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  • Getting Started
    • What is Runtype?
    • Creating your account
    • Platform Keys vs. BYOK
    • Understanding the Runtype UI
    • Quickstart: Social Media Post Generator
    • Quickstart: From Agent to Chat Widget
  • Dashboard
    • What is the Dashboard?
    • Daily Executions
  • Playground
    • What is the Playground?
  • Products & Surfaces
    • What are Products?
    • What are Surfaces?
    • Creating a Product
    • Setting up a Chat Surface
    • Setting up an API Surface
    • Setting up an MCP Surface
    • Setting up an A2A Surface
    • Setting up a Slack Surface
  • Flows
    • What are Flows?
    • Creating and Editing Flows
    • Flow step types overview
    • Agent and Flow Templates
  • Agents
    • What are Agents?
    • Creating and configuring Agents
    • Agent tools
  • Records
    • What are Records?
    • Creating and managing records
  • Tools
    • What are Tools?
    • Built-in Tools
    • Creating custom tools
    • Creating external tools
  • Evals
    • What are Evals?
    • Running an Eval
  • Schedules
    • What are Schedules?
  • Logs
    • What are Logs?
  • Integrations
    • Connecting AI model providers
  • Settings
    • What's in Settings?
    • Available AI models
  • Troubleshooting & FAQ
    • FAQ
    • Rate Limits and Usage
    • Managing Runtype with Claude
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  • Detail pages
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  • Next steps
Getting Started

Understanding the Runtype UI

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The Runtype UI is your main workspace for building, testing, and deploying AI Products. This guide walks you through the main areas so you can find what you need quickly.

Sidebar navigation

The left sidebar organizes the platform into four groups, separated by dividers.

Overview

  • Dashboard — Your home view with recent activity and quick stats
  • Playground — Experiment with prompts and models in real time

Build

  • Products — Group Flows and Agents together and deploy them through Surfaces
    • Agents — Build agentic workflows with tool use and reasoning
    • Flows — Create multi-step AI workflows with prompts, logic, and data
    • Evals — Compare models and measure how your workflows perform

Substrate

  • Models — Configure and manage AI models
  • Integrations — Connect external services and APIs
  • Tools — Create custom Tools that your Agents can call

Operate

  • Records — Manage structured data that your Flows and Agents can store, retrieve, and use as context
  • Schedules — Automate Flow execution on a recurring basis
  • Logs — Review Flow, Agent, and step execution history

At the bottom of the sidebar you’ll also find:

  • Settings — Configure API keys, billing, usage, secrets, connected apps, and team members
  • Help — Access documentation, changelog, and send feedback
  • User menu — Switch organizations, toggle between Light/Dark/System themes, manage your account, or log out

List views

Most pages share a consistent layout:

  • Search and filters — Find items quickly by name or status
  • Status badges — See whether an item is active, draft, or archived
  • Quick actions — Use the more menu (⋯) to edit, duplicate, or delete

Detail pages

When you open a Flow, Product, Agent, or other item, you’ll typically see:

  • Configuration panel — Edit settings, steps, and properties
  • Related items — View connected Capabilities, Surfaces, or dependencies
  • Action buttons — Run, test, or deploy
  • Activity and logs — Review recent executions and debug details

Keyboard shortcuts

These shortcuts help you move faster around the platform.

Global

  • Cmd/Ctrl + B — Toggle the sidebar

Tool editor

  • Cmd/Ctrl + S — Save the current Tool
  • Cmd/Ctrl + Enter — Open the test panel

Log viewer

  • j / k — Navigate between entries
  • g / G — Jump to top or bottom
  • Enter — Expand or collapse an entry
  • / — Focus the search input
  • r — Refresh logs
  • l — Toggle live tail mode
  • c — Copy the selected entry
  • ? — Show all keyboard shortcuts

Next steps

  • Creating and editing Flows
  • What are Products?
  • Using the Playground