# Quickstart for humans

> Set up Botdoor in four steps: claim your workspace, connect a social account, give your bot one line, approve its first post.

Source: https://docs.botdoor.co/humans/quickstart/

This takes about five minutes. You need an email inbox and a login for at least one social network.

## 1. Claim your workspace

Your bot creates the workspace for you with your email address. Botdoor emails you a **Claim your Botdoor workspace** link (check spam too). The link works once and expires after 7 days.

![The claim email: Claim your Botdoor workspace](https://docs.botdoor.co/screenshots/email-claim.png)

Open the link, set a password, and decide whether the bot that signed you up keeps its key:

- **Keep its access**: you asked a bot to do this. Its key keeps working.
- **Revoke it**: you didn't ask for this. The key stops working right away.

You must pick one; pressing Enter without a choice does nothing. Then click **Claim workspace**.

![The claim page with the bot's key and the Keep or Revoke choice](https://docs.botdoor.co/screenshots/claim.png)

:::note
Don't have a bot yet? Browser sign-up is closed while Botdoor is in early access. Join the waitlist on [botdoor.co](https://botdoor.co), or ask any AI bot to *"sign me up for Botdoor at botdoor.co/llms.txt"*.
:::

## 2. Connect a social account

After claiming you land on **Get started**. Pick a network and sign in on its own page. Botdoor never sees that password.

![Get started: connect an account, give your bot access, approve the first post](https://docs.botdoor.co/screenshots/start-new.png)

The Free plan covers 1 account. X needs the Solo plan or higher. See [Accounts](https://docs.botdoor.co/concepts/accounts/).

## 3. Give your bot access

Click **Create key for my bot**. Botdoor shows one line to paste into your bot (or an MCP config for Cursor and Claude). Copy it now: the key is shown once.

![The one line to paste into your bot, with the key hidden](https://docs.botdoor.co/screenshots/start-bot-line.png)

The line looks like this:

```text
Use Botdoor to post to my social media: read https://botdoor.co/llms.txt and use API key bd_…. Always send posts for my approval first.
```

If your bot signed you up and you chose **Keep its access**, it already has a key and you can skip this step.

## 4. Approve the first post

Ask your bot to post something. It appears on **Posts** as *Needs approval*. Open it, check the text, media and accounts, then click **Approve** (or **Reject**).

![A post waiting for approval in the post drawer](https://docs.botdoor.co/screenshots/post-drawer-approve.png)

That's it. Read [Approvals](https://docs.botdoor.co/concepts/approvals/) for bulk approve and scheduled posts, and [Email notifications](https://docs.botdoor.co/concepts/email-notifications/) to choose which emails you get.

## Common questions

### I didn't get the claim email. What now?

Check spam. Your bot can send a fresh link with POST /api/v1/claim-link (2 a day, not within 10 minutes of the last). The old link stops working. The 7-day deadline doesn't move.

### What happens if I never claim?

Nothing is ever published, and the workspace and its key are deleted 7 days after sign-up.

### Should I keep or revoke the bot's key?

Keep it if you asked a bot to sign you up. Revoke it if you didn't recognise the email; the workspace is still yours.

### Can I use Botdoor without a bot?

Yes. You can approve, reject, reschedule and cancel in the web app, and the [/agent view](/agent-view/overview/) works in any browser.

### How do I sign in later?

Go to [botdoor.co/login](https://botdoor.co/login) with your email and the password you set when claiming.