@inkeep/create-agents

Launch your first agent

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Before getting started, ensure you have the following installed on your system:

- Node.js version 22 or higher
- Docker
- pnpm version 10 or higher

You can verify by running:

``bash
node --version
pnpm --version
docker --version
`

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Run the quickstart script on a target folder:

`bash
npx @inkeep/create-agents my-agents
`

Navigate to the folder

`bash
cd my-agents
`

Open the folder using your coding editor. To open with Cursor, you can run cursor .

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Ensure Docker Desktop (or Docker daemon) is running before running the setup script.

`bash
pnpm setup-dev
`

Or if you are using a cloud database, you can skip the docker database startup by running:

`bash
pnpm setup-dev --skip-docker
`

Make sure your DATABASE_URL environment variable is configured for your cloud database.

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`bash
pnpm dev
`

The Visual Builder will auto-open at http://localhost:3000.

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Navigate to the Activities Planner agent at http://localhost:3000 and ask about fun activities at a location of your choice:

!Chat with your agent

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- Set up AI coding for Inkeep with skills and MCP.
- Learn about inkeep push / pull so you can go from SDK -> Visual Builder and Visual Builder -> SDK`.
- Follow our meeting prep agent tutorial to create an agent using the Visual Builder.
- Follow our fact finder agent tutorial to create an agent using the TypeScript SDK.