# Pneum.ai Overview

Pneum.ai gives each hosted agent its own cloud computer. The **Cloud Console** creates and controls that computer. The **agent workspace** is where you talk to the assistant, connect services, review actions, manage notes, and follow background work.

## The basic path

1. Create an account and verify your email.
2. Choose a plan and finish billing setup.
3. Open **Cloud Console → Agents** and select the plus button.
4. Review the recommended runtime and estimated infrastructure cost.
5. Select **Launch Agent** and wait for the agent to become **ready**.
6. Open the UI link on the agent card and complete first-run setup.

The [quickstart](/content/docs/getting-started/quickstart/index.html) walks through that path without changing the recommended options. The [launch guide](/content/docs/cloud/launch-agent/index.html) explains every step in detail.

## Two product surfaces

| Surface         | What you do there                                                                 |
|------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Cloud Console     | Launch, start, stop, schedule, secure, estimate, and terminate agent computers.    |
| Agent workspace   | Chat or speak, select models, install integrations, approve actions, and manage work.  |

An agent computer can be running before the services inside it are ready. The Cloud Console shows **running**, **loading**, and **ready** separately so you know when the workspace can accept a connection. See [agent statuses](/content/docs/reference/agent-statuses/index.html) for the complete state model.

## What is isolated

Each agent has a separate boot disk, runtime, notes, tool configuration, credentials, and conversation state. A Pro account can use this separation for work, home, or project-specific agents. Terminating one agent does not terminate another, but termination permanently deletes the selected agent’s VM and disk.

> Important: stopping and terminating are different. **Stop** turns off compute but retains the boot disk and its storage charge. **Terminate** deletes the computer and disk permanently.

## Recommended next steps

- New account: [Account and plan setup](/content/docs/getting-started/account-and-plan/index.html)
- Ready to deploy: [Quickstart](/content/docs/getting-started/quickstart/index.html)
- Need private access: [Tailscale setup](/content/docs/security/tailscale/index.html)
- Already launched: [First run in the agent workspace](/content/docs/agents/first-run/index.html)
- Something failed: [Troubleshooting overview](/content/docs/troubleshooting/overview/index.html)

## Documentation conventions

UI labels appear in **bold**. Values you type or copy appear in `code`. A warning calls out a cost, security, or destructive consequence. Guides describe the hosted product unless they explicitly say otherwise.