Step 1 · Welcome

Set up your Escattle system

A short walkthrough that wires up your local AI agents framework. Takes about three minutes; you can revisit any step before deploy.

System identity. Name your deployment and create the first admin account.

API access. Provide your Anthropic API key — it stays on this machine.

First agent. Pick a model and describe what the agent will do.

Optional integrations. Add chat, mail, calendar, or storage if you want — all skippable.

Step 2 · System Identity

Name your system

A short, lowercase identifier used in service names, paths, and the dashboard header. You can change the display name later.

System name *

Required.

Lowercase letters, digits, and dashes. This becomes ~/.escattle/ on the host.

Step 3 · Admin Account

Create the admin account

This account signs in to the dashboard and approves new agents. You can add more accounts after setup.

Email *

Enter a valid email address.

Password *

Minimum 12 characters.

Step 4 · Anthropic Access

Connect to Anthropic

Pick how this system authenticates. Whatever you choose stays on this machine and never leaves your infrastructure.

API key — pay per token

Best for low-to-moderate usage and per-call cost visibility. Ideal when you only run agents occasionally.

Max / Pro / Team subscription — flat rate

Best for continuous use under a usage cap. Sign in once with your Anthropic account.

Anthropic API key *

Required.

Pay per token. Get your key at console.anthropic.com.

Use one method only — don't set both.

Step 5 · Access

How will you reach the dashboard?

Choose where Escattle accepts connections. You can change this later by editing your tenant config.

Localhost only

Bind to 127.0.0.1. Use an SSH tunnel or VPN to reach it from elsewhere. Recommended default.

Custom domain

Serve over a domain you own. We'll print Caddyfile snippets you can drop into your reverse proxy.

Step 6 · First Agent

Create your first agent

Each agent is a long-lived Claude Code subprocess with its own role and memory. Start with one; add more from the dashboard.

Agent name *

Required.

Purpose *

Required.

Model

You can override per-agent later in tenant.yaml.

Step 7 · Optional Integrations

Wire in optional integrations

All off by default. Anything you skip stays available — turn it on later from the dashboard.

Slack

Receive messages, post replies and reports.

SMTP

Outbound email for digests and alerts.

Calendar

Read schedules, create and update events.

File Storage

Read and write files in S3, GCS, or local.

CRM

Lookup contacts, log activity, update fields.

Step 8 · Review

Review and deploy

Everything below will be written to your tenant configuration and used to bootstrap the system.

Step 9 · Done

✓

System running

Your Escattle system is live. The dashboard is reachable at the URL below; the CLI commands let you operate it from a terminal.

https://localhost:8080

# Check system status
$ escattle status
 
# Tail an agent's transcript
$ escattle tail primary
 
# Dispatch a task from the shell
$ escattle dispatch primary "Summarize this week's tasks"