Create your first lane

Create an isolated branch and worktree for your first agent task.

A lane keeps agent work out of your primary checkout. Use one lane per task.

Create the lane

1. Open Lanes

   Choose Lanes from the sidebar.

2. Click New lane

   Give the lane a short task name, such as add-health-endpoint or fix-login-copy.

3. Choose the base branch

   For your first lane, use your default branch, usually main.

4. Create

   ADE creates a Git worktree under .ade/worktrees/ and checks out a branch for the lane.

Good lane names

Good	Avoid
add-health-endpoint	test
fix-auth-redirect	agent-work
linear-eng-142	new-branch

When the lane is ready

The lane should show a clean diff and no active sessions. Open it in Work to start chat or a terminal.

Run your first agent

Start a small lane-scoped chat.

Lanes overview

Learn how lanes, stacks, and cleanup work.