---
title: "Get started with OpenWork Cloud"
description: "Connect the desktop app to your OpenWork Cloud org and unlock shared workspaces, marketplaces, and shared providers"
---

OpenWork Cloud requires an active subscription at [app.openworklabs.com](https://app.openworklabs.com/).
It is intended for teams what want to share `SKILLs.md`, `MCPs` and `configs`. 


First, you should connect your desktop app with Openwork Cloud.

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  ![OpenWork Cloud org settings with organization identity, allowed email domains, and desktop restrictions](/images/cloud-org-settings.png)
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1. Open [app.openworklabs.com](https://app.openworklabs.com/) in your browser.
2. Click `Create organization`.
3. Enter your org name.
4. Finish checkout if OpenWork Cloud asks for billing.
5. Return to the desktop app and refresh `Active org`.

Once you're there, you can configure the settings for the organization.

## Configure org settings

Note: You need to be logged in as an `org_owner` in order to make modifications.

1. Open the `dashboard/org_settings` [page](https://app.openworklabs.com/dashboard/org-settings) in the cloud app.
2. Set the name for your organization
3. Optional: enable `Restrict allowed email domains` and add the approved domains.
4. Optional: change any `Desktop restrictions` that should apply after people sign in from the desktop app.

These settings apply across the org. You can also create teams, share workspaces, publish marketplace plugins, and import shared providers.

Next, you want to make sure you can sign in the desktop app.

## Sign in from the desktop app

1. Open `Settings -> Cloud`.
2. Click `Sign in`.
3. Finish sign-in in your browser.
4. If the browser does not return to OpenWork automatically, click `Paste sign-in code`, paste the `openwork://den-auth?...` link or one-time code from OpenWork Cloud, then click `Finish sign-in`.

## Cloud URL used by the desktop app

The desktop app uses a single Cloud URL: the Den web `baseUrl`. The hosted
default is `https://app.openworklabs.com`.

All Cloud API and MCP traffic is derived from that one URL through the web app
proxy:

- Cloud API requests go to `<baseUrl>/api/den/v1/...`.
- OpenWork Cloud MCP requests go to `<baseUrl>/api/den/mcp/...`.

The desktop app does not store or read a separate API URL. On startup it reads
the Cloud URL from `desktop-bootstrap.json`; if that file is missing, it falls
back to `https://app.openworklabs.com`. When you change the Cloud URL in
`Settings -> Cloud`, OpenWork writes the new `baseUrl` back to the bootstrap
file so the next launch uses the same source of truth.

## Choose your organization

After sign-in, pick your org in `Settings -> Cloud -> Active org`.

## What to do next

- Send members to [Connect your services](/start-here/connect-your-stack/connect-services) to sign in to team-approved accounts from the desktop app.
- Use [MCP Connections](/cloud/share-with-your-team/shared-mcp-connections) to publish a managed service and grant member or team access.
- Use marketplace plugins to publish grouped skills and MCPs for teams, or save a single skill directly from the desktop app and install it from `Skills -> Cloud`.
- Use [Shared workspaces](/cloud/run-in-the-cloud/shared-workspace) to deploy hosted OpenWork runtimes that teammates can open from the desktop app.
- Use [LLM providers](/cloud/share-with-your-team/managed-llm-provider) or [custom LLM providers](/cloud/share-with-your-team/custom-llm-provider) to manage shared model access.
- Use [Members and RBAC](/cloud/members-and-rbac) to invite people, create teams, and control access.
