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CtrlNode is a browser control plane for AI coding agents. You plan work in the web app at app.ctrlnode.ai; a Bridge daemon on your machine runs agents and streams results back over an outbound WebSocket. Your repositories stay local — CtrlNode orchestrates work; it does not host your code. Projects registry in CtrlNode
Without a connected Bridge, agents cannot receive tasks and several actions (run workflow, clone, rerun) stay disabled in the UI.

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Architecture

  Browser  →  app.ctrlnode.ai  →  CtrlNode (hosted API)
                                  ↑
                    outbound WS   │
                                  │
                          ctrlnode  (your machine)
                                  ↓
              Claude · Copilot · Cursor · Gemini · OpenClaw · Hermes · …
Open-source Bridge: github.com/ctrlnode-ai/ctrlnode.

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First-time setup wizard

New organizations land on a fullscreen wizard at /setup:
#StepApp route
1Project/setup/project
2Token + pair Bridge/setup/token?projectId=…
3Agent/setup/agent?projectId=…
4First task/setup/task?projectId=…
After step 4, onboarding is complete. You then use the normal app: dashboard, Kanban, workflows, routines, and events.

Quickstart

Sign in, install Bridge, pair token, and run your first task.

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Documentation map

Web app tour

Projects, dashboard, team, files, Bridge setup in the UI.

Routines vs Workflows

Scheduled single-task jobs vs multi-step pipelines.

Routines

Schedules, triggers, runs, calendar.

Workflows

Designer, steps, activation, recovery.

Tasks

Kanban, states, task detail.

Events

Audit feed and real-time activity.

Bridge (open source)

Install, configuration, providers — Bridge tab above.

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Web app pages

AreaDoc
Projects/getting-started/projects
Dashboard/getting-started/dashboard
Tasks/getting-started/tasks
Routines/getting-started/routines
Workflows/getting-started/workflows
Team/getting-started/team
Files/getting-started/files
Events/getting-started/events
Bridge setup/getting-started/bridge-setup