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# Welcome to Warp

Get oriented with Warp's agentic terminal. Learn the basics of prompt-based coding, blending terminal and agent workflows, and navigating the interface.

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### 1\. Welcome to Warp

When you open Warp, you’ll see something familiar — a command line interface — but it’s much more than a traditional terminal.  
  
Warp is an Agentic Development Environment (ADE), meaning it’s a space where your primary mode of interaction is through prompts to an agent.

You can still use Warp just like any terminal:

```
lspwd
```

Warp executes those commands exactly as you’d expect.  
  
But when you type natural language — like *“describe my open git changes”* — Warp interprets it as a prompt to launch the agent.

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### 2\. Prompt-Based Coding

When you ask something in plain English, Warp’s agent automatically:

-   Gathers relevant context (your repo, files, or command output)
-   Runs whatever commands are needed
-   Returns a structured answer or takes the requested action

Example:

> “Describe my open git changes.”

Warp’s agent will review your current branch, run git commands in the background, and summarize what’s pending.

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### 3\. Blending Terminal and Agentic Workflows

The beauty of Warp is in how seamlessly it blends traditional CLI workflows with AI-driven automation.  
You can:

-   Type commands like a normal shell
-   Or prompt an agent to do things like debugging, code review, or environment setup

No context-switching between apps — it’s all one environment.