What happens during first-run setup?

Charyl walks you through it herself, one step at a time, with a running estimate of how much is left rather than a raw step count.

First you give your email address and set the password that protects your home, then you name it. Then you tell her what she should help with — your smart home, your belongings, or both — and she signs you in to Charyl Cloud and connects your home automatically, with no key for you to copy.

If you enabled the smart home, she looks for a Home Assistant on your network before asking anything. If she finds none, a bundled copy she’s already running gets adopted quietly; if she finds yours, she walks you through connecting it.

From there: pair a phone now, or skip it, a short tour of what’s enabled, and a first suggestion — adding your first appliance or device. Every step accepts a typed answer instead, if you’d rather just tell her what you want.

One honest limitation: the wizard doesn’t let you step backward once you’ve moved on. Anything you want to change afterward, you can adjust in Settings.

The full step order is in The first-run wizard, step by step.