# Get started with Roboty

Choose a useful starting point, with or without a robot.

Canonical: https://roboty.dev/guide/setup/start-here
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Platforms: iphone, mac, browser, agent

### Choose your next step

Build your robotics skills and prepare to teach useful tasks. You can start learning without an app, account or robot.

## Choose a starting point

- **[Learn the basics](/guide/learn)**: define a task, understand its results and compare one change.
- **[Add a robot](/guide/get-started/physical/equipment)**: check the SO-101 requirements and [apply for Roboty for Mac beta access](/download). Already installed? Choose **Home → Add a robot** on Mac. Your iPhone is optional.

## Home in the app

On Mac, open a project in **Recent projects**, or choose **Resume experiment** for your current work. On iPhone, use **Continue** or **All projects**. Opening work keeps your draft and does not start an attempt.

Use **Projects** for ongoing work, **Robots** for physical robots and **Library** for reusable setups. [Projects and experiments](/guide/use/experiments) explains creating, saving and organizing work.

## Help while you work

Choose **Help** for the control or result you are using. On Mac, Help opens in the main content area; **Back to your task** returns to your work. On iPhone, Help opens in a resizable sheet. **More details** shows extra instructions. Stop and recovery remain available during an attempt.

App Help works offline and matches your installed build. On iPhone and iPad, **Learn robotics on the web** and **Read full guide on the web** open the in-app browser. On Mac, read the bundled Help or visit Roboty Guide in your browser.

For questions about a goal or result, read [Ask Roboty](/guide/use/ask-roboty).

## Keep your place

Guides are optional. Use **Back**, **Skip** or **Return to workspace** to leave a tutorial. Reading progress stays on this browser or device; it does not move your experiment.

## Settings on iPhone

Open **Home → Settings** for Guidance and controls, Library & Sync, Computers, or Privacy & Diagnostics. In **Guidance and controls**, **Apply** saves your changes; **Cancel** or **Back** discards them. The editor’s More menu opens the same controls.

**Show tips again** takes effect immediately. Sync and diagnostics use their own controls.

## Using your own AI agent?

[Let your agent read Help](/guide/agents). To connect an agent that operates Roboty, follow the [operating-agent guide](/guide/use/your-agent) and review its access separately.

## Advanced options

Repository contributors can [prepare a development installation](/guide/setup/developer). An installed Mac helper also supports agent connections; the operating-agent guide covers both routes.

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