Getting started5 min read
Quickstart
Get a working Ion workspace in under 2 minutes.
1. Create a workspace
Sign up at ion.app/signup with your work email. You'll start on a 14-day Pro trial — no credit card required.
2. Connect your tools
From the workspace setup screen, OAuth into the tools you use. The most common integrations:
- Slack — for chat, mentions, and notifications.
- GitHub — for PRs, issues, and commits.
- Linear — for tickets and cycle time.
- Notion — for docs and knowledge base.
Ion indexes your existing data in the background — most workspaces finish initial sync in under 30 minutes.
3. Ask your first question
Hit ⌘K anywhere in Ion to open the command palette. Try:
What's blocking the launch?
Ion will return an answer with citations from your actual docs, tickets, and threads — not the open internet.
4. Build your first automation
Go to Automations → New and describe what you want in plain English:
When a PR is merged into main, post a summary in #launches and close the linked Linear ticket.
Ion will draft the automation visually. Review it, click Enable, and you're done.