ARK

Your First Login

Your ARK product is deployed and the database is set up. Now you'll log in for the first time. The first account you create automatically becomes the admin, which is what you want.

1. Open your live site

Go to your Vercel URL (e.g., https://my-crm.vercel.app).

You should see the ARK product's login screen. If you see an error about missing tables or a database connection failure, go back to Running the Database Schema — the schema hasn't been applied yet.

2. Create your account

Click Sign Up (or Create Account — the wording varies by product).

Fill in:

  • Email: the email you want to log in with. Use a real address — Supabase sends a confirmation email.
  • Password: at least 8 characters. Use your password manager to generate something strong; you can change it later.
  • Name (if asked): your full name.

Click Sign Up.

3. Confirm your email

Supabase sends a confirmation email to the address you used. The subject line is usually "Confirm your signup".

  1. Open the email.
  2. Click Confirm your email (or the link inside).
  3. The link takes you to your live site, signed in.

4. The first user becomes the admin

ARK products check the profiles table on login. If you are the first user in that table, your role is set to admin automatically. Every subsequent user defaults to a regular user role until an admin promotes them.

This is intentional: you, the buyer, should be the admin of your own deployment.

You'll know you're the admin if you see admin-only menu items — typically a Settings, Team, or Admin option in the sidebar that other users won't see.

5. What you'll see on first load

The first time you log in, the product is empty. There are no contacts, no boards, no messages, no documents — whatever the product manages, you start with zero of them.

Most ARK products show a setup wizard or empty-state guidance on first load:

  • Track asks you to create your first board.
  • Comms asks you to create your first channel.
  • Pulse asks you to set up your first standup schedule.
  • Ink asks you to create your first space.

Follow the prompts. You can change anything later.

6. Invite your team

From the admin menu (usually called Team or Members):

  1. Click Invite member.
  2. Enter the team member's email.
  3. Pick their role (most products have admin, member, sometimes guest).
  4. Click Send invite.

ARK products use Supabase's invite flow: the new user gets an email, clicks the link, picks a password, and lands inside your deployment.

What you should have now

  • A working ARK product at your live URL
  • Yourself signed in as an admin
  • The first piece of product setup done (a board, channel, space, etc.)

Next: Verify Your Deployment — or, if you're installing more than one ARK product, Multi-Product Setup.