> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.imagine.art/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Getting Started

> The interface, the mode pills, and the two controls that shape every task: model tier and run mode.

## The sidebar

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Imagine Computer">
    Go to **imagine.art/computer**. You'll land on the main chat view.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Orient yourself in the sidebar">
    * **New Chat** — start a fresh conversation.
    * **Sites** *(Beta)* — the separately-gated Imagine Build website tool.
    * **Search Chats** — find a past conversation.
    * **AI Tools** — shortcuts into ImagineArt's other generation tools.
    * **[Customize](/imagine-computer/customize)** — Sources, Memory, and Personalization.
    * **[Scheduled](/imagine-computer/scheduled-tasks)** *(Beta)* — recurring agent jobs.
    * **Projects** and **Recents** — your saved work and chat history.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Modes: presets on the same chat

The pills below the prompt box — **Chat, Sites, Images, AI Slides, AI Sheets**, and under **More**: **AI Videos, AI Docs, Graphs, AI Music, Deep Research, Plan Trips, Motion Design, AI Resumes, AI Contract** — mostly aren't separate tools. Each one (other than Sites) is the same chat framework on its own sub-route, with a mode-specific composer hint and starter prompts. **Deep Research**, for instance, adds its own quick-start chips and a Standard/Deep-research toggle; **AI Slides** adds a slide-count selector and a template gallery.

<Frame>
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/imagineart/1KCL2GMp1E8xXUlb/images/imagine-computer/imagine-computer-overview-step-02.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=1KCL2GMp1E8xXUlb&q=85&s=ad505541329413ce01acd03fb4d3f606" alt="More modes menu showing AI Videos, AI Docs, Graphs, AI Music, Deep Research, Plan Trips, Motion Design, AI Resumes, AI Contract" width="2880" height="1800" data-path="images/imagine-computer/imagine-computer-overview-step-02.png" />
</Frame>

<Note>
  **Sites is the exception.** Clicking the Sites pill goes to the same invite-only Imagine Build gate mentioned in [What is Imagine Computer?](/imagine-computer/what-is-imagine-computer) — it isn't a more-open version of the sidebar's Sites item.
</Note>

## Two controls that shape every task

Every prompt bar has two dropdowns worth understanding before you run anything.

### Model tier

<Frame>
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/imagineart/1KCL2GMp1E8xXUlb/images/imagine-computer/imagine-computer-overview-step-03.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=1KCL2GMp1E8xXUlb&q=85&s=57b1ba597cc407518e70ce803c235f67" alt="Model tier dropdown showing Flash, Pro, and Ultra with their real descriptions" width="2880" height="1800" data-path="images/imagine-computer/imagine-computer-overview-step-03.png" />
</Frame>

* **Flash** — fast and efficient for everyday tasks, quick ideas, and lightweight problem-solving.
* **Pro** — more power for deeper research, bigger workflows, and multi-step tasks that need extra capacity.
* **Ultra** — maximum intelligence for your most complex, high-stakes, end-to-end work.

A separately promoted **Opus 5** banner sits above the prompt box — it isn't part of this tier dropdown, implying it's a distinct offering rather than a fourth tier.

### Run mode

<Frame>
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/imagineart/1KCL2GMp1E8xXUlb/images/imagine-computer/imagine-computer-overview-step-04.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=1KCL2GMp1E8xXUlb&q=85&s=2ed19abde3e94466d17ce4c0e90e51fd" alt="Run mode dropdown showing Auto run without approval and Ask for approval options with their descriptions" width="2880" height="1800" data-path="images/imagine-computer/imagine-computer-overview-step-04.png" />
</Frame>

* **Auto run without approval** — full access to create, edit, or run intensive actions without stopping.
* **Ask for approval** — meant to ask before creating or editing artifacts.

<Warning>
  In testing, setting **Ask for approval** and running a real research task end-to-end did not actually pause for approval at any point, including at the report-writing step. Don't rely on this setting as a safety gate yet — treat every run as if it were Auto.
</Warning>