# Quickstart

> Sign up, bring in your first invite, and take it from drawings to a submitted bid.

Source: https://automatedconstruction.io/tidy/docs/get-started/quickstart
Section: Introduction to Tidy

This walk-through takes one bid from invite to submitted. Plan on about 30 minutes the first time.

## 1. Create your company

1. Go to [tidy.automatedconstruction.io/signup](https://tidy.automatedconstruction.io/signup).
2. Enter your name, company name, work email and a password, or click **Sign up with Google**.
3. Click the link in the confirmation email.

You land on **My Hub** as your company's admin, on the Free plan. No card is needed.

> [!tip]
> Sign up with your work email. Tidy uses its domain to recognize your teammates and the invites you forward. If someone at your company already uses Tidy, you join their company instead.

## 2. Invite your team

Open **Admin > Team Management**, click **Invite User**, and enter each person's name, email and role (**Estimator** or **Admin**). See [Manage your team](https://automatedconstruction.io/tidy/docs/guides/manage-your-team).

## 3. Bring in an invite

Forward a bid invite email to `bids@tidy.automatedconstruction.io`. In a minute or two it appears on **Opportunities > Undecided**, and you get a confirmation reply.

Or click **+ Opportunity**, open **Add With Agent**, paste the email and click **Create with agent**.

## 4. Decide and assign

On **Opportunities**, click **Bidding** on the new row. Choose **Assign to me** or pick an estimator. The bid moves to **Accepted**.

## 5. Measure the drawings

1. Open the bid and go to **Files**. Upload the drawings if they did not come with the email.
2. Select the drawings and click **Add to workspace**.
3. In the workspace, set the scale on a sheet and measure with **Area**, **Length** or **Count**. Give each measurement a **Subject**, such as "ACT-1".

Or click **Agent** in the workspace and ask it to take off the ceilings. See [Run an AI takeoff](https://automatedconstruction.io/tidy/docs/guides/run-an-ai-takeoff).

## 6. Price it

Click **Budget** in the workspace, add an assembly from your cost library and link it to a takeoff subject. Set your margins. See [Build a budget](https://automatedconstruction.io/tidy/docs/guides/build-a-budget).

## 7. Send the proposal

Click **Send to proposal** on the budget. Check the lines, terms and the client contact, then click **Send** and **Submit Bid**. The bid moves to **Submitted**.

## 8. Follow up

Tidy drafts follow-ups on a schedule. Approve them from **Pending Follow-Ups** on your Hub. When the client answers, set the **Award** to Won or Lost.

## Next steps

- [Get the most out of the Tidy agent](https://automatedconstruction.io/tidy/docs/guides/work-with-the-tidy-agent)
- [Connect your own agent](https://automatedconstruction.io/tidy/docs/guides/connect-your-own-agent)
- [Key concepts](https://automatedconstruction.io/tidy/docs/get-started/key-concepts)