For agents: an index of these docs is at /docs/llms.txt, and this page as markdown is at /docs/first-hour.md.

Your first hour

A guided first run: set Dobby up, write one small ticket, watch it become a reviewed pull request, and merge it.

You will give Dobby one small ticket and follow it to a merged pull request. Most of the hour is waiting.

Pick a repo you own on GitHub that has tests.

Set up

Pick your repo and take the recommended answers. Say yes to the background jobs.
Terminal
```
npx dobby-ai init
```
Check that every required row has a tick.
Terminal
```
dobby doctor
```

Use your repo's folder name in place of shopfront.

dobby add shopfront "Fix the footer spacing" "the footer has 16px padding on phones"

#1 size M, risk medium (words)

The last part is the done-when line. The Tester checks the work against it.

See what is building.
Terminal
```
dobby status
```
Follow your ticket's steps. Run it every few minutes.
Terminal
```
dobby show 1
```

You will see the build, your tests, then the Tester. On a new repo, Dobby first reads the repo once.

Open your repo's Pull requests tab on GitHub. Dobby's pull request has the review's findings, a summary and a cost comment.

Turn merges on. A fresh install keeps them paused.
Terminal
```
dobby resume merges
```
Merge your ticket's pull request.
Terminal
```
dobby merge 1
```

Refresh the pull request on GitHub. It is merged.

From now on Dobby merges passing pull requests itself. Your safety preset decides which ones wait for you.