# Iterada docs

> How to use Iterada: describe a change, let a coding agent build it on its own branch, check it, merge it and put it live.

Iterada is an agentic development platform. You describe a change in plain words, a coding agent you already use - Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Pi or opencode - builds it on a branch of its own, your checks decide whether it merges, and your deployment puts it live.

![A session: your request, the agent's reply and the message box below.](https://iterada.com/docs/shots/conversation.png)

## How a change travels

1. You write what you want in a **session**, the way you would brief a colleague.
2. An agent reads your repository, makes the change in a private copy of it and runs your checks. It keeps going when you close the laptop.
3. The reply says what changed, what was verified and anything left for you to decide.
4. The change merges into your default branch the way your workflow says: by itself once checks pass when the workflow has a **Merge** step, or when you press **Merge** when it does not.
5. You deploy from **Production**, or add a **Deploy** step to the workflow so every merge deploys by itself.

## What you need

- An account: sign in with the provider shown on the sign-in screen.
- A subscription to at least one coding agent, such as a Claude or ChatGPT plan. Iterada runs the agent on your own plan and adds nothing to its price.
- Your code in a Git repository, or nothing at all: a project can start from scratch.

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New here? The [Quickstart](https://iterada.com/docs/quickstart) takes you from signing in to your first change in about ten minutes.
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## Find your way

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- [Quickstart](https://iterada.com/docs/quickstart): Sign in, start a project, add an agent and ask for your first change.
- [Ask for a change](https://iterada.com/docs/ask-for-a-change): Write a request an agent gets right the first time.
- [Merge and review](https://iterada.com/docs/merge-and-review): Decide what reaches your default branch, and when.
- [Set up delivery](https://iterada.com/docs/delivery): Tests, previews, builds and deployment, on your own server or any cloud.
- [Production](https://iterada.com/docs/production): See what is live, deploy, roll back and watch its health.
- [Work in quiet hours](https://iterada.com/docs/overnight): Let Iterada improve the product in the hours you do not use.
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