Getting Started with Flowith
Create your Flowith account, activate Pro, and understand the canvas-based AI interface.
# Getting Started with Flowith
Flowith is a different kind of AI tool. Instead of a single chat window, you get a visual canvas where AI agents work together. Think of it as a whiteboard where each sticky note is an AI that can think, search, and create.
## Why Flowith Pro?
The free tier limits you to basic single-agent conversations. Pro ($15/mo) unlocks the full multi-agent canvas — you can create workflows with multiple connected AI nodes, each with different roles and capabilities. Pro also gives you unlimited canvas space, priority processing, and access to all available AI models.
## Step 1: Create Your Account
Visit [flowith.io](https://flowith.io) and sign up. The onboarding will walk you through the basics — follow it, but don't worry about remembering everything. We'll cover it all in this course.
## Step 2: Tour the Interface
Flowith's interface has three main areas:
- **Canvas** (center): Your workspace. This is where AI nodes live. You can pan and zoom like a design tool.
- **Node Panel** (left): Where you create new AI agents, tools, and connectors. Drag them onto the canvas.
- **Properties Panel** (right): When you select a node, this shows its settings — model selection, system prompt, input/output configuration.
## Step 3: Your First Conversation
Click the "+" button on the canvas to create your first AI node. Type a question — "What are the most promising applications of AI in education?" — and press Enter. The node processes your request and displays the response right on the canvas.
Notice how the response becomes a node itself. You can branch from it, ask follow-up questions, and build a tree of related ideas. This spatial layout is Flowith's superpower — it makes complex research navigable.
## What We're Building
Over the next four lessons, you'll build a **Research Assistant Workflow** — a multi-agent system that takes a topic, researches it from multiple angles, synthesizes findings, and produces a structured brief. This is the kind of workflow that would take a human researcher hours, automated into a reusable canvas.
## Next Up
In Lesson 2, you'll learn the canvas fundamentals — how to create nodes, connect them, and control the flow of information between AI agents.