Creating Your First Project in Atarim

Every project starts from Add new on the Projects screen. It offers several ways to connect a site, but they're not interchangeable: only the WordPress plugin, or a connected Duda account for a Duda site, lets the AI make changes on the site directly. This walkthrough covers each way in and what happens right after.

Step-by-Step Guide

Every project starts in the same place. The options are grouped under Work, Organise and Collaborate, and which ones you see depends on your role.

Instructions:

1. On the Projects screen, select Add new, the first card in the grid. It is also in the ⋮ menu at the top right.
2. Atarim asks What do you want to add? Hover an option to see what it is for. Under Work you’ll also find Manage a custom site and Connect an AI client (connects Claude Code or Codex). Admins also see Manage a Duda site under Work, and Add a client and Create a folder under Organise.
3. For a website, choose Manage a WordPress site (Option 1), Drop a URL (Option 2) or Manage a custom site (Option 3). Designs have their own options, Upload designs or PDFs and Connect to Figma.

Admins with a Duda site can choose Manage a Duda site instead. It connects through your Duda account, so there is nothing to install on the site and the AI can work on it.

1. In Add new, choose Manage a Duda site.
2. If the workspace isn’t connected to Duda yet, select Connect Duda and approve the connection in the window that opens. The panel moves on by itself.
3. Enter the Duda site address.
4. Select Create project.
5. Pick which Duda site the project is.
6. Select Go to project.

Option 1: Install the WordPress Plugin (The Full AI Web Agency)

In Add new this is Manage a WordPress site, under Work. For a WordPress site, it is the only way in that lets the AI work on the site itself.

Instructions:

1. In Add new, choose Manage a WordPress site.
2. Enter your WordPress site URL. If your WordPress admin is not at /wp-admin, change the path in the box beside it.
3. Select Connect the plugin. Your WordPress admin opens in a pop-up window on the Atarim plugin’s page (allow pop-ups if your browser asks, and log in to WordPress if prompted). If the plugin is already installed, it opens the plugin’s settings instead.
4. Click Install Now, then Activate.
5. On Finish connecting to Atarim, check the site, workspace and account, then select Connect site.
6. The window closes and Atarim adds the site to your projects.

Once connected, this opens up the full Do It execution layer plus one-click Autologin into any site in your fleet, so team members don’t need to share WordPress credentials. Execution abilities span content, core, metadata, media, navigation, taxonomies, users, settings, and plugin management (install free WordPress.org plugins, activate, update, deactivate, delete), plus block-level and template-level control: block navigation, patterns, templates, theme files, themes, global styles, and Gutenberg blocks.

Install via Plugin Download (Manual Upload)

Install the Atarim plugin by downloading the latest plugin file and manually uploading it to your WordPress site. Learn More About The Plugin Settings.

Instructions:

• In Add new, choose Manage a WordPress site.
• Select Download the plugin. It opens the plugin’s WordPress.org page, where you can download the latest version.
• Log in to your WordPress Dashboard and go to Plugins → Add Plugin.
• Click Upload Plugin.
• Click Choose File and select the downloaded Atarim ZIP file.
• Click Install Now.
• Once installation is complete, click Activate Plugin.
• On Connect WordPress to Atarim, click Connect site. Atarim opens in a new tab.
• Under Which workspace should this site join?, select Choose next to the workspace.
• On Atarim is requesting access to your WordPress site, check Connects to the … workspace (select Change to pick another), then select Accept.
• You’re connected appears in WordPress. Your site then opens with Atarim ready, or select Close window.

What you get with the plugin

• Works on secure and login-protected pages, since it runs inside WordPress rather than fetching the page externally
• Collaboration works in the WordPress admin too, not just the front end
• Auto-login from the Atarim dashboard into wp-admin
• Guest Mode: clients can comment without a WordPress account

Option 2: Drop a URL

In Add new this is Drop a URL, under Collaborate: paste a URL and start pointing at things on the page, with nothing to install. You can point and comment on the live site, but the AI cannot make changes on it.

Instructions:

1. On the Projects screen, select Add new.
2. Choose Drop a URL.
3. Enter the address in Website URL. You can also assign the project to a client before you continue.
4. Select Start collaborating. The new project opens in the collaborate view.

This is the right starting point for non-WordPress sites, or a WordPress site where installing the plugin isn’t yet possible.

Option 3: Install a Script

For sites behind a login and web apps. Review and comment only, unless you also connect the site’s GitHub repository. In Add new this is Manage a custom site, under Work. For a project you already have, you can also get the script from the project’s menu.

Instructions:

1. In Add new, choose Manage a custom site.
2. Optional, to link a GitHub repository: if GitHub is not connected yet, select Connect GitHub under Connect the repo first and approve the connection on GitHub. You come back to this panel.
3. Under Add the script, enter your site’s address.
4. Optional: under Connect the repo, pick the Repository and Branch the site is built from. Code changes then arrive as pull requests your developer reviews.
5. Select Create project. The project is created and its script tag appears.
6. Copy the script tag.
7. Paste it into the <head> of every page where you want to collect feedback, not only the homepage.
8. Select Open site. The script activates the first time you open the site from Atarim, and the panel then reads Script active. Your site is ready for comments.
9. Select Go to project to open the project.

To add the script to a project you already have, such as one added with Drop a URL, use the project’s menu instead:

1. In grid view, open the project card’s ⋮ menu (or right-click the card) and select Connect the website.
2. Add Custom Script opens with the site’s address filled in, and the script is generated for you.
3. If no script appears, check the Website URL and select Generate Script.
4. Copy the generated script tag.
5. Paste the script into the <head> or footer of every page where you want to collect feedback. Add it to each relevant page, not only the homepage.
6. If Script Status shows Not Active, select Open site. The script activates the first time you open the site from Atarim, and the status changes to Script Active.

Best suited for internal tools, staging environments behind auth, or single-page apps a plain URL can’t reach. Without a connected repository, this is review-and-comment only, like Drop a URL. Learn More About The GitHub Integration.

What you get with the script

• Works on any platform where you can add a script to the page, not just WordPress
• Loads Atarim on the actual live page, not inside a proxy or iframe
• Works on login-protected pages, using the viewer’s own session, so they’ll need to be logged in to collaborate there

Option 4: Chrome Extension (For a Quick, No-Install Review)

The Chrome extension is no longer one of the Add new options, but it still lets you review and comment on any site straight from your browser, with no plugin or script needed.

Instructions:

1. Install the extension from the Chrome Web Store. There is also a link to it under Settings › Integrations.
2. Browse to the live site you want to review. No installation needed on the site owner’s side.
3. Use it for ad hoc reviews of sites you don’t manage directly, or a fast first look before a formal project exists.

FAQs

Conclusion

Creating a project is instant regardless of method, but the connection method you choose determines how much the AI can do directly. The WordPress plugin lets it do the most, URL collaboration is the flexible default for everything else, and the Chrome Extension is a fast, no-install option best reserved for one-off reviews. Whether it lives inside a Client folder or not determines whether the full client experience is active on it from day one.