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Quickstart

Self-hosted aeqi, running locally in under 5 minutes. For the hosted platform, start with Getting started. MCP is a developer integration path after your TRUST exists.

1. Install

Install script (Linux, macOS, WSL):

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aeqiai/aeqi/main/scripts/install.sh | sh

Or build from source (requires Rust stable):

git clone https://github.com/aeqiai/aeqi.git
cd aeqi
cargo build --release
# binary at target/release/aeqi

See Installation for Cargo, Docker, and manual source builds.

2. Configure

aeqi setup

The wizard detects your environment: inside a git repo it configures the current workspace, otherwise it writes to ~/.aeqi/. SQLite databases are created on first run.

Set an LLM provider key:

aeqi secrets set OPENROUTER_API_KEY sk-or-...

OpenRouter, Anthropic, and Ollama are supported.

3. Start

aeqi start

Runs the daemon, REST API, and dashboard in one process. Default port is 8400.

4. Open the Dashboard

http://127.0.0.1:8400

Sign in and hire your first agent.

Next Steps