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This guide takes you from a fresh account to running a live rundown that controls a real device. The setup steps take only a few minutes.
1

Sign in and create your workspace

Sign in to Fabl. The first time you log in, the onboarding wizard helps you set up your workspace — the shared environment that holds all your spaces, pages, devices, and automations.
  1. Enter a workspace name and confirm the handle (used in your workspace URL).
  2. Choose what you’ll use Fabl for (live broadcast, studio production, sports, news, corporate AV, or other). This is optional and only tailors your onboarding.
  3. Continue to the next step.
You can skip the optional steps and come back later. The Get started checklist on your dashboard tracks what’s left to do.
2

Invite your team

Still in onboarding, add teammates by email and assign each one a role of Member or Admin. Click Send invites, or Skip for now if you’d rather invite people later.Invitations are sent by email; teammates join your workspace as soon as they accept. See Invite members for the full flow.
3

Connect a Studio Agent

A Studio Agent is a small service you install on a machine in your gallery or control room. It connects your devices to Fabl and relays your live cues to them.
  1. Go to Automations → Agents and click Add agent.
  2. Give the agent a name and copy the registration token it generates.
  3. Install and start the agent on a machine on the same network as your gear, providing the token so it can register.
Once the agent connects, its status turns Online on the Agents page. See Agents for details.
4

Add a device

With an agent online, connect a device for it to control.
  1. Go to Automations → Devices and click Add device.
  2. Choose a device type (for example, vMix or ATEM).
  3. Select the agent that will manage it, then fill in the connection details (host, port, and any device-specific options).
  4. Click Save. The device reports Online once the agent reaches it.
See Devices and the Devices reference for every supported device.
5

Build a page

Content in Fabl lives in pages built from blocks.
  1. In the left sidebar, open or create a space, then create a new page.
  2. Add blocks to the page — type a title and press the + control to add fields, media, components, or containers.
  3. Each row becomes a rundown item when you run the page live.
See Pages and blocks to learn the building blocks.
6

Run it as a rundown

Now run your page as a live rundown.
  1. Open the page and click Studio to enter studio mode, selecting the agent that will execute the show.
  2. Use the transport controls to cue an item and take it on air. Each item shows its status — idle, cued, on-air, completed, or skipped.
  3. Watch the show clock and item timer as you advance through the rundown.
See Studio mode for every control and shortcut.

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What’s next?

Pages and blocks

Learn how spaces, pages, blocks, components, and templates fit together.

Studio mode

Master the live control surface — cue, take, auto-advance, and timing.

Automation rules

Make production events drive your devices and prompter automatically.

Supported devices

See how the agent connects switchers, audio, lighting, and playout.