Your First Dispatch

After installing the Companion, your machine is registered as a worker and Bob is ready. Time to dispatch.

From the Saddle (VSCode)

Open the Saddle panel in VSCode. Type a prompt in the input box and press Enter.

The Director routes your job to the best available worker. Output streams back inline — you’ll see the response appear below your prompt.

From the Dashboard

Go to app.modelreins.com and log in. Use the dispatch panel on the main page to send a prompt. The job appears in the job list, and the assigned worker picks it up.

From the Wall

The Wall shows your dispatch in real time — the job appears on the jobs page, the worker card shows “working,” and the output streams into the active job view.

What happened

1. You typed a prompt
2. The Director scored available workers by capability, load, and subscription capacity
3. The best worker got the job
4. The worker ran it through its AI model (local Ollama, Claude, or whatever it’s configured for)
5. Output streamed back to you
6. Bob recorded the routing decision for future reference

Next steps

• Providers — add cloud providers for more powerful models
• The Companion — learn about the Wall and system tray
• Bob — understand how your local brain works
• Routing — how the Director picks workers