How-to Guides

Choose the task you want to finish. Each guide gives you the setup, the steps, an example instruction and a way to check the result. The full desktop and mobile references are linked at the end.

New to Code Overlord? Start with Install and choose your setup, then Run your first agent team.

Coming from Orca? The workflow comparison maps its headline features to these guides, including where the approach differs.

Build with a team of agents

I want to…	Start here
Run several agents and work across repositories	Run your first agent team
Try independent approaches to the same problem	Isolate parallel tasks
Ask one agent to delegate or review another	Delegate and cross-review
Keep builds, tests and shells alongside agents	Run terminals and tasks

Inspect, improve and ship

I want to…	Start here
Find code, preview documents and attach context	Find, preview and share files
Show an agent a UI problem and check its fix	Fix a UI with browser feedback
Review diffs, request revisions and organise commits	Review and organise commits
Turn a ticket into a tested pull request	Take an issue to a pull request

Connect your work and leave your desk

I want to…	Start here
Connect Jira, Gmail, Slack, Google Workspace or another tool	Connect business tools and MCP
Run agents on cloud compute or use an existing SSH server	Run agents remotely
Read progress and send instructions from my phone	Control agents from your phone

Make the routine easier

I want to…	Start here
Speak instructions and turn notes into work	Dictate and turn notes into work
Run an agent on a recurring schedule	Schedule recurring agent work
Pick up a previous session and notice requests for input	Resume sessions and follow progress
Change agents, models, accounts or subscriptions	Manage agents, models and accounts
Let agents operate the app and reuse instructions	Let agents operate Code Overlord

A few names you will see

Summon opens the launcher. A Grunt is a base coding-agent CLI. A Minion is a saved specialist configuration. Armoury means Settings, Rituals are scheduled tasks and Skyforge is managed remote compute. These desktop lessons enter instructions directly into agents and terminals.

The guides describe the documented product as reviewed on 5 September 2026. Some workflows use an external CLI or MCP server; those prerequisites are identified in the relevant guide. Where an Orca control has no documented equivalent, the guide explains the available route and its limits.