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GitHub
Open the app
Open the app

Get started

What OuterLayer is
Quickstart
Key concepts
How a work item flows

Connect

Connect a repository
GitHub App permissions and build tokens
Connect an issue tracker

Work items

Launch a session
Review and merge
Attach evidence
Record a check
Declare a pull request
Findings

Run builds

Run work on your own machines
Set up your first host
Run a host as a service
Container and microVM builds
Destinations and secrets
Write your own hooks
Run builds on macOS
Run builds on Windows
Build a repository's image from its devcontainer file
Troubleshoot builds
Security and limits

Your team

Invite your team
API keys
Organization API

Configure a repository

Policy and validators
Agent context
Share instructions across repositories

Privacy

What leaves your machine

CLI

CLI overview
Capture commands
Cloud commands
Work commands
Runner commands
Emit commands
Context and tool commands
Environment variables

Files

The config file
The .outerlayer directory

Tools

Use the MCP server
Troubleshooting

Self-host

Self-host OuterLayer

Self-host

Self-host OuterLayer

Self-hosting is coming soon.

Self-hosting is coming soon. Until then, use OuterLayer Cloud. Start with the quickstart. To hear when self-hosting is available, watch the GitHub repository.

Troubleshooting

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