---
title: "Quickstart"
url: "/getting-started"
description: "Sign up, create an agent, test it and put it on your website — the short version."
productArea: getting-started
audience: ["business-user"]
tags: ["getting-started"]
lastReviewed: 2026-08-25
---

# Quickstart (/getting-started)





KlicForge is a hosted platform — there is nothing to install. Everything happens in the
dashboard at [app.klicforge.ai](https://app.klicforge.ai).

## Prerequisites [#prerequisites]

* An email address you can receive mail at.
* A website you can add a script tag to, if you want to embed the chat widget.

<Steps>
  <Step>
    ### Create an account [#create-an-account]

    Sign up at [app.klicforge.ai](https://app.klicforge.ai) and verify your email address. You will
    be asked to name your workspace — this is what owns your agents, contacts and billing.
  </Step>

  <Step>
    ### Create an agent [#create-an-agent]

    Open **My Agents** in the sidebar, then select **Create new**. You can start from a template,
    describe what you want in your own words, or configure everything manually. See
    [the creation wizard](/agents/creation-wizard) for the differences.
  </Step>

  <Step>
    ### Give it something to know [#give-it-something-to-know]

    Open the agent's **Knowledge** tab and attach a knowledge source, or create one under
    **Knowledge Library** in the sidebar and paste or upload your content. Without knowledge, a
    default agent has very little to answer from — see [knowledge sources](/knowledge).
  </Step>

  <Step>
    ### Test it [#test-it]

    Open the agent's **Sandbox** tab, or use the preview on the agent's
    **Widget** tab. Ask the questions your real users will ask. If answers are wrong or too vague,
    the usual cause is missing knowledge rather than the wrong model.
  </Step>

  <Step>
    ### Publish it [#publish-it]

    Set the agent's status to **active** on its Overview tab, then copy the embed snippet from the
    **Widget** tab into your site's HTML. See [the web widget](/channels/web-widget).
  </Step>
</Steps>

## What next [#what-next]

* Get your bearings with the [dashboard map](/getting-started/dashboard-navigation).
* Connect [Telegram](/channels/telegram) or [WhatsApp](/channels/whatsapp) so people can reach
  your agent where they already are.
* Set up [guardrails](/guardrails) to control what the agent will and will not discuss.
* Understand [how usage is counted](/reference/interaction-counting) before you go live.

<Callout type="info">
  Building your first agent properly takes about twenty minutes. [Create your first
  agent](/getting-started/create-your-first-agent) walks through the same steps in detail.
</Callout>