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Quickstart: the app window

The quickest way in: the app’s window starts a sandbox with a few clicks and hosts the chat in your browser.

  1. Open the window. Start code flower from the applications or Start menu, or run:

    Terminal window
    codeflower client

    It opens a page in your browser at http://127.0.0.1:7720/, served only to this computer. On Windows, macOS and many Linux desktops it also adds an icon to the tray or menu bar.

  2. Start a sandbox. Under Server, choose:

    • the agent: Claude Code, Codex, DeepSeek Harness or OpenCode
    • Input data folders (read-only), Output folders (read-write), and optionally Code folders (repositories the agent may change) and Skills, with Add folder…
    • whether to Isolate the network (see Network isolation)
    • under Advanced, the Project name: chats, logins and installed software are kept per project

    Then Start sandbox. The first start downloads the sandbox image, which takes a few minutes.

  3. Sign in the agent. The first time in a project, the sandbox says it is not signed in. Choose Sign in… and use your subscription or an API key. See Signing in agents.

  4. Chat. Choose New chat and describe what you want, e.g. “Explore the dataset in /data/input and suggest an analysis plan.” Files the agent shows open in tabs beside the chat.

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