Find your way around
Learn the console's top bar and account menu, the Instances page and the tabs of an instance.
The Metis Cloud console has three parts: a top bar on every page, the Instances page that lists your instances, and the page of each instance with its own tabs.
The top bar
On the left, the top bar shows where you are. Metis Cloud always takes you back to the Instances page. Inside an instance, the path reads Metis Cloud, Instances, then the name of the instance, such as acme.
On the right is your account menu: a button with your initials and your name. Click it to see your name and email, and these items:
| Item | What it opens |
|---|---|
| Instances | The list of your instances. |
| Billing | The subscriptions and invoices for every instance on your account. See Invoices. |
| Settings | Your Metis Cloud account: profile, password, two-factor authentication and deleting the account. See Account. |
| Sign out | Signs you out and returns you to the sign-in page. |
The Instances page
The Instances page says “Each instance is a private Metis Suite at its own address.” It lists your instances, newest first, with these columns:
- Instance: the name, with the address under it, such as
acme.metis-suite.app. - Status: where the instance is in its life, such as Running. See Statuses.
- Plan: the plan and billing period, such as “Personal, Monthly”.
- Created: the date you created it.
Click a row to open that instance. On a narrow screen, the Plan and Created columns are hidden.
To create another instance, click New instance at the top right. When you have no instances yet, the page shows No instances yet with a New instance button. See Create an instance.
Each instance belongs to the Metis Cloud account that created it. Only you can see it in the console.
The instance page
At the top of an instance’s page are its name, its status and its address. While the instance is running, Open instance at the top right opens it in a new tab.
The sidebar on the left lists the instance’s tabs:
| Tab | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Overview | The state of the instance and what to do next, its details and its included AI. See Overview. |
| The email your instance sends, such as sign-in links and invites. See Instance mail. | |
| Exports | Downloadable copies of the instance. See Export your data. |
| Billing | The subscription, the included AI, the values for your own AI provider, and the invoices. See Billing. |
| Settings | Deleting the instance. See Delete an instance. |
To make the sidebar smaller, click the sidebar button at the left of the top bar, or press Ctrl + B (⌘ + B on a Mac). The sidebar then shows only icons. Hover over an icon to see its name. Do the same again to show the full sidebar.
On a small screen, the sidebar is hidden. Click the sidebar button to open it.