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Helios is a native Linux workbench for coding
agents.

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It puts conversations, project files, review
tools, and local previews in one window.

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In this tour, we will walk through the main
interface,

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then follow a small project through the tools
you use around a coding conversation.

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We are using a fictional task board called
Sprout.

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The conversations, approval requests, and
background tasks are staged examples.

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The application screens are real, and the local
file, browser, terminal, and Git actions are
real.

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This narration is AI generated.

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Helios connects to different provider tools
rather than making every provider behave
identically.

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A control that exists for Claude may work
differently for Codex, Muse, Kimi, Google, or
OpenRouter.

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We will point out those differences.

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Start on the Helios website and choose an
installation path that matches your system.

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Ubuntu twenty six point zero four has a package
route.

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The latest release has a Debian package; source
instructions list the system dependencies.

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Check the version: an older stable package may
not include everything shown here.

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Open Settings, then Accounts.

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This clean demonstration home has no signed-in
provider accounts, so the status rows explain

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what is missing.

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Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Google Antigravity,
Muse Code, and Kimi Code use their own

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installed tools and authentication.

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OpenRouter instead needs its API key in
Helios's Providers settings.

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You only need one provider to begin.

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Follow that provider's installation and sign-in
instructions, return to Accounts, and refresh
its status.

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In Providers you can inspect binary and model
information.

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A subscription and an API key can have
different billing rules,

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so use the account route you actually intend to
use.

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Choose your project folder before the first
message.

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A new installation can otherwise open in your
home folder, which Helios treats as read only.

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The new-chat menu offers a project folder, and
Settings has a default working directory.

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We will use the Sprout repository.

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Write a concrete request in the composer.

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Control Enter sends it; Enter starts a new
line.

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The plus button adds editable file-path
references.

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You can also drop files or paste an image.

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Image payloads are supported for Claude, Codex,
Muse, and Kimi;

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Google and OpenRouter currently keep the path
as text.

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The command button opens the available command
surface.

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Native actions depend on the provider: Compact
is wired for Claude,

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Codex, and Kimi, while native Review is a Codex
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Read those capability labels before relying on
them.

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The response in this tour is staged.

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The sidebar keeps saved conversations close to
their projects.

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Select a row to read its transcript and restore
that conversation's controls.

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Switching the visible chat does not
automatically stop other managed sessions.

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Status indicators help you notice a
conversation that is working or waiting for
you.

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Use the search button to search local session
content.

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Here, searching for keyboard finds the
conversation about shortcuts, including a
matching snippet.

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Choose a result to jump back into that session.

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Use it when you remember a discussion rather
than its title.

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Right click a local session for Rename, copy
actions, or Delete session.

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Renaming gives it a stable, useful title.

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Deletion is an explicit operation, with checks
for sessions held elsewhere.

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Older inactive sessions can also move into
Helios's archive.

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Archiving and deletion are separate.

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A conversation fork and a Git worktree solve
different problems.

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Claude offers a fork from a message in the
transcript.

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Codex and Kimi have a native fork from the
current head through the command surface.

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They require a native provider session; here we
show the entry points.

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For separate files, choose the optional new-
chat worktree action.

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Helios creates a Git worktree only when you
request it.

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The new chat gets its own checkout and branch.

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The Changes pane offers removal for worktrees
Helios owns, and refuses to remove one

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with uncommitted changes.

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Rewind files opens checkpoints taken before
turns in a Git project.

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Inspect the changed paths before choosing a
restore.

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Checkpoints exclude ignored files and do not
reverse external side effects.

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Stop an active writing response first; Helios
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still in progress.

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The model menu sits directly above the
composer.

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Its available rows depend on the installed
provider tools and connected account catalogs.

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Open Execution to see the selected
conversation's workflow, reasoning options, and
permissions.

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Settings provides defaults, while conversation
controls belong to the chat you are working in.

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Permission labels reflect the provider's native
contract.

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They do not mean every provider has the same
sandbox.

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For example, Google's headless route has its
own distinct modes and cannot answer
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approval prompts here.

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Kimi's Never ask maps to its native
unrestricted mode, so choose deliberately.

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Here are a staged approval and question.

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Read the command or diff, the explanation, and
the grant scope before responding.

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Question dialogs can offer choices or free
text.

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Dismissing an approval does not grant consent.

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Real answers return to the provider that asked.

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For work that takes more than a quick question,
open Set a goal.

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Give the conversation an objective, a clear
Done when condition, and a short acceptance
checklist.

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Here, success means rejecting empty task titles
while keeping the existing behavior for valid
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The goal belongs to you.

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Save the goal to keep its status and checklist
progress beside the composer.

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The controls let you pause, resume, edit, or
mark the goal complete.

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Set that state from evidence you have reviewed,
not just a confident final answer.

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Pause changes the goal; use Stop to interrupt a
turn.

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The Plan workspace pane shows the agent's
execution plan and conversation-derived quality
signals separately

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from your acceptance checklist.

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A completed plan step is useful progress
information, but it is not independent proof

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that a test passed or a deployment succeeded.

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Local goals do not need tandem services.

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Open Claude memory in the workspace selector to
inspect the selected project's context files.

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Helios shows the relevant Claude instructions
and memory files, with an editor for existing
files.

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These real files in the fictional home are
Claude context, not universal provider memory.

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Capabilities is the place to inspect the
capabilities and configuration evidence Helios
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the current provider.

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Missing information should remain visible as
missing.

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Use it to investigate unavailable models,
tools, or native actions.

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Two more workspace areas are optional.

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Shared connects to a configured network
scratchpad, and Missions needs the external
tandem command-line

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tool and its state.

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They are not configured here.

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A mission's Approve and continue action
approves a gate; it does not automatically run

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the next leg.

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Switch to Changes to inspect the actual
repository.

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The list includes staged, unstaged, and
untracked files in this working folder,

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including changes from other sessions.

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It shows the worktree, not just changes made by
the selected conversation.

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Open a file to read its diff.

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You can stage or unstage a whole file or an
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The validation change is small: trim the title,
reject an empty value,

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and leave the normal return value intact.

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Staging updates the real local Git index.

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Review comments send specific feedback to the
selected session, so check the comments before
submitting them.

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Prepare a commit message after reviewing the
staged result.

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Commit, Push, and Create PR are explicit
repository actions.

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This demonstration repository has no remote,
and we are not publishing from this tour.

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The browser is a separate pane beside the chat.

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Open a project HTML file, a local development
server, or another page,

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and keep the result in view while you discuss
it.

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The browser has tabs, navigation controls, an
address field, and its own profile separate

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from your regular browser.

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Here we are opening a real local Sprout page.

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The camera button adds a screenshot of the
visible page to the composer.

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You now have a concrete image to discuss.

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The composer's separate desktop screenshot
button depends on a working desktop portal,

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which is unavailable in this headless
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Supported agent sessions can open, read, click,
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and screenshot through Helios's browser tools.

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Access outside the project's local scope asks
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not automatically shared with an agent.

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Google's current route does not receive these
per-session Helios browser tools.

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The Terminal workspace pane gives you tabs of
your own shell in the selected chat's folder.

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It starts a shell when you open the pane.

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This terminal is for you; the coding agent
still runs commands through its own provider
tools.

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Here we are running the project's real local
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Select relevant terminal output and use Send to
chat to place it in the message box.

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It does not send the message automatically.

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Use this to ask about a failure or share an
exact diagnostic result.

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The Run menu reads supported project launch
configurations and package scripts.

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A configuration with a port can open its local
preview after the server answers.

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Review commands and environment settings as
project code.

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In this isolated demonstration, the menu and
the local test show the workflow without

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installing or contacting a service.

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Background shows tasks exposed by supported
Claude and Muse sessions,

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such as shells, agents, workflows, or monitors.

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These rows are staged examples so you can see
the controls.

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Output is available only when the driver
provides a local output file.

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Stop asks that task's provider to stop; it is
not a file rollback.

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The application menu also has Emergency stop
all sessions for sessions managed by this app.

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Check what actually stopped and review the
worktree afterward.

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It does not cancel processes outside Helios,
undo completed commands, or restore files.

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Spend rules differ by route.

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Claude API processes have a ten-dollar cap,
Codex API thread families have a two-hundred-
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and OpenRouter has a five-dollar allowance per
Work with bounded tool rounds.

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Verified Claude and ChatGPT subscriptions
disable the corresponding Helios API caps.

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Google, Muse, and Kimi have no equivalent
Helios cap established here.

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Finish in Settings to set your default folder,
model, and permissions.

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Appearance lets you follow the system theme or
choose light or dark.

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The translucent sidebar is optional and depends
on your desktop's appearance setup.

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Behavior includes notifications and the title-
generation backend, whose default is First
message, with no model call.

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Other title backends have prerequisites: Ollama
needs a running service,

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the built-in local engine needs its command-
line runtime and model, and Claude uses its
provider.

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We are only showing those choices.

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Providers and Tools help diagnose missing
binaries, authentication, catalogs, and
external tool connections;

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the log-file entry locates diagnostics, and
About identifies the running version.

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The easiest first project is a small one:
choose a folder,

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connect one provider, describe one change,
inspect its result, and run a check you
understand.

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Add the other tools as you need them.

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The Helios website links the installation
guide, provider details, source code,

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and a place to report problems.