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Quick Start

This guide will get you using Autogit in under 5 minutes.

Launch Autogit

Section titled “Launch Autogit”

Navigate to any git repository and run:

Terminal window
autogit

You’ll see a terminal UI showing your repository status, staged changes, and commit history.

Basic Navigation

Section titled “Basic Navigation”
  • Tab — Switch between panels
  • ↑/↓ — Navigate items
  • ? — Show help

Your First Smart Issue

Section titled “Your First Smart Issue”
  1. Press 6 to open Smart Issue
  2. Type a description like “add dark mode support”
  3. Autogit generates the issue title, body, branch name, and creates a draft PR

Your First Smart Commit

Section titled “Your First Smart Commit”
  1. Stage some changes
  2. Press 7 to open Smart Commit
  3. Autogit generates a commit message from your diff
  4. Edit if needed, then confirm

Your First Draft PR

Section titled “Your First Draft PR”
  1. Press 8 to create a Draft PR
  2. Enter a GitHub issue number
  3. Autogit creates a branch, worktree, switches to it, and opens a draft PR

The worktree gives you an isolated workspace for this issue—useful when running multiple coding agents in parallel.

What’s Next?

Section titled “What’s Next?”