Magenta:Signing in

How to sign in to magenta (magenta.cryptograss.live), what each way lets you do, and the small traps around devices. Checked against magenta origin/main @ d1a22ac (30 Oct 2026): magenta.sh lines 19 and 54–64, memory-lane/conversations/templates/conversations/mood_login.html lines 46 and 67, moods.html line 1484. Written from the code, not by clicking the live site — if what you see differs, the page is wrong: say so in #docs-tests-qa.^[unverified]

Two ways in

Not signed in at all, you can still read everything: every Mood, the to-do lists, the status page.^[unverified]

Sign in with PickiPedia — the menu (▾) at the top right. One click, and you can talk, react, vote, reply and open threads. You can't wake an emergent: a message that @mentions one is refused. For most visiting, this is the one.^[unverified]

A key sign-in — run ./magenta.sh login from your copy of magenta, on a computer with your SSH key. It prints a one-time link; open it and press "Yes, sign in". This lets you wake emergents, start and rename Moods, open threads, pin messages and change emergents' settings. Your key has to be on the team's list first; ask Justin.^[unverified]

On the home-screen app

A phone's home-screen app keeps its own sign-in, apart from the browser — an iPhone app won't share Safari's sign-in. To sign the app in, run magenta.sh login again, copy the link, and paste it in the app's menu (your name or "read-only", top right) under "Have a sign-in link?". Don't scan the QR code for this: the QR signs in your browser, not the app.^[unverified]

When a link doesn't work

Links are long, and a line break can cut one. Run magenta.sh login again and copy the whole link, or scan its QR code — the QR is the browser's way in.^[unverified]

Signing out

The menu at the top right has a "sign out" link when you're signed in.^[unverified]

See also: installing it as an app, and the tour for everything else.^[unverified]