You've been invited to join an Atono workspace. This guide walks you through onboarding and the key areas you'll use to find, understand, and collaborate on work.

1. Accept your invitation

If you haven't already, click the link in the invitation email to join Atono.

lockPasswordless login

Atono uses passwordless login for convenience and security. The next time you log in, just enter your email address, and we'll send you a link to access your account directly.

If your organization has set up single sign-on (SSO), you'll be directed to log in through your identity provider instead.

2. Set up your account with Capy

The first time you log in, Capy asks you a few quick questions to set up your account and get you onto the right teams. To change an earlier answer, click the back arrow icon at the top of the page.

If Capy asks for your name, enter your full name.
Select the role that best describes you: 'Product manager', 'Team lead', 'Developer', 'QA engineer', or 'Other'. Your Home page uses this role to decide which onboarding videos and tours to show you, and you can change it there later.

If you were invited to a specific team, Capy adds you to it and asks whether you'd like to join or create another team. Click Join another or Create team to continue, or click Not now to finish setting up.
Join or create a team. Team leads create a team, and for other roles, Capy shows a list of teams you can join, or helps you create one if there aren't any.
- Join teams: In the list, search for or select the teams you want to join, and then click Continue. You need to select at least one team. Private teams appear in the list but can't be selected, so ask the team admin if you'd like to be added to one.
- Create a team: Enter a name for your team and select how your team works. If you select 'A mix of both', Capy creates a Scrum team, and if you select 'Still figuring it out', it creates a Kanban team. Then click Invite my team to send invitations to your teammates, or click Jump straight in to skip that for now. If a team with the same name already exists, Capy offers to let you join it, view all teams, or choose a different name.
Click Let's go! to start using Atono.

Once you're part of a team, it appears in the side menu, giving you quick access to the team overview and backlog.

3. Connect to Slack

If your team uses Slack, connecting your account to Atono keeps communication tied to your work. Once connected, you can link Slack channels to teams and stories, and Atono posts relevant updates there, such as when a team member joins or a feature flag changes. A Workspace Owner or Administrator must enable Slack for your workspace before you can connect.

To connect to Slack:

Click the circular icon with your initials in the workspace header, and then select Integrations from the menu.
On the Slack card, click Connect.
Follow the prompts to allow Atono to access your Slack workspace.
If your teams have connected Slack channels, the 'Join team Slack channels?' dialog appears. Click Join channels to add yourself to them, or click Skip to join later.

For more details, see Slack.

4. View your team's backlog

Your team's backlog is where work gets organized and tracked. Stories and bugs move through a series of workflow steps from start to finish.

If your team uses Kanban, work flows continuously from the backlog into progress as capacity allows. Your In progress page shows the work currently moving through your workflow steps, and your Backlog page shows everything waiting to be picked up.

To change your layout view:

On your In progress page, you can toggle between list view and board view using the icons in the header:

Take a moment to familiarize yourself with how your team's work is organized and ask about their process. This will help you understand how work progresses and where you can contribute.

5. Collaborate on stories and bugs

Once you're in your team's backlog, you can start collaborating right away.

Use comments to ask questions, share feedback, and capture decisions directly on stories and bugs. Keeping discussions connected to the work helps your team move faster and stay aligned. For more details, see Comments.

Use an @mention in a comment to notify a teammate and bring them into the discussion.

Tip: Hover over a teammate's name or @mention to see their user card with basic profile details.

6. Search and Ask Capy

Atono has two ways to quickly find what you're looking for.

Search

Find stories, bugs, and epics by keyword or Item ID from anywhere in the workspace. Results update as you type and show where each item matched, such as its title, user story, or comments. Press Command+K (Mac) or Ctrl+K (Windows) to open search from any page.

For more details, see Search.

Ask Capy

Ask Capy is Atono's AI assistant. Instead of searching for a specific item, you can ask Capy a question in plain language, such as "What happens when a user is reactivated?", and it answers based on your team's completed stories and bugs. It's useful for getting up to speed on how your product works without having to dig through old tickets or wait for someone to reply.

For more details, see Ask Capy.

7. Personalize your Home page

Your Home page helps you get started and keep track of work that matters to you.

It includes onboarding videos and a checklist of guided tours for your role, along with widgets that help you keep track of your work. Two widgets are there by default:

Assigned to me: The stories and bugs assigned to you that are still to do or in progress.
Following: The stories and bugs you're following. To follow an item, open it and click the star icon in its header.

You can also add widgets for views you've saved on the Everything page, where you can filter and sort items by team, workflow step, assignee, and more.

For more details, see Home and Saved and shared views.