Getting Started

Welcome to Forge

Everything you need to know to get up and running with your personal AI assistant.

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Your AI grows with you Can Forge do X? Just ask. Personality & Settings Connect your accounts Recurring Tasks A few tips

Your AI starts fresh and grows with you

When you first meet your AI, they don't know anything about you yet. No history, no preferences, no context. That's intentional. This AI is going to be yours, shaped by your conversations and what matters to you.

The more you talk to your AI, the more they adapt. They'll start to recognize your tone, remember things you've shared, and get better at anticipating what you need. There may be some growing pains at the start. That's normal. Stick with it.

Can Forge do X? Usually, yes. Just ask.

Your AI has a lot of tools at its disposal: web search, file reading, email, calendar access, reminders, code execution, and more. It won't always announce what it can do, and it might not always be certain whether it can handle something specific.

Just ask anyway. You'd be surprised what it can figure out. If something doesn't work the way you hoped, tell it. It learns from correction and will try a different approach.

A few things worth trying early on:

›"What can you do?"

›"Can you remind me every morning to review my top priority for the day?"

›"Summarize this PDF for me"

›"Draft a follow-up email to someone who hasn't replied in two weeks"

›"Search the web for the latest news on X and give me a summary"

Personality & Settings

Settings › Personality lets you give your AI a name, choose a communication style (Friendly, Sharp, or Professional), and write any instructions you always want it to follow.

You don't have to use this at all. Your AI will naturally learn your preferences through conversation. But if you want a shortcut to set the tone early, it's there.

Connect your accounts

In Settings › Account › Connected Accounts, you can link external services so your AI can work with them directly.

Google

Gmail, Google Calendar, and Contacts. Ask your AI to check your schedule, draft emails, find a contact, or pull up what's on for today. You can connect multiple Google accounts.

GitHub

Repos, issues, and commits. Useful if you're using Forge for development work.

Outlook

Mail and Calendar. Works the same way as Google for email and scheduling tasks. You can connect multiple Outlook accounts.

Recurring Tasks

Settings › Recurring Tasks lets you schedule something to run automatically on a set cadence: hourly, every few hours, daily, or weekly. Pick the frequency, set a time, and describe what you want in plain English.

That said, you can also just tell your AI directly. It'll set it up for you. The Recurring Tasks screen is just a convenient way to see and manage everything in one place.

›"Remind me every morning at 9am to review my priorities"

›"Check my email inbox every few hours and let me know if anything urgent comes in"

›"Send me a motivational message to start my day"

A few tips

Be specific. The more context you give, the better the answer. "Help me write a professional follow-up to a client who hasn't responded in two weeks" gets a much better response than "help me write an email."

Correct it freely. If something misses the mark, just say so. "That's too formal, try again." It adjusts.

Chain tasks together. You don't have to keep it to one thing per message. Try: "Check my calendar for tomorrow and draft a summary to send my team."