# Emplio

> Docs for Emplio, the open-source, self-learning AI employee.

- [Emplio: the open-source, self-learning AI employee](https://docs.emplio.app/index.md): Emplio is one colleague your whole team can talk to. It has its own computer and browser, works in your apps, and learns how your business runs.
- [Get started with Emplio in five minutes](https://docs.emplio.app/quickstart.md): Sign up for Emplio Cloud or install Emplio on your own computer, sign in with an email code, and give Emplio its first piece of work.
- [Your first 10 minutes with Emplio](https://docs.emplio.app/first-steps.md): The four short welcome steps, the setup chat where Emplio learns your business, and a few good first things to ask it.
- [Key ideas: how Emplio works](https://docs.emplio.app/concepts.md): Chat, work, memory, agents, skills, automations, approvals and Emplio's own computer, each explained in a line or two.
- [Chat with Emplio: ask, attach, approve and watch](https://docs.emplio.app/guide/chat.md): Ask Emplio for work in a chat, attach files, speak, pick skills, approve what it sends, watch its browser, and follow work it hands off.
- [Work: tasks for your team and for Emplio](https://docs.emplio.app/guide/work.md): See what needs you, what Emplio is doing, what is coming up and what repeats. Add tasks for people or for Emplio, and mark them done.
- [Memory: what Emplio knows about your business](https://docs.emplio.app/guide/memory.md): Read the notes Emplio keeps about your business and about you, see who can see what, and change anything by telling Emplio in a chat.
- [Files: everything Emplio made or you attached](https://docs.emplio.app/guide/files.md): Find every report, quote and sheet Emplio made and every file attached in a chat, search inside them, download them and share a link.
- [Records: Emplio's built-in database](https://docs.emplio.app/guide/records.md): Emplio keeps leads, orders, stock and other records in its own database. View the tables, search, filter and export them to Excel.
- [Team: add people, set roles and who reports to whom](https://docs.emplio.app/guide/team.md): Add your staff to Emplio, make someone an admin, set who reports to whom, and see what owners, admins and staff can each see and do.
- [Agents: the helpers Emplio sets up](https://docs.emplio.app/guide/agents.md): When a kind of work keeps coming back, Emplio sets up an agent for it. Each agent keeps lessons from its past jobs and gets better over time.
- [Skills: teach Emplio how you do things](https://docs.emplio.app/guide/skills.md): Skills are saved how-tos. Show Emplio a task once in its browser, or explain it in a chat, and it saves a skill it can repeat.
- [Automations: work Emplio does on its own](https://docs.emplio.app/guide/automations.md): Set Emplio to do work on a schedule or when something happens in an app, and get a morning brief and end-of-day report without asking.
- [Integrations: connect the apps you use](https://docs.emplio.app/guide/integrations.md): Connect Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Zoho Books and more so Emplio can work in them, add MCP servers, and control what it may send or change.
- [Talk to Emplio on the web and on Telegram](https://docs.emplio.app/guide/channels.md): Chat with Emplio in the web app or on Telegram from your phone, send voice notes, and get reports and approvals wherever you are.
- [Passwords and keys: let Emplio sign in for you](https://docs.emplio.app/guide/logins.md): Save website logins and API keys so Emplio can sign in or use them for you. They are kept encrypted and Emplio never sees what you typed.
- [Bring your memory from ChatGPT, Claude and other AIs](https://docs.emplio.app/guide/import.md): Bring what ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, OpenClaw or Hermes knows about you, and your old chats, so Emplio doesn't start from zero.
- [Settings: how Emplio works for your business](https://docs.emplio.app/guide/settings.md): Choose model quality, approvals, rich replies, the morning brief and end-of-day report times, and the look of the app, tab by tab.
- [Run more than one business in Emplio](https://docs.emplio.app/guide/businesses.md): Add a new business to your Emplio account, switch between the businesses you're on, and switch on Telegram too.
- [Recipes and use cases for Emplio](https://docs.emplio.app/recipes/index.md): Step-by-step recipes for everyday work with Emplio: enquiries and quotes, invoice chasing, daily briefs, leads, staff tasks, and teaching it your way.
- [Turn email enquiries into leads, replies and quotes](https://docs.emplio.app/recipes/enquiries-and-quotes.md): Have Emplio read new enquiries in Gmail, add each one to your leads, draft replies for you to check, and make a quote PDF you can send.
- [Chase unpaid invoices every week](https://docs.emplio.app/recipes/chase-invoices.md): Set up Emplio to check overdue invoices in Zoho Books or your own records every week and send polite payment reminders, run by an Invoice Chaser agent.
- [Get a morning brief and an end-of-day report](https://docs.emplio.app/recipes/daily-brief.md): Choose when Emplio sends your morning brief and end-of-day report, give your staff their own, and tell Emplio what to always keep an eye on.
- [Teach Emplio a rule once](https://docs.emplio.app/recipes/teach-a-rule.md): Tell Emplio how your business does something once, and it saves it to company memory. See every rule in Memory and change it whenever you like.
- [Show Emplio how to do a task in the browser](https://docs.emplio.app/recipes/record-a-task.md): Record yourself doing a task once in Emplio's browser, with your voice if you like, and Emplio turns it into a skill it can repeat on its own.
- [Track your leads in Emplio's records](https://docs.emplio.app/recipes/track-leads.md): Make a Leads table in Emplio's built-in database, add leads straight from the chat, ask questions about them, and export the table to Excel.
- [Give work to your staff and let Emplio follow up](https://docs.emplio.app/recipes/give-work-to-staff.md): Add tasks for people on the Work page or from the chat. Emplio reminds them when tasks are due and tells their manager when they run late.
- [Connect Gmail and Google Calendar to Emplio](https://docs.emplio.app/recipes/connect-gmail-calendar.md): Connect your Gmail and Google Calendar from Integrations so Emplio can read, draft and send email and manage events, and choose when it asks first.
- [Emplio Cloud plans, the 7-day pass and top-ups](https://docs.emplio.app/cloud/plans.md): The Starter, Growth and Pro plans on Emplio Cloud, the one-time 7-day pass, and top-ups for when you need more usage in a month.
- [Billing and payments on Emplio Cloud](https://docs.emplio.app/cloud/billing.md): Who can see Billing & usage, how payment works in India and elsewhere, and what happens when you upgrade, downgrade or cancel your Emplio Cloud plan.
- [When your Emplio Cloud usage runs out](https://docs.emplio.app/cloud/credit.md): How the usage meter in the sidebar works, the emails you get at 80% and 100%, and how to get Emplio working again once it is paused.
- [Emplio Cloud or self-hosted: which to choose](https://docs.emplio.app/cloud/cloud-vs-self-hosted.md): Compare Emplio Cloud with running Emplio yourself: cost, the computer and browser, links to apps Emplio starts, and who handles keys and setup.
- [Troubleshooting common problems in Emplio](https://docs.emplio.app/help/troubleshooting.md): Fixes for common problems: sign-in codes, a paused Emplio, apps that won't connect, blocked websites, approvals, Telegram, restricted files and stuck chats.
- [Frequently asked questions about Emplio](https://docs.emplio.app/help/faq.md): Short answers about Emplio: what it is, privacy, AI models, your own AI key, open source, Cloud or self-hosted, languages, learning and memory.
- [Security and privacy in Emplio](https://docs.emplio.app/help/security.md): How Emplio keeps your business safe: separate computers and browsers per person, encrypted passwords, approvals, restricted files and roles.
- [Run Emplio yourself on your own computer or server](https://docs.emplio.app/self-host/index.md): Self-hosted Emplio is free and open source under AGPL-3.0. It runs in Docker on your machine, and your business's data stays there.
- [Install Emplio with one command](https://docs.emplio.app/self-host/install.md): Install self-hosted Emplio with one command. It asks three questions, starts everything in Docker, and gives you a link that signs you in as the owner.
- [What you need to run Emplio yourself](https://docs.emplio.app/self-host/requirements.md): Self-hosted Emplio needs Docker with Compose, about 4 GB of memory plus 2 GB per person working at once, an OpenRouter key, and ports 80 and 443 on a server.
- [Run Emplio on a server with HTTPS](https://docs.emplio.app/self-host/server.md): Put self-hosted Emplio on a server with your own web address or a free one. HTTPS is set up and renewed for you by the built-in Caddy service.
- [Turn on optional features with your own keys](https://docs.emplio.app/self-host/optional-features.md): Email sign-in codes, a Telegram bot, web search, app connections, voice notes and webhooks each turn on when you add their key to .env.
- [Configuration reference for the .env file](https://docs.emplio.app/self-host/configuration.md): Every setting self-hosted Emplio reads from .env: what the installer makes for you, what you need, optional keys, limits and advanced settings.
- [Update Emplio and back up your data](https://docs.emplio.app/self-host/update-backup.md): Update self-hosted Emplio by running the installer again, and back up its Docker volumes and .env so you can restore chats, memory, records and saved logins.
- [Troubleshoot a self-hosted Emplio install](https://docs.emplio.app/self-host/troubleshooting.md): Fixes for common self-hosting problems: missing sign-in codes, Docker, busy ports, HTTPS certificates, memory and computers that won't start.
- [How Emplio is built: the architecture](https://docs.emplio.app/developers/architecture.md): The parts of Emplio and how they connect: the app, Postgres, Gitea for memory, the runner with each person's computer and browser, and background work.
- [Build and run Emplio from source](https://docs.emplio.app/developers/build-from-source.md): Clone the repo, build every image from your own code with ./setup.sh --build, run the dev servers with Bun 1.3, and run the type check and tests.
- [Project map: where everything lives in the repo](https://docs.emplio.app/developers/project-map.md): A map of the Emplio repository: the API, the web app, shared types, the runner, the Docker files, the installer and the docs, with what each holds.
- [The emplio command Emplio uses on its computer](https://docs.emplio.app/developers/cli.md): Emplio works through one command on its own computer: emplio. The groups it has, what each does, and where to read it to understand or extend Emplio.
- [Extend Emplio with skills, agents, automations and MCP](https://docs.emplio.app/developers/extend.md): The file formats behind Emplio's skills, agents and automations, kept in the business's git memory, and how to add a remote MCP server.
- [Add an app, a polled trigger or a channel](https://docs.emplio.app/developers/add-app-or-channel.md): Add an in-house app connected with a pasted key, offer a Composio app, add a trigger Emplio polls for, or add a new chat channel next to Telegram.
- [Contribute to Emplio: issues and pull requests](https://docs.emplio.app/contribute/contributing.md): How to report a bug, suggest an idea and send a pull request to Emplio: open an issue first for big changes, run the type check and tests, and sign the CLA.
- [The Emplio contributor license agreement](https://docs.emplio.app/contribute/cla.md): A plain summary of Emplio's contributor license agreement: you keep your copyright, grant Kulp Labs a license to use your work, and sign once on GitHub.
- [Report a security problem in Emplio privately](https://docs.emplio.app/contribute/security.md): Found a security problem in Emplio? Email it privately instead of opening a public issue, with what you found, how to reproduce it and which version you ran.
- [Code of conduct for the Emplio community](https://docs.emplio.app/contribute/code-of-conduct.md): Be kind and assume good intent. Emplio follows the Contributor Covenant 2.1 in issues, pull requests and everywhere else the project meets.


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