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Getting started

Install Atlas, update it, and run your first task.

Models and agents

Use hosted, local, or approved models with purpose-built agents.

Private workflows

Keep client and company work behind permissions and local context.

Configuration

Tune Atlas with config files, themes, and permission modes.

Plugins & MCP

Extend Atlas with plugins and Model Context Protocol servers.

Keys & commands

Drive every surface keyboard-first, no mouse required.

Troubleshooting

Fixes for install, updates, PATH, models, and terminal rendering.

Guides & comparisons

Migration paths, integrations, and how Atlas compares.

Resource hubs

Category pages keep thousands of guides discoverable without overloading this index.

206 guides

Private AI development

Run AI coding workflows without giving client code, notes, or internal context to hosted training systems.

  • Connect MCP Servers to Atlas (2026)
  • How Platform Engineering Teams Find Code Context with Local-first Embeddings in Atlas for Private Repositories
  • Atlas for Backend Engineers: Routing AI Coding Work with Approved Model and Provider Switching
  • Connecting Approved Tools and Private Knowledge with Model Context Protocol in Atlas for Open-Source Maintainers
14 guides

The engineering record

Keep a durable, git-tracked record of what was decided, promised, and delivered, so AI-assisted work can be reviewed, audited, and proven months after the session ended.

  • Atlas for Mobile Developers: Keeping AI-Assisted Work Aligned with Git Branches, Diffs, and Commits
  • Keeping AI-Assisted Work Aligned with Git-aware in Atlas for Agency Developers
  • How Regulated Engineering Teams Keep AI-Assisted Work Aligned to Branches, Diffs, and Commits with Git-aware in Atlas
  • Run the Test Suite and Triage the Failures with Atlas in 2026
3 guides

Local model orchestration

Coordinate Ollama, open-source models, embeddings, model routing, and private inference flows.

  • How to avoid vendor lock-in with an AI coding agent (2026)
  • Run an AI coding agent with a local model: Ollama and LM Studio in Atlas (2026)
  • Hosted model routing with Atlas Cloud (2026)
140 guides

Agentic workflows

Use coordinated agents, repeatable workflows, review passes, and task decomposition inside engineering work.

  • How to undo changes an AI coding agent made (2026)
  • How to make an AI coding agent plan before it edits (2026)
  • Model Context Protocol support in Atlas (2026)
  • Git-aware in Atlas: Terminal-Native AI Coding Agent for 2026
11 guides

Codebase intelligence

Search, map, and reason across projects from small repos to large codebases with durable context.

  • Why AST chunking beats line windows for code search (2026)
  • Finding Code Context for Private Teams: Hybrid Semantic + Keyword Search in Atlas
  • Atlas Hybrid Semantic + Keyword Code Search for Site Reliability Engineers in 2026
  • Atlas for Students and Self-Taught Developers: Finding Code Context with Hybrid Semantic + Keyword Search
20 guides

Governance and security

Control permissions, audit trails, safety gates, and approval flows for AI-assisted engineering.

  • Extending an AI coding agent with plugins (2026)
  • How DevOps Leads Review AI Tool Use and Code Edits with Permission-Gated Tool Calls in Atlas
  • How DevOps Leads Review AI Tool Use and Code Edits with Diff-reviewed Edits in Atlas in 2026
  • DevOps Leads: Aligning AI-Assisted Work with Git-aware in Atlas
34 guides

Integrations and knowledge

Connect Atlas to developer tools, notes, docs, MCP servers, and team knowledge systems.

  • Using Atlas with Neon in 2026
  • Using Atlas with ESLint in 2026
  • Using Atlas with Vitest in 2026
  • Using Atlas with Jira in 2026
102 guides

Comparisons and alternatives

Compare Atlas against other coding tools and decide when private, terminal-native workflows fit better.

  • Atlas: The Best Alternative to OpenAI Codex CLI in 2026
  • Atlas vs Augment Code: Choosing a Terminal AI Coding Agent in 2026
  • Atlas: The Best Terminal-Native Alternative to Claude Code in 2026
  • Atlas vs Qodo: Choosing Your AI Coding Agent in 2026
105 guides

Troubleshooting and errors

Diagnose and fix Atlas errors: authentication, MCP servers, model providers, permissions, git, and tool failures.

  • Atlas error: MCP server failed to connect
  • Atlas: MCP Authentication Required, server needs_auth
  • Atlas ProcessRunFailedError: Command failed with code <n>: <cmd>
  • Atlas update fails with "checksum mismatch; aborting" or a failed release download
275 guides

Models and providers

Pick and configure the model behind Atlas: frontier models, fast models, open weights, and fully local inference.

  • Atlas with GPT-5.1 Codex: Plan First, Then Build in 2026
  • Atlas with Qwen3 235B-A22B (local via Ollama): Self-Hosted Flagship in 2026
  • Atlas with GPT-5.3 Codex Spark: Fast Interactive Edits in 2026
  • Atlas with Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: The Cheapest Reasoning Tier of 2026
1384 guides

Terminal developer experience

Learn terminal-native setup, command workflows, rendering, sessions, and day-to-day Atlas usage across languages and frameworks.

  • Diff-reviewed edits in Atlas (2026)
  • Atlas TUI Theme System in 2026
  • Debug a Single Failing Test in Kotlin With Atlas (2026)
  • Self-Review Your Working Diff Before Committing in Java with Atlas (2026)

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