Your experience level
Three questions at first sign-in decide how your home page is laid out and how the assistant talks to you - and nothing else.
The first time you sign in, the console asks three short questions: how much you code, for how long, and how comfortable you are with networking. The answers place you in one of three levels. You can skip the questions, and you can change the level at any time.
The three levels
| Level | Who it is for |
|---|---|
| Builder | You do not write code. You describe what you want and the assistant builds and publishes it. |
| Developer | You write code and deploy applications, databases and services. |
| Expert | You run infrastructure too: networks, clusters, Kubernetes. |
How the answers decide: someone who does not code is a Builder, whatever else they answer. A developer who configures networks themselves is an Expert. Everyone else is a Developer - and so is anyone who skips the questions.
What the level changes
Two things.
Your home page. A Builder's home is a single box - What do you want to build? - with a few examples, their projects, and ready-made solutions. A Developer sees quick links to the deploy and data tools. An Expert sees every tool, infrastructure included.
How the assistant helps you. The AI Studio assistant and the DevOps Agent are told who they are talking to:
- With a Builder they use plain words, make the technical choices themselves, and ask only about what you want the result to do or look like. They never ask you to run a command.
- With a Developer they are concise and use normal technical vocabulary, and explain infrastructure choices in a sentence when one comes up.
- With an Expert they skip the basics, name the trade-offs, give exact commands and configuration, and leave real architectural choices to you.
A change of level applies from your next message.
What it does not change
The menu is the same for everyone. Every section of the console - Integrations and Kubernetes included - is in the sidebar whatever your level. The level never hides a page.
It is not a permission. What you are allowed to do is decided by your role and your permission groups, described in Roles, permission groups and access. The level only decides what is put in front of you first.
Changing it
Open your Profile and find Experience level. Pick another level; the home page updates right away. The level belongs to you, not to the organization: each member has their own.