Getting started

1. Sign in

Open Cento and sign in. Onboarding guides you through installing Cento and connecting your machine.

2. Install Cento

Follow the installation instructions in onboarding for your operating system.

The script downloads the signed cento CLI for your platform and immediately runs cento host install, which sets everything up: the background daemon, automatic start on login, and pairing. See install for Windows and other paths.

3. Approve pairing

During install, Cento prints a link. Open it in a browser where you're signed in to Cento and click Approve — that's the only manual step. Your machine is now linked to your account. Details: pairing.

4. Verify

cento doctor

Exit code 0 means your machine is ready. Anything missing is listed with what to do about it.

5. Create your first workspace

Open the Cento dashboard in your browser, create a project, and start a workspace. The workspace runs on your machine — agents get a real checkout, real terminals, and real running services, and you watch it all live from the browser.