How-tos

Step-by-step guides to the most common Transit AI workflows. Each page is self-contained — you can land on it from a search result and have everything you need.

Setup

• Sign in — first-time sign-in to Transit AI Cloud.
• Create an auth profile — every backend type (keyring, SSH agent, 1Password, env var) explained.
• Find your user ID and organization ID — values to share with support or paste into a bug report.

Sessions

• Add a device — put a host in your inventory.
• Connect to a device — three equivalent ways to open a session.
• Edit a device — change host, port, vendor, auth profile, terminal preferences.
• Reconnect a closed session — press Enter to revive a tab.
• Split panes side-by-side — two sessions in one tab.
• Connect to a console cable — USB-to-serial for out-of-band access (tested cable).
• Export a session’s scrollback — save to disk with optional age encryption.

Per-device preferences

• Turn on syntax highlighting — colorize keywords and statuses.
• Turn on quick copy/paste — auto-copy on select, right-click and middle-click paste.

AI agent

• Use the AI agent — open the chat panel, ask a question, approve a command.
• Bring your own provider key — Pro-tier BYOK setup for Anthropic or OpenAI.