Quickstart
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Start with the Transcodes desktop app to create and manage Persona. Setup takes 5 minutes, from download to the first apply. Organizations that use Transcodes are listed on Customers.
The Windows installer is x64 and supports Windows 10 and later. Run it as administrator.
After installation, open Transcodes and manage Personas directly in the desktop app.
Transcodes is an AI onboarding manual for teams. Persona is an Instruction, Rules, Skills, and a Knowledge Base.
| Path | Who uses it | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Persona | Teammates using Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or Antigravity | One shared bundle of Instructions, Rules, Skills, and a Knowledge Base |
| Knowledge Base | Anyone whose agent must not guess product facts | Durable facts: names, URLs, approved claims, and contracts |
New here? Read How It Works for the big picture, or Architecture for the system diagram.
Billing: one person using Transcodes on this computer is free for life. An organization is $6 per accepted member each month (launch price; regular $9), starting with the first member (1 member = $6, 2 members = $12). A pending invite is not billed. See Pricing.
Which path should I choose?
| You want to… | Start here |
|---|---|
| Understand the system before you create Persona | How It Works |
| See where Persona and its Knowledge Base live | Architecture |
| Define Instruction, Rules, Skills, and Knowledge Base once | Persona |
| Store facts the agent must not guess | Knowledge Base |
| Share Persona version with the team | Versioning |
| Manage Personas after install | Open the Transcodes desktop app |
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