Documentation

Using Avcel.

How to sign in, upload sources, run the pipeline and review what it produces. Written for the people using the workspace, not for the teams deploying it.

Getting started

What Avcel is, in one line

Avcel helps teams turn business intent into governed delivery artifacts, briefs, requirements, blueprints and evaluation evidence, inside your organization workspace.

Sign in

  1. Open the Avcel login page.
  2. Enter your work email and password.
  3. You land on your organizations and projects. If your session expired, sign in again and you return to the page you were using where possible.

Open a project

  1. Choose an organization.
  2. Open a project from the portfolio list or the left navigation.
  3. Project chat sits in the center, outputs on the left, and a right pane holds documents and the Context Graph when you open it.

Your first useful path

  1. Upload at least one source document.
  2. Click Start, or send /start in chat.
  3. Watch the progress strip as stages complete.
  4. When a stage is ready, review the documents, then continue if prompted.

Uploads and Start

Upload documents

Use the paperclip or attach control in project chat, or drag files into the chat area.

  • Uploaded files are listed as inputs for the next pipeline run.
  • You can upload more than one document. When several are available, Start may ask which ones to use.
  • Uploading does not start the pipeline by itself. It only queues inputs.

Start the pipeline

Use any of these.

  • The Start chip in chat.
  • The play control next to Business Brief when that stage is empty.
  • The /start command in chat.

If Start seems blocked

  • Wait for an active run to finish, or for a continue or stop prompt to clear.
  • Confirm at least one document is uploaded.
  • Press Start once. Duplicate clicks are ignored while a run is in flight.

Pipeline stages

Avcel runs a staged delivery flow. Exact timing and available artifacts vary by project. This is the shape every user sees.

Business Brief

Captures intent in business language: what you need and why it matters. Appears first after Start when the brief is empty.

Requirement

Turns constraints and goals into structured, reviewable requirements that later stages can rely on.

Delivery Blueprint

Expands the plan into delivery-oriented specifications and supporting design material. Application runtime affordances appear when blueprint work is ready.

Eval

Closes the loop with evaluation outputs, so reviewers see evidence before treating work as complete.

Canvas and Context Graph

Visual relationships and diagrams drawn from project outputs. Open Context Graph in the right pane when you want the map. It is not required to start a run.

Workspace basics

Project chat

The center pane is the working conversation for the project: uploads, Start and commands, and system status notes as the run progresses. Helpful chips appear when relevant, including Upload documents, Start, /help and /status.

Documents, the right pane

Primary deliverables open in the Documents tab so you can read them beside chat.

  • Click a file in the left outputs tree to open it.
  • When a new Business Brief becomes available, Avcel opens it in Documents automatically, unless you are focused on chat.

Context Graph

Available from the right pane tabs and from Canvas-related controls.

  • It shows key diagrams linked from project outputs.
  • Open it when you need the visual map. Documents stays the default reading surface.

Left outputs tree

Stages and files appear here as they become available, and counts update as artifacts are produced. Use the play controls only when a stage invites generate, regenerate or Start.

Review and continue

Why a stage pauses

Between major stages Avcel asks you to confirm before moving on. That keeps review in the loop: read what was produced, then continue or stop.

Continue

When the prompt appears:

  • Skim the documents for the completed stage.
  • Choose Continue to advance to the next stage.
  • The progress strip updates to show the next stage in progress.

Stop here

Choose Stop here to end the run after the current stage. You can start again later with updated uploads.

Regenerating a stage

Once a stage has output, the play control offers regenerate instead of Start. Use it when you intend to redo that stage, not for the first empty Business Brief run.

Product highlights

Short capability notes for operators and stakeholders. No deployment, security internals or vendor implementation detail.

Governed delivery flow

Work moves through clear stages, brief to requirements to blueprint to evaluation, so intent, design and evidence stay connected.

Document-first workspace

Artifacts are first class: upload sources, generate deliverables, and read them in the Documents pane without leaving the project.

Human checkpoints

Stage continue prompts keep people in control between major phases. You decide when the next stage starts.

Context Graph at a glance

When diagrams exist in project outputs, Context Graph surfaces a small set of key views so architecture relationships are easier to navigate.

Sealed execution posture

Avcel is designed for environments where code, data and models stay inside your perimeter. Agents and generation run under organizational controls.

Fixed-scope mindset

Runs are staged and reviewable. Prefer clear inputs and deliberate Start and Continue actions over open-ended generation sessions.

What these pages leave out

These belong in private architecture and operations material, not in this help set.

Infrastructure topology, secrets and deployment runbooks

Internal APIs, worker schedules and model routing

Compliance evidence packs and examiner-facing detail