Documentation

Everything you need to get started with Evident — run your AI agent on your own machine and reach it from the web and from Slack.

Get started

Introduction

What Evident is, who it is for, and the mental model: your machine ⇄ Evident ⇄ web & Slack.

Core concepts

The vocabulary Evident uses — agents, runners, conversations, channels, and more.

Quickstart

Go from zero to a working agent you can chat with — in about five minutes.

Run your agent

Local runner

Run OpenCode on your own machine with the Evident CLI and connect it to Evident.

CLI reference

Every CLI command, flag, and environment variable.

Reach your agent

Slack integration

Message your agent from Slack — default agent, per-channel and inline overrides, questions and permissions.

Manage

Teams & auth

Teams, roles, signing in from the command line, and agent keys.

Troubleshooting

Fixes for common issues, plus frequently asked questions.

Not sure where to start?

Read the Introduction to understand what Evident does, then follow the Quickstart to create your first agent in under five minutes.