Get Into Backlog Job-based collection
Get into Backlog
Move from the public site into the right signed-in browser, API, or CLI path before you go deeper into the product.
Backlog Docs
Start with the job you need to get done, then open the exact browser, API, or CLI guide when you need the concrete route, request, or command.
Updated April 3, 2026. The same manual is also available as JSON, plain text, and a sitemap.
Start with Your Job
These paths reorganize the current manual around the most common entry points without changing the underlying subject matter.
Daily Work Job-based collection
Handle tasks and planning
Use these guides when the next job is finding work, creating tasks, updating task details, or reading project plans.
Workspace Admin Job-based collection
Run workspace setup and access
Go straight to the settings, people, team, token, and shared automation pages that change how a workspace is configured and operated.
Developer Work Job-based collection
Authenticate and build automation
Choose the API or CLI path for auth, task creation, personal tokens, automation secret exchange, and visible agent work.
Browse by Role
These paths keep the same subject matter but regroup it around the people most likely to need it first.
Product Work Quickstart path
Work inside Backlog
Get into the workspace, find what needs attention, and move through day-to-day work in the browser.
Workspace Setup Quickstart path
Run workspace setup and access
Go straight to workspace settings, members, teams, personal tokens, and shared automation installs from the right admin surfaces.
Integrations and Automation Quickstart path
Authenticate and build automation
Choose the right auth path, confirm context, create work over REST, and operate installs or agents through the API or CLI.
Browse by Surface
Use the surface manuals when you already know whether the next step belongs in the browser, REST API, or CLI.
Web 13 topics
Web
Get into the workspace, stay on top of work, and run day-to-day product workflows in the browser.
API 7 topics
API
Authenticate cleanly, confirm workspace context, and automate work safely over the Backlog REST API.
CLI 8 topics
CLI
Download the Backlog CLI, authenticate, inspect context, and run terminal-first workflows.
Popular Starting Guides
These are the pages readers are most likely to need early, before they branch into deeper task-specific docs.
Web Search and Shortcuts
Open the Command Palette
Open the command palette from the public site or workspace shell and use it as the fastest launcher.
Web Search and Shortcuts
Search the Workspace
Search the workspace command palette across records, saved views, and runnable commands from any page in the shell.
Web Search and Shortcuts
Command Actions and Access Reference
Review the full command inventory, who can run each action, and what side effect each action has.
Web Sign In and Sessions
Request a Sign-In Code
Start the OTP flow and send a sign-in code to the correct email address.
Web Workspace Context
Open the Workspace
Enter the authenticated workspace shell and move into the right surface after sign-in.
Web Task Workflows
Create a Task
Create a task with the right title, ownership, and optional planning context from the start.
API Task Workflows
Create a Task
Create a task with the right title, ownership, and optional planning context from the start.
API Automation and Agents
Exchange an Automation Secret
Exchange an automation secret for an access token.
Use the Same Docs in Tools
These machine-readable formats expose the same public manual in shapes that work better for scripts, agents, and external tools.
Machine-readable New format
Project LLM index
Use the root llms.txt file as the project-level agent entry point for Backlog, then branch into docs, product, pricing, or auth context.
Machine-readable New format
Docs LLM index
Browse the docs hierarchy in an agent-oriented index. Use the linked /README.md routes when you need the actual docs content in raw Markdown.
Machine-readable New format
LLM full corpus
Use one root-level plaintext file when you want to ingest the full public docs corpus in bulk.
Machine-readable Existing format
Sitemap
Use the sitemap when you need the current public URL inventory for this manual.