Remocode Quick Start Guide: From Zero to Productive in 5 Minutes

Remocode Quick Start Guide

This guide will take you from a fresh installation to a fully working AI-powered terminal setup in about five minutes. If you have not installed Remocode yet, grab the latest release from [the download page](https://dl.remocode.org/releases/Remocode-latest.dmg).

1. Sign In

Launch Remocode and click Sign in with Google. No account creation forms, no credit card. You will receive a free 7-day Pro trial instantly, and if you are among the first 1,000 users, you get a full year of Pro at no cost.

2. Complete Onboarding

Remocode presents a 4-slide onboarding flow on your first launch:

• ●Welcome — what Remocode is and why it exists
• ●How It Works — the relationship between terminals and the AI panel
• ●What to Set Up — connecting your AI provider
• ●Quick Start — essential shortcuts to memorize

Take 30 seconds to read each slide. You can always return to this flow via Help > Getting Started.

3. Add an AI Provider

Open the AI panel with `⌘⇧A`, then click the ⚙ Settings gear icon and navigate to the Provider tab. Pick one of the supported providers:

| Provider | Popular Models | |----------|---------------| | Anthropic | Claude Opus 4.6, Sonnet 4.6, Haiku 4.5 | | OpenAI | GPT-5.4, GPT-5, o3 | | Google | Gemini 3.1 Pro, Gemini 2.5 Pro | | Groq | Llama 3.3 70B, Mixtral 8x7B | | Ollama | Llama 3.2, Mistral, DeepSeek V3 |

Paste your API key and select a default model. For beginners, Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.6 or OpenAI GPT-5 are excellent all-rounders.

4. Create Your First Workspace

Press `⌘⇧W` to create a new workspace. This opens a 2x2 grid of terminal panes — perfect for running a dev server, tests, AI chat, and git in parallel.

If you prefer to build layouts manually:

• ●`⌘T` — open a new tab
• ●`⌘D` — split the current pane to the right
• ●`⌘⇧D` — split the current pane downward

5. Learn the Essential Shortcuts

These are the shortcuts you will use every day:

⌘T        New tab
⌘D        Split right
⌘⇧D       Split down
⌘⇧A       Toggle AI panel
⌘W        Close tab
⌘⇧W       New workspace (2x2)
⌘⇧]       Next tab
⌘⇧[       Previous tab
⌘=        Zoom in
⌘-        Zoom out
⌘0        Reset zoom

6. Run Your First AI Command

With the AI panel open (`⌘⇧A`), type a natural language prompt like:

Create a Node.js Express server with a /health endpoint

The AI agent will generate code, and you can review, accept, or modify it directly within the terminal pane.

What to Explore Next

• ●Telegram integration — control your terminal from your phone
• ●Ollama local models — run AI models without sending data to the cloud
• ●Model comparison — find the best model for your coding style

You are now set up and ready to code with AI assistance. Welcome to Remocode.