Getting Started

Understanding the Runtype UI

The Runtype UI is your main workspace for building, testing, and deploying AI Products. This guide walks you through the main areas so you can find what you need quickly.

The left sidebar organizes the platform into three groups.

Overview

  • Dashboard — Your home view with recent activity and quick stats

  • Playground — Experiment with prompts and models in real time

Build AI Experiences

  • Products — Group Flows and Agents together and deploy them through Surfaces

  • Agents — Build agentic workflows with tool use and reasoning

  • Flows — Create multi-step AI workflows with prompts, logic, and data

  • Evals — Compare models and measure how your workflows perform

Manage Data and Operations

  • Records — Manage structured data that your Flows can use as context

  • Tools — Create custom Tools that your Agents can call

  • Schedules — Automate Flow execution on a recurring basis

  • Logs — Review Flow, Agent, and step execution history

At the bottom of the sidebar you'll also find:

  • Settings — Configure models, API keys, billing, usage, integrations, and team members

  • Appearance — Switch between Light, Dark, and System themes

  • Send Feedback — Send feedback, report a bug, or request a feature

  • User menu — Switch organizations, manage your account, or log out

Top bar

The top bar adapts to the page you're on:

  • Page title — Shows the current area, such as Flows or Products

  • Action buttons — Create new items like a Flow or Product

  • Usage overview — A quick look at your activity across the platform

List views

Most pages share a consistent layout:

  • Search and filters — Find items quickly by name or status

  • Status badges — See whether an item is active, draft, or archived

  • Quick actions — Use the more menu (⋯) to edit, duplicate, or delete

Detail pages

When you open a Flow, Product, Agent, or other item, you'll typically see:

  • Configuration panel — Edit settings, steps, and properties

  • Related items — View connected Capabilities, Surfaces, or dependencies

  • Action buttons — Run, test, or deploy

  • Activity and logs — Review recent executions and debug details

Keyboard shortcuts

These shortcuts help you move faster around the platform.

Global

  • Cmd/Ctrl + B — Toggle the sidebar

Flow editor

  • Cmd/Ctrl + K — Toggle dev mode when your Flow has steps

  • Ctrl + Shift + V — Browse variables from your last test run

Tool editor

  • Cmd/Ctrl + S — Save the current Tool

  • Cmd/Ctrl + Enter — Open the test panel

Log viewer

  • j / k — Navigate between entries

  • g / G — Jump to top or bottom

  • Enter — Expand or collapse an entry

  • / — Focus the search input

  • r — Refresh logs

  • l — Toggle live tail mode

  • c — Copy the selected entry

  • ? — Show all keyboard shortcuts

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