Start Here · 01.03

Install Agentis and Boot the Local Runtime

Install the Agentis CLI globally, run agentis up, and open the local dashboard on 127.0.0.1:3737.

InstallCLIpnpm

Install the CLI

Install Agentis globally

npm install -g @agentis-labs/cli

This installs the agentis command. On Windows, open a new PowerShell after the global install so npm's global command shims are picked up on PATH.

Boot the runtime

Start Agentis

agentis up

On first boot Agentis creates its local data directory, initializes the SQLite schema, seeds an operator workspace, generates the RS256 keypair it uses to sign JWTs, and serves the dashboard at http://127.0.0.1:3737 — all automatically.

Mint an API key

Open the dashboard, go to Settings → create an API key, and export it. Every example in these docs — every curl, every SDK call — authenticates the same way:

Every authenticated request

Authorization: Bearer $AGENTIS_API_KEY

API keys are hashed at rest — Agentis never stores or returns the raw key after you've copied it once. Treat it like a password.

Verify the install

Show the command reference

agentis help

Use this to confirm the global command resolves correctly before booting or after opening a fresh terminal.

Runtime up and key in hand, the next step is giving an agent a mind to think with: Bootstrap Your First Agent.

Continue

Agentis Requirements: What You Need Before You Install

Agentis needs Node 20.10+ and pnpm to start — embedded SQLite plus a pinned, verified local embedding runtime.

RequirementsInstall

Bootstrap Your First Agent

Wire a durable Agentis identity to a model runtime with one CLI command, agentis bootstrap, then verify it's alive from the dashboard.

BootstrapCLIAdapters