> For AI agents: the complete Sanity documentation index is available at [https://www.sanity.io/docs/llms.txt](https://www.sanity.io/docs/llms.txt). # Meet the Dashboard The central hub for all your content operations. ## Dashboard at a glance The Sanity Dashboard is the central hub for your organization's content operations. Here you'll find your deployed [studios](https://www.sanity.io/docs/studio), [custom apps](https://www.sanity.io/docs/app-sdk), and official Sanity apps like [Canvas](https://www.sanity.io/docs/canvas) and [Media Library](https://www.sanity.io/docs/media-library). ![A Sanity.io dashboard displaying an AI content agent prompt for creating an FAQ page, recent studios, and an activity log.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/3do82whm/next/adc7e803466a5632c74be52f81268b55599cb802-2524x1790.png) Your dashboard is centered around your organization, and gives access to deployed studios and apps within the organization, across projects and datasets. #### Build for Dashboard [Get started](https://www.sanity.io/docs/dashboard-beta/get-started) Create a Dashboard-ready Studio or SDK app. [Migrate an existing application](https://www.sanity.io/docs/dashboard-beta/migrate-an-app-sdk-app) Move an existing SDK app into Dashboard 2.0. [Extend the Dashboard](https://www.sanity.io/docs/dashboard-beta/extension-api) Add dock items, panels, tiles, and background services. [Interact with the Dashboard](https://www.sanity.io/docs/dashboard-beta/interact-with-the-dashboard) Navigate, read Dashboard state, and open panels from your app. > [!NOTE] > What about the dashboard plugin? > If the name sounds familiar, that’s because the Sanity ecosystem already has a dashboard: the official [dashboard plugin](https://www.sanity.io/docs/studio/dashboard) for Sanity Studio. That plugin remains available for in-studio dashboards. ## Open the Dashboard Each organization has its own Dashboard at `https://.sanity.run`. Your organization ID is in the address of your current Dashboard, `https://www.sanity.io/@`. If you build apps, it's also the `organizationId` in your app's `sanity.cli.ts`. Sign in with your Sanity account. If you aren't a member of the organization, the Dashboard offers to request access. ## Tour the dashboard interface Your dashboard has three parts: a main area that adapts to the app you're working in, the side navigation, and expanding panels. ![The dashboard home screen with four numbered regions: 1, the main content area; 2, the dashboard navigation and expanding panels; 3, the application navigation; 4, account settings and help.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/3do82whm/next/f1dc7a6458982b0c80cf2f75b466d402091e24a7-2524x1790.png) ### 1. Main content area The main content area adapts to whatever app you're working in, such as a studio. ![Sanity Studio interface displaying a list of articles, with "Query Cheat Sheet - GROQ" selected for editing.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/3do82whm/next/e2c9baef842b76c4a9b06402d2aa6dcb8cb79efc-2480x1746.png) If there is no active app, this area defaults to show you links to your most likely destinations, favorites, and insights about your content. ### 2. Dashboard navigation and expanding panels The top section in the left sidebar is where you'll switch between your organizations and toggle panels like notifications, favorites, or the Content Agent. ![The dashboard with the top of the left sidebar highlighted, showing the organization switcher, home, notifications, favorites, and Content Agent.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/3do82whm/next/e14f6d724711f3140f3eb1fc22396435c61b5d1d-2384x1650.png) #### Organization switcher Click your organization name to bring up a list of the organizations available to you. You can also access your organization’s *Manage* page from here. #### Home Returns the dashboard to the Home screen. #### Notifications Opens the notifications panel to display notifications, like comments or tasks, across your studios and Sanity apps. #### Favorites Opens the favorites panel to display any documents you’ve favorited across studios and Sanity apps. You can add a document to your favorites any time you see a star icon. ![A document header with the star icon selected to add the document to favorites.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/3do82whm/next/c6781efc92c0679866583a145c932fe31daace98-1096x812.png) #### Content Agent If your organization has [Content Agent enabled](https://www.sanity.io/docs/content-agent/introduction), you can open it from here at any time. Content Agent lets you ask questions about your data, make changes, and more. You can also use Content Agent from Slack. When you share a Dashboard URL in a Slack workspace with the Sanity app installed, Slack displays a rich preview card showing the document title, type, and status. See [Content Agent for Slack](https://www.sanity.io/docs/content-agent/content-agent-for-slack) for details. ### 3. Application navigation ![The dashboard with the application navigation highlighted in the left sidebar, listing Sanity apps, studios, and custom apps.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/3do82whm/next/f01febd08277b4c9417ce2e987c64ac8e941d9af-2384x1650.png) The application navigation section lets you navigate between Sanity applications, your studios, and your custom apps. #### Canvas and Media Library The official Sanity apps available to your organization, such as [Canvas](https://www.sanity.io/docs/canvas) and [Media Library](https://www.sanity.io/docs/media-library), appear here. Selecting them will open them in the main section of the dashboard. #### Studios and custom apps Below the official Sanity apps, you'll find any [custom apps](https://www.sanity.io/docs/app-sdk) and [studios](https://www.sanity.io/docs/studio) deployed by your organization. If you can't find an app or studio you expected to see here, it may not [be registered](https://www.sanity.io/docs/dashboard/dashboard-configure) yet. Studios deployed to Sanity hosting appear automatically, but a self-hosted studio has to be registered before it shows up. > [!NOTE] > Self-hosted studios need to be registered > A studio you host yourself does not appear in Dashboard until you register it. Deploying the schema and serving the manifest from your own domain are not enough on their own. Run `npx sanity@latest deploy --external --url https://studio.example.com` from the studio folder. Registration itself persists, but repeat the command on every deployment to keep the schema and manifest current. > The same gap affects other surfaces. An unregistered studio cannot be resolved from the Media Library "in use" dialog either, so reference rows there will not open. See [Set up and configure Dashboard](https://www.sanity.io/docs/dashboard/dashboard-configure) for the full setup. You can pin any studio or app from the **Studios & Apps** page by selecting the pin icon. Pinning is per person: it does not pin the studio or app for everyone in your organization. ### 4. Account settings and help ![The dashboard with the bottom of the left sidebar highlighted, showing account settings and the help and feedback link.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/3do82whm/next/6d7f0cd375299903b4e6e8db43a7af554fe3ff8a-2384x1650.png) In the bottom left sidebar section you’ll find your user account settings and useful links for getting help and leaving feedback. #### Help and feedback Select the question mark icon to open the help and feedback menu. It links to support, the documentation, and the Sanity community. ![The help and feedback menu, including a link to join the Sanity community.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/3do82whm/next/47fbef225e231fc20cde3af0780b7121559a427e-216x264.png) #### Account settings Select your profile image to open a menu with dashboard-wide theme options, and the option to sign out. > [!NOTE] > Light, dark, and system theme > If you set dark or light mode in Studio before using Dashboard, your studio can stay locked to that theme. Clear the studio’s local storage for its origin in your browser to reset it.