First Steps

1. Run Setup

Start with:

yeepilot setup

Recommended baseline:

• Provider: OpenRouter (easy start) or OpenAI/Anthropic
• Model: provider default first, tune later
• Security: keep confirmations enabled
• Platform auth: complete via setup flow

If you need auth management only:

yeepilot setup --auth

2. Launch Interactive Mode

yeepilot
yeepilot run

If installed via the official installer, you can also use the short alias:

yee

3. Send Your First Prompt

Example:

> Analyze this repo and propose a safe plan to add health checks.

YeePilot proposes commands/actions, classifies risk, and asks for approval before execution.

4. Learn the Core Controls

Plan-first workflow

/plan on
/plan status
/plan Add CI checks for lint, test, and build

Autonomy profile

/autonomy status
/autonomy guarded
/autonomy strict_review

Available profiles: high, guarded, strict_review, ultra.

Thinking and token behavior

/think low
/tokenmode saver

Security and sandbox

/mode strict
/sandbox status
/sandbox net
/sandbox nonet

5. Use Vault Early (Recommended)

Initialize vault for local secret handling:

yeepilot vault init --method password
yeepilot vault status

In TUI, unlock/lock quickly:

/unlock
/lock

6. Run a One-shot Task

yeepilot exec --provider openai --model gpt-4o "summarize changed files"

This is useful for CI-like, non-interactive tasks.

7. Check Status

yeepilot status

Use this when debugging setup, provider, or session state.

Next Reads

• Interactive Chat
• Agent Loop
• Credential Vault
• Configuration Reference