Installing AOS takes about 20 minutes from sign-up to a private instance with all 61 specialists ready to take orders. There is no PDF to sign, you agree at checkout. This guide walks through what happens and what you will set.
Before you start
Have these ready and the install goes faster:
- The company name and the basics of what you do.
- Your spend caps for the money approval point (defaults are $1,000 per move and $10,000 per week, both adjustable here).
- One messy priority from the last 30 days that you would like the team to take on first.
The install, step by step
- Sign up and pay the one-time install. $1,000 for the first 100 founders (the Founding Founder License). This includes your first month of hosted maintenance.
- Your private instance is provisioned. AOS stands up your own workspace with the eight departments and all 61 named specialist agents.
- Set your approval thresholds. Confirm the money caps and which approval points apply by default. These are the only places customer data, secrets, and production access are allowed to cross.
- Connect the tools you want the team to use. Integrations are walled off by default; you grant access deliberately.
- Run your first mission. Type one sentence describing a real priority. The CEO agent drafts a founder brief and asks at most two clarifying questions. You answer or accept the defaults, and that is the only friction.
What "done" looks like
When install finishes you will have a working Mission Control dashboard, 61 specialists on the bench, your approval points configured, and your first mission already scoped. Most founders look at the dashboard once a day; many look once a week. The agents work either way.
Not sure what to run first?
The onboarding playbook walks you through it. Most founders pick their messiest priority from the last 30 days, and that is usually the right one. See Running your first mission for a full walkthrough.