Dashboard tour
This page is a map, not a manual: how the Bird dashboard is put together, so you know where everything lives before you start clicking. If you've just created your account, start here.
The shape is simple. You're always in a workspace, named in the breadcrumb at the top left. The app switcher next to it moves you between the workspace's apps: one per channel, plus the developer, billing, and settings pages. A few controls — search, help, your profile — sit in the top bar wherever you are. That's the whole model; the rest of this page walks each part.
Where you'll spend your first session
Three stops cover the setup work for a new account:
- Your channel's setup step. Every channel starts by proving who you are on it — registering the identity you'll send from. Each channel's overview walks its own setup: Email.
- Developers → API keys — create a key for whoever is connecting your product or tools to Bird. Each key belongs to the workspace it was created in.
- Settings → Team — get the right people in, each with a role that matches what they should be able to do. See Invite your team.
Everything else can wait until you're actually sending.
The app switcher
The menu next to your workspace name is how you move around. It lists Home, one app per channel — Email, SMS, WhatsApp, Voice, Push, Verify, Lookup, and Realtime — and then the workspace-level pages: Developers, Billing and payments, and Settings.
Channel apps
Every channel opens as its own app, and they all share one anatomy: a sub-navigation of pages scoped to that channel — its activity log, its metrics, and its configuration. Learn one and the rest will feel familiar.
Each channel's overview documents its app page by page: Email.
Developers, billing, and settings
Three stops in the app switcher sit outside the channel apps and apply to the whole workspace:
- Developers — API keys (create and revoke the keys that let software use this workspace — see API keys), Webhooks (endpoints where Bird notifies your systems about events as they happen — see Webhooks), and Logs.
- Billing and payments — your plan and payment details, split across tabs: Wallet, Subscriptions (current plan and upgrades), Usage, Payment Methods, Invoices, Transaction History, and Billing Address.
- Settings — three tabs: Workspace (general details — name, ID, created date), Notifications, and Team (who has access and with what role, plus an Invite members button).
Search and help
Two controls live in the top right on every page:
- Search (⌘K) opens the command palette: type to jump to any page or product in the workspace, or use the two-key go-to shortcuts it shows next to each destination.
- Need help? (H) opens Bird's support chat, where you can ask a question, contact support, share feedback, and pick up past conversations.
Your profile
The avatar in the top-right corner is you, not the workspace. Its menu re-opens the Get started checklist, switches Appearance (light, dark, or system), and logs you out. Account settings opens your personal profile: account details, Security (password and multi-factor authentication), Sessions (everywhere you're signed in), and Connected apps (OAuth grants you've approved, like the MCP server). These follow your user account across every workspace you belong to.
Next steps
- Set up your channel end to end: Email overview
- Get the right people in: Invite your team