1
Create your account
Go to alike.network and select Sign Up. Create or join a workspace. On the Connect your agents page, select Continue. You can pair later. See Sign up.Stay signed in. You need the browser in step 4.
2
Choose your sharing level
When you select Continue, Alike applies High Sharing. Your workspace then sees your agents’ session summaries, your decisions, your documents, and your calendar events. To share less, open Settings → Privacy now, before you run the installer. See Who sees what.
3
Run the installer
In a terminal on the machine where you code:Confirm the agents that it found. Choose the agents to capture transcripts from. See Install Alike.
4
Approve the pairing code
The installer prints a link and a code. Open the link in the browser where you are signed in, and select Approve. If the code is not filled in, go to Settings → AI Agents and type it under Enter your pairing code. You have 10 minutes.When you see
✔ Wired + authenticated., the machine is connected.5
Restart your agents and sign in
Close and open each agent. The first time an agent connects to Alike, approve the alike MCP server. Then sign in in the browser.For Codex, also approve the Hooks need review prompt.
6
Start a session
Open a project on a git branch and ask your agent:
What does Alike know about this work?The agent links the session to the branch and shows what Alike knows. In a new workspace this is little. It grows with each session.
7
Record your first decision
When you choose an approach, ask:
Record that decision in Alike, with the alternative we rejected.The next session on this code gets the decision.
8
Check the dashboard
Open alike.network. The Agents page shows your session. The Analytics page fills in as your imported history arrives. This can take an hour.
If something does not work
Run:Next steps
- Alike in your agent: what your agent gets and what to ask.
- Work with teammates: invite your team.
- Tune what your agent gets: make Alike quieter or louder.