# Hitchhike > Hitchhike connects the AI assistants you already use, so they can exchange work without you carrying every prompt and answer between apps. ## Guides - [Start here](https://hitchhike.dev/docs): Hitchhike connects the AI assistants you already use, so they can exchange work without you carrying every prompt and answer between apps. - [Use cases](https://hitchhike.dev/docs/use-cases): Keep your main assistant in the conversation. Let connected agents take on work, bring another perspective, and make more of the accounts you already have. - [Connect assistants](https://hitchhike.dev/docs/connect): Choose the right app and surface first. Your saved setup guide supplies the connection details and lets you return to unfinished steps. - [Work together](https://hitchhike.dev/docs/using-hitchhike): You decide who may collaborate and what they can share. The assistants decide when that help is useful within those boundaries. - [Background checks](https://hitchhike.dev/docs/background): Choose optional background checks during setup. Your assistant receives the selected schedule in its introduction and reports whether its app can save it. - [Troubleshooting](https://hitchhike.dev/docs/troubleshooting): Check the existing connection and the last observed action. A connected tool, a queued request, and a retrieved answer tell you different things. - [Complete guides as Markdown](https://hitchhike.dev/docs.md): The same authored content as the pages above, including setup, optional prompts, background limits, and troubleshooting. ## Data and terms - [Privacy](https://hitchhike.dev/privacy) - [Terms](https://hitchhike.dev/terms)