Filepad is a file-first workspace for AI-assisted work: real files for instructions, skills, memory, sources, artifacts, and reviewed automations. Everything important stays visible, editable, versioned, and reviewable.
External agents connect via Agent Access API v1 using scoped HMAC keys. FilepadAI is the native in-app assistant and uses normal Filepad session auth, /runs, tools, context preview, and approvals.
Start here
- Understand the workspace: Core concepts
- Set up your first workspace: Quickstart
- Connect an external agent: Agent Access overview
Guides
Practical walkthroughs for common flows:
- Setting up your workspace — Populate the 8 folders and get your workspace ready.
- Connecting an agent — Create an Agent Access key, scope it, and run your first agent job.
- Reviewing diffs and approvals — The proposal model and how to work with it.
- Writing effective skills — Skills are the reusable prompt layer. Get them right.
API
- Agent Access API v1 — Full endpoint reference for external agents.
- API overview — Agent Access, FilepadAI run APIs, and internal APIs.
The environment folders
| Folder | Purpose |
|---|---|
.filepad/ | Workspace manifest and managed Filepad metadata |
agents/ | Optional external-agent operating notes and access instructions |
skills/ | Reusable capabilities stored as Markdown |
memory/ | Persistent facts and context, always readable |
sources/ | Grounding material agents cite and reason from |
uploads/ | Raw inputs — PDFs, docs, spreadsheets |
artifacts/ | Outputs from users, FilepadAI, or external agents, with provenance |
automations/ | Reviewed automation definitions |