User Guides

Practical walkthroughs for onboarding, branching, and daily Vela workflows.

Guide

Feb 4, 2026 • Vela Team • 12 min read

Getting Started with Vela + Codex: Build a Tiny Task Planner

Build a tiny task planner with Vela Postgres and Codex. This prompt-first tutorial walks through scaffolding, migrations, CRUD APIs, UI, and safe schema changes using database branches.

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Guide

Feb 3, 2026 • Vela Team • 5 min read

Getting Started with Vela: From Account Creation to Your First Branch

Follow the Vela walkthrough to create an account, set up an organization and project, configure limits, and launch your first Postgres branch.

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