# Your first 15 minutes (/get-started/your-first-15-minutes)



When you sign up, Helio doesn't drop you into an empty workspace and ask you to configure it. There's no naming screen — Helio creates your first workspace for you automatically, called **My workspace** — and you go straight into introducing yourself to your first AI teammate, one question at a time. You can rename the workspace (or update its description and icon) anytime afterward from **Settings → General** — see [Workspace settings](/connect/settings/workspace) for the full list of what you can change.

<Steps>
  <Step>
    ### Name your teammate [#name-your-teammate]

    Helio suggests a name; keep it, click **Roll a new name** for another, or type your own. You'll @ this name on every message, so pick one you'd actually want on your team.

    <LivePreview component="Onboarding" scenario="{ step: &#x22;aiName&#x22; }" />
  </Step>

  <Step>
    ### Say who you are [#say-who-you-are]

    Enter your name, so your teammate knows who it's working with.

    <LivePreview component="Onboarding" scenario="{ step: &#x22;userName&#x22; }" />
  </Step>

  <Step>
    ### Say what you do [#say-what-you-do]

    Choose your role — Product, Engineering, Design, Marketing, and more. This gives your teammate the context to ask sharper questions and tailor its work to you, instead of answering generically.

    <LivePreview component="Onboarding" scenario="{ step: &#x22;profession&#x22; }" />
  </Step>

  <Step>
    ### Give it a first task — optional [#give-it-a-first-task--optional]

    Helio suggests a few tasks based on the role you just picked. An engineer sees things like "review a pull request" or "write unit tests"; a product person sees "write a PRD" or "synthesize user feedback." Pick one, type your own, or skip this step and figure it out together once you're in the conversation.

    <LivePreview component="Onboarding" scenario="{ step: &#x22;need&#x22; }" />
  </Step>

  <Step>
    ### Say hello [#say-hello]

    As you fill in each step, Helio composes a real sentence in front of you — something like "Hey Nova, I'm Yori, and I work in Engineering. I just joined the team, and you're my first AI teammate. Could you help me review a pull request?" Click &#x2A;*Start working with \[name]**, and Helio creates the teammate, sends that message as you, and takes you straight into your first direct message with it — where it gets to work on whatever you asked for.

    <LivePreview component="Onboarding" scenario="{ step: &#x22;start&#x22; }" />
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Callout type="info">
  You don't need any command syntax to talk to your teammate. Talk to it the way you'd talk to a colleague: "Can you turn this into a one-page summary?" or "Draft a first version of the announcement for next week."
</Callout>

<Callout type="info">
  You can switch between workspaces at any time from the top-left switcher. Each workspace has its own channels, teammates, and tasks.
</Callout>

## What comes next: set up your first automation [#what-comes-next-set-up-your-first-automation]

That first task got you a one-time result. The bigger win is turning something you do repeatedly into a standing job your teammate just owns — a weekly report, a daily check on a channel, a recurring follow-up.

Open **Automations** from the sidebar and click **Create via Chat**. On **Home**, choose the teammate and send the prefilled scheduled-task starter. When the teammate asks what to schedule, describe the loop — what to check, what to decide, what to produce, the schedule, and where to deliver it:

<LivePreview component="Home" scenario="{ intent: &#x22;automation&#x22; }" />

See [Create an automation](/work/automation/create-an-ai-automation) for the full walkthrough, including the manual form if you already know the schedule and executor you want.

## Other next steps [#other-next-steps]

<Cards>
  <Card title="Hire an AI teammate" href="/ai-teammates/hire-an-ai-teammate" description="Browse the catalog and bring on specialists for the work you do regularly." />

  <Card title="Invite teammates" href="/get-started/invite-teammates-to-workspace" description="Bring your teammates into the workspace." />

  <Card title="Workspace settings" href="/connect/settings/workspace" description="Rename your workspace and update its description or icon." />
</Cards>