Get started with Work

Vibe Work is Vibe's productivity mode for delegating complex, multi-step tasks across your apps and tools.

Describe the outcome you want in natural language: Work gathers context, breaks the task into steps, calls the right tools, and asks for approval before sensitive actions.

This guide shows how to start a task in Work, give it the right context, follow its progress, and review the result.

1. Open Vibe›Work ↗.
2. If the sidebar is closed, click the drawer icon or press Cmd+Shift+B on macOS or Ctrl+Shift+B on Windows and Linux.
3. In the sidebar, select Work from the mode selector.
4. Start your task.

Vibe remembers the last tab you selected. If Chat or Code opens by default, select Work in the sidebar before starting the task.

Start with the outcome you want. Work reasons through the request, breaks it into smaller steps, and calls tools when needed.

A good first prompt includes:

• the result you want
• the source material or tools Work should consider
• the audience for the output
• any constraints, such as length, tone, format, or deadline

Try prompts such as:

• Research this topic and create a one-page brief I can share with my team.
• Summarize this PDF and extract owners, deadlines, and action items.
• Compare these two documents and highlight the main differences.
• Create a draft response based on this source material.

Work selects the right tools and context from your prompt automatically. You can also point it to a specific source when you want full control.

Work draws on the following capabilities:

• Connectors: connect tools such as email, calendar, Slack, Notion, GitHub, Google Drive, or SharePoint so Work can use approved external data.
• Libraries: use curated document collections that are already uploaded and indexed.
• Skills: apply repeatable methods, checklists, or templates to a task.
• Files and Canvas: upload documents, spreadsheets, presentations, PDFs, or images for Work to read, summarize, extract, or turn into reviewable outputs.
• Web search and Open URL: use public information or ask Work to read a specific web page.

For longer tasks, Work displays a live todos panel in the right-hand panel as it works, and may ask you follow-up questions when your prompt is ambiguous. It also shows progress, tool calls, and intermediate outputs while it works.

Use these checkpoints to stay in control:

• Watch the todos as they appear to see what Work is doing.
• Approve or deny sensitive actions when prompted.
• Stop the task with the stop button (the black square) if Work goes the wrong direction.
• Redirect with a follow-up message if Work chooses the wrong source or approach.

Treat Work outputs as drafts until you review them. Before you use or share the result:

• Read the final summary.
• Review generated content in Canvas or files.
• Check facts, tables, dates, names, owners, and source references.
• Verify extracted information against the original file or source when accuracy matters.
• Ask Work to revise the output if the audience, tone, structure, or facts are wrong.
• Approve, edit, share, or reuse the result only after review.

After your first tasks, use Vibe settings and reusable context to reduce repeated instructions: