Copy the pb_sk_… value once; store it in a password manager. Screenshot: coming soon.

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5. Choose your connection path

Return to Connect your tools and wire MCP or pb. Confused by packages? Read pb vs MCP package.

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6. Activation vs readiness

Activation (Bridge) tracks onboarding milestones—first key, first capture, first connector. Readiness is the ongoing health of your Chain (stale entries, review debt). They are not interchangeable labels. Deep dive: Bridge.

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7. Verify

You: “Check that Product Brain is wired up.” Your agent:
Or, for MCP-only workflows, ask the agent to run MCP orient and confirm it returns workspace context.

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