Getting Started

Get up and running with Devin in your federal environment: sign in, set up your team, and start your first session.

This documentation is for the federal deployments of Devin. Back to Devin Docs

The federal platform uses a dedicated portal, hosted in an accredited environment via Palantir FedStart. The portal enables access to layered team settings, usage analytics, and user management. This is also where you can install Devin products for different distributions. Your account team will work with you to set up authentication and access.

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Quickstart

Once you have access to the portal, you can start using Devin. A breakdown of where you can use the different offerings is available here. Please reach out to your account team if you have any questions or would like a live walkthrough.

If your organization runs the air-gapped Devin Desktop and CLI against self-hosted models, start with the air-gapped administrator guide. It covers installation, the license file, the models file, SSO, network and certificates, on-disk formats, error codes, troubleshooting, and updates.

Feature availability

Due to additional compliance requirements, not all features in commercial Devin Desktop are available in federal Devin Desktop, and some are available with restrictions. The table below summarizes the differences.

Feature	Description
Devin Cloud integrations	Cloud agent features, including review, cloud/local toggle, intro cards, and the agent window, are not available.
Custom ACP agents	Available as of release 1.90. The public ACP registry is not used; an administrator configures the team’s ACP Agent Registry under Settings → Devin Settings in the portal, and only the agents in that registry (plus the bundled Devin agents) appear in the agent selector.
MCP servers	The public MCP Marketplace is disabled; custom MCP servers can be configured manually, and admins can manage allowlists, blocklists, and private registries.
Managed terminal	Terminal selection is “inherit” by default.
Voice input in Cascade	The microphone button in the Cascade input footer is not available.
Web app deployments	The “Deploy” action in the Cascade header menu is not available.
Install Devin CLI	The “Install Devin CLI” action in the command palette is not available.
Lifeguard	The Lifeguard safety/guardrail feature is not shown in the settings page or Cascade editor input.
In-app announcements	Announcement banners inside the IDE are not available.
Smart Friend	Models do not call a smarter model for assistance.
Credit cost display	The credit cost is not shown in the Cascade response toolbar after each turn.
Web search	Automatic and allowlisted web requests are disabled; web searches are allowed on a per-approval basis.
DeepWiki and Codemaps	DeepWiki and Codemaps are available and can be controlled under Settings → Devin Settings in the Enterprise portal; both are reengineered for Zero Data Retention (ZDR) compliance.