Bring one real task.
Start there.

Your invitation. Your workspace.

Enter the access code you received to get Thinair Native or open Thinair Cloud in your browser. Both are in Early Access.

Download Thinair Native for an Apple silicon Mac running macOS 26 or later. Open the disk image, move Thinair to Applications, and launch it.

On first launch, Thinair downloads and prepares its local services. Keep your internet connection available and let setup finish before starting your first task.

If setup reports a failure, check the message in the setup window and use its retry action after addressing the cause.

Choose where the software runs.

In Thinair, a Machine is a computer. Your physical Mac is one. You can also launch a Linux Machine locally or use a Cloud Machine.

Start by choosing the Machine you intend to use. A terminal, agent, or browser belongs to a specific Machine, so make that choice before opening tools for the task.

• Use your Mac when the work belongs with its existing files and applications.
• Use a local Linux Machine when you want a separate prepared setup.
• Use Cloud when the work calls for separate resources. Cloud access is by invitation during Early Access.

Open the agent you know.

Open Agent in your workspace. Choose the Machine, then select an available provider such as Codex or Claude Code.

If the provider needs a sign-in, follow its instructions in the Agent application. Availability and authentication are specific to the selected Machine.

Set the working directory for the task. If the code or files are somewhere else, make them available on that Machine before asking the agent to change them.

You can also run installed command-line tools in Terminal. Thinair’s built-in Agent interface supports Codex and Claude Code.

Ask for something you can check.

Give the agent a clear outcome and a way to verify it. For an existing web repository, a first prompt could be:

Open Terminal, File Explorer, and a browser beside the agent as needed. Keep them on the same Machine when they need to share files, processes, and local services.

Open what it made.

Read the changed files. Inspect the checks. Use the page in the browser. The workspace keeps those tools within reach, so the result is something you can work with.

Move frames by their title bars and arrange the workspace around the task. A Frame is the presentation of an application in your workspace.

When a setup becomes useful, describe it in a Machine Definition. That gives your next Machine a repeatable starting point.

A few names, made simple.

Native

The installed Thinair application on your Mac.

Machine

A computer that runs your software. It can be physical, virtual, or in the cloud.

Workspace

The canvas where you arrange applications and work with them.

Workbench

A pane-and-tab layout on your Client. Its layout stays local to that Client.

Machine Definition

A reusable recipe for the software, skills, files, and setup a Machine needs.

Profile

The configuration and credentials a Machine uses. Applications on that Machine inherit its active Profile.