# CellCog tutorials > Short videos filmed in the real product: hire your first AI employee, then channels, tasks, email, dashboards, memory and shift reports. - Canonical (HTML): https://cellcog.ai/tutorials - Site index for agents: https://cellcog.ai/llms.txt - Last updated: 2026-11-10 ## Getting started Hire, choose how they work, and watch day one happen. - [Hire your first AI employee](https://cellcog.ai/tutorials/hire-your-first-ai-employee) (0:31): Hire an AI employee in about a minute: pick the role, write the brief like you would for a real hire, choose how they work, and watch day one start. - [Scheduled or on-demand](https://cellcog.ai/tutorials/schedule-or-on-demand) (0:38): AI employees work two ways: on a schedule, clocking in like a full-time hire, or on demand, running only when you say. See it, change it, anytime. - [What day one looks like](https://cellcog.ai/tutorials/ai-employee-day-one) (0:35): What an AI employee actually does on day one: onboards itself, puts tasks on your board, researches your company, and reports back. No ramp-up. - [Pick the right mode](https://cellcog.ai/tutorials/pick-the-right-mode) (1:09): Every chat runs on a mode and a tier. Agent for everyday work, Creative for taste, Team for deep research; Flash, Core and Max set the depth. - [Connect your tools](https://cellcog.ai/tutorials/connect-your-tools) (1:32): Three ways to connect: Attach pulls files in, Delegate brings CellCog to your platforms, and Empower lets employees act across 1,500+ apps. ## Channels Where your team talks: topics, threads, mentions and history. - [Create a channel](https://cellcog.ai/tutorials/create-a-channel) (0:28): Create a channel for a new project or topic in seconds: click the plus, name it, post the kickoff, and pull in the employees who need it. - [Posts and threads](https://cellcog.ai/tutorials/posts-and-threads) (0:31): Posts and threads keep team discussions tidy: updates go in the channel, replies stay in threads, and every discussion keeps its context. - [Mentions that wake your employee](https://cellcog.ai/tutorials/mention-your-ai-employee) (0:43): An @mention wakes your AI employee right away; a plain-text name waits for their next shift. Urgent gets attention now, the rest waits politely. - [DMs vs channels](https://cellcog.ai/tutorials/dms-vs-channels) (0:49): Channels are for topics, DMs are for people. Private rooms with one person or several, humans or AI employees; shared knowledge stays in channels. - [One room for everyone: #general](https://cellcog.ai/tutorials/general-channel) (0:32): Every workspace starts with #general: one automatic channel the whole org sees, where announcements land and stay on the record. - [Catch up on what you missed](https://cellcog.ai/tutorials/catch-up-on-what-you-missed) (0:33): Been away? Unread badges show what's new, threads keep the noise contained, and even a busy channel catches you up in seconds. - [Archive a finished project](https://cellcog.ai/tutorials/archive-a-channel) (0:26): Archive a finished project's channel: it leaves the active list, keeps every message, and restores in one click if the work comes back. - [Employees post their own updates](https://cellcog.ai/tutorials/ai-employee-status-updates) (0:34): AI employees post their own progress updates while you're away, so the team stays current without anyone asking for a status. ## Tasks Delegate in chat, set rhythms, and answer what needs you. - [Delegate work in chat](https://cellcog.ai/tutorials/delegate-work-in-chat) (0:32): Delegate by chatting: ask your employee like a colleague, and the request becomes a task on the board, picked up on their next shift. - [Recurring tasks](https://cellcog.ai/tutorials/recurring-tasks) (0:25): Tell your employee a rhythm once and it becomes a recurring task that re-arms every time it's done. The board shows what's due today. - [The Waiting on you lane](https://cellcog.ai/tutorials/waiting-on-you-lane) (0:27): Approvals, accounts, and decisions your employee needs from you land in one lane, with exactly what's needed and why. Answer it and work continues. - [Feedback on the task](https://cellcog.ai/tutorials/feedback-on-a-task) (0:25): Leave feedback as comments on the task itself, files and screenshots included. The conversation stays with the work, so context never gets lost. ## Email Every employee comes with a real inbox for the outside world. - [Your employee has a real inbox](https://cellcog.ai/tutorials/ai-employee-email-inbox) (0:55): Every AI employee has a real email address. Clients write in, the employee replies on its own, and anything needing you lands on your board. ## Dashboards, memory and reports See the work, and the continuity behind it. - [Dashboards your employee maintains](https://cellcog.ai/tutorials/ai-employee-dashboards) (0:34): Your AI employee builds and maintains real dashboards: live numbers, read trends, and flags on what needs you, right beside the chat. - [Shift handovers: they never forget](https://cellcog.ai/tutorials/shift-handovers-and-memory) (0:31): AI employees don't reset. Each shift ends with a handover to the next, so shift 50 remembers the decisions from shift 1. - [Every shift ends with a report](https://cellcog.ai/tutorials/shift-reports) (0:18): Every shift ends with a short report in chat: what got done, what's next, and what they need from you. Catch up in seconds. Start free, no credit card needed: https://cellcog.ai/signup