Start Here · 01.03
Install Agentis and Boot the Local Runtime
Clone the repo, run pnpm install, and start the Agentis API on 127.0.0.1:3737 — then open the dashboard and mint your first API key.
Clone and install
git clone <your-fork> agentis && cd agentis
pnpm installThis installs every package in the monorepo — the API runtime, the web dashboard, and the shared packages they both depend on — with a single pnpm workspace install. No separate database server setup, no Docker Compose file to reconcile first.
Boot the runtime
pnpm dev # API on http://127.0.0.1:3737pnpm dev:full # API + web dashboard togetherOn first boot Agentis creates ./.agentis, initializes the SQLite schema, seeds an operator workspace, and generates the RS256 keypair it uses to sign JWTs — all automatically. There's nothing to run a migration tool for by hand.
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:
Authorization: Bearer $AGENTIS_API_KEYVerify the install
pnpm doctorUse this whenever something feels off after an install, an upgrade, or a machine move — it's the fastest way to confirm the data directory, detected model adapters, and database are all in a consistent state before you file a bug against your own setup.
Runtime up and key in hand, the next step is giving an agent a mind to think with: Bootstrap Your First Agent.
Continue
Agentis needs Node 20.10+ and pnpm to start — embedded SQLite, a bundled offline embedding model, and zero external services required.
Wire a durable Agentis identity to a model runtime with one CLI command, agentis bootstrap, then verify it's alive from the dashboard.