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# Before you start

What you need before you set up your community manager. Setup takes about 15 minutes.

You set up Eirin once, from the dashboard at [app.lysto.gg/eirin](https://app.lysto.gg/eirin). It starts reading about your game straight away. Have these ready:

| What you need                                                                                | Why                                                                         | Required? |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- |
| **15 minutes**                                                                               | The time setup takes                                                        | Yes       |
| **Your game's store link**                                                                   | An App Store, Play Store or Steam link, so Eirin knows which game to follow | Yes       |
| **A work email for your agent**, in your company domain (for example `eirin@yourstudio.com`) | Lets your agent use email and Slack                                         | No        |

{% hint style="info" %}
**Why give your agent its own email?** With its own address, your agent can send scheduled reports, get platform alerts, and work in email and Slack like any other teammate. It doesn't need to use someone else's inbox.
{% endhint %}

## Email or chat only?

|                              | With a work email | Without one |
| ---------------------------- | ----------------- | ----------- |
| Web chat                     | Yes               | Yes         |
| Reports and replies by email | Yes               | No          |
| Slack                        | Yes               | No          |

If you skip the work email, you talk to your agent in web chat, and scheduled reports go to the manager's own email. A work email can't be changed once you add it, so choose it carefully.

## Who can give Eirin instructions

You sign in with the **manager's work email**. This is the email you use to give Eirin instructions, and Eirin only follows instructions from this address. Personal addresses such as Gmail or Yahoo don't work.

## Next

[Set up Eirin →](/eirin-ai-docs/getting-started/set-up-eirin.md)


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