Getting started with Warp and Oz
Get started with Warp, the Agentic Development Environment, and Oz, the orchestration platform for cloud agents.
Warp is an Agentic Development Environment, a modern terminal combined with powerful AI agents that help you build, test, deploy, and debug code. Warp's AI is powered by Oz, the orchestration platform for cloud agents.
Warp Terminal
Warp Terminal is where you work — a fast, modern terminal built for coding with agents.
Key capabilities:
Agent Modality: Switch between a clean terminal for commands and a dedicated conversation view for multi-turn agent workflows.
Modern terminal UX: Cursor movement, block-based navigation, multi-line editing, syntax highlighting, and rich completions. Built with Rust for high performance.
Code editor: File tree, code editor with LSP support, and interactive code review experience.
Coding agent integrations: Features like voice input, and @-selection for working with terminal based images. Compatible with Oz or agents like Claude Code and Codex.
Oz: The orchestration platform for cloud agents
Oz is the orchestration platform for cloud agents that powers all of Warp's intelligent features. Oz is designed to coordinate agents at scale—understanding your codebase, executing tasks autonomously, and adapting to your workflows. Oz is multi-model by design, giving you flexibility to choose the best LLM for each task.
Oz operates in two modes:
Local agents
Run directly in the Warp app for real-time, interactive coding assistance.
Write and refactor code across your codebase
Debug issues and fix errors
Run commands and interpret results
Plan and execute multi-step tasks
Local agents keep you in control. You can review changes, steer the agent mid-task, and approve actions before they execute.
→ Get started with local agents
Cloud agents
Oz Cloud Agents run in the background on Warp's infrastructure (or your own) for automation at scale.
Triggers: React to events from Slack, Linear, GitHub, or custom webhooks
Schedules: Run recurring tasks like dependency updates or dead code removal
Parallelism: Run many agents concurrently across repos or tasks
Observability: Every run is tracked, auditable, and shareable with your team
Cloud agents are ideal for work that doesn't need your immediate attention, like PR reviews, issue triage, routine maintenance, and integration-driven workflows.
How they work together
Warp terminal and Oz provide a unified experience across local and cloud development:
Same agent, anywhere: Whether you're working interactively in Warp or running agents in the cloud, you're using the same underlying agent capabilities.
Seamless handoff: Start a task in the cloud and take over locally in Warp when you want hands-on control, without losing progress or context.
Shared context: Warp Drive, Rules, and MCP servers work across both local and cloud agents, so your team's knowledge and tools are always available.
Team collaboration: Share agent sessions, review agents' actions, and steer running tasks, regardless of who started them.
Multi-model support
Oz is multi-model by design. You can choose your preferred LLM from a curated set of top models, or let Warp automatically select the optimal model for your task. This lets you balance cost, speed, and quality while avoiding lock-in to any single provider.
Privacy and security
Warp is SOC 2 compliant and has Zero Data Retention policies with all contracted LLM providers. No customer AI data is retained, stored, or used for training.
Warp's AI features can be globally disabled in Settings > AI.
→ Read more about data privacy
Next steps
Quickstart Guide: Get Warp installed and start coding
Local Agents Overview: Explore all AI features available in Warp
Cloud Agents Overview: Set up background automation
Warp Platform: Learn about the CLI, API, SDK, and infrastructure
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