Quick start

Up and running in 60 seconds.

Three steps. Cloud or local. The local path doesn't need an account.

1

Install Sidekick

Sideload the APK from the download page.
2

Pick a provider

Choose a cloud endpoint, or run Ollama on your phone.
3

Chat with a teammate

Tap Coder, Builder, or Researcher and start a session.

1 Step one

Install Sidekick.

Head to the download page and grab the latest APK. Sideloading is the install path for now.

terminal

$ adb install sidekick-v0.0.0.apk
			Success

9:41

Coder

teammate

On-device

Refactor this Kotlin function to use a sealed class for the result type.

sealed class Result {
data class Ok(...)
data class Err(e: Throwable)
}

read · MainActivity.kt

Done. Replaced the throw with a sealed Result and updated 3 call sites.

Ask Coder…

2 Step two

Pick a provider.

Open Settings → Provider in the app. Cloud uses any OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Local uses Ollama on your phone.

OpenAI

preset

gpt-4o, gpt-4o-mini, o1, o3-mini

URL: https://api.openai.com/v1
KEY: OPENAI_API_KEY

OpenRouter

preset

Any model, single key

URL: https://openrouter.ai/api/v1
KEY: OPENROUTER_API_KEY

Together

preset

Fast open-source models

URL: https://api.together.xyz/v1
KEY: TOGETHER_API_KEY

Groq

preset

Ultra-fast inference

URL: https://api.groq.com/openai/v1
KEY: GROQ_API_KEY

Don't see your provider? Add a Custom endpoint with any OpenAI-compatible URL.

9:41

Provider

teammate

Ollama

Active

qwen2.5-coder:7b

OpenAI

gpt-4o-mini

Groq

llama-3.1-8b

Ask Provider…

3 Step three

Chat with a teammate.

Open the chat list. Pick Coder, Builder, or Researcher. Each has its own tone and system prompt.

Try with Coder

"Refactor this Kotlin function to use a sealed class for the result type."

Try with Builder

"Scaffold a Compose screen with a top bar, FAB, and a LazyColumn."

Try with Researcher

"Summarize the Jetpack Compose 1.7 release notes into three bullets."