Getting started with agents

Ona Agents help you plan and apply code changes with full environment context and guardrails. This page links to the essential setup guides.

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Quick start

1. Start with Ona Agent, or choose Codex Agent when Codex is enabled for your organization.
2. Add project context with AGENTS.md.
3. Create reusable workflows with Skills and Bash commands.
4. Add optional integrations with Model Context Protocol (MCP).
5. Run in isolated environments or deploy the Enterprise Runner.

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Security & controls

• Enforce execution policies with the command deny list
• Configure organization-wide guardrails

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Next steps

• Ona Agent: understand the default agent experience
• Codex Agent: use Codex as a separate agent in Ona
• Connect Codex to ChatGPT: use your ChatGPT plan for Codex model requests
• LLM providers: default model access and custom providers
• AGENTS.md: configure project context
• Skills and Bash commands: automate workflows
• MCP: integrate external tools