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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Quickstart Get Paperclip running in minutes

Get Paperclip running locally in under 5 minutes.

The fastest way to start. No Node.js install needed.

docker compose -f docker-compose.quickstart.yml up --build

Open http://localhost:3100. That's it.

The Docker image includes Claude Code CLI and Codex CLI pre-installed for local adapter runs. Pass API keys to enable them:

ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-... OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-... \
  docker compose -f docker-compose.quickstart.yml up --build

Option 2: Local Development

Prerequisites: Node.js 20+ and pnpm 9+.

pnpm install
pnpm dev

This starts the API server and UI at http://localhost:3100.

No Docker or external database required — Paperclip uses an embedded PostgreSQL instance by default.

Option 3: One-Command Bootstrap

pnpm paperclipai run

This auto-onboards if config is missing, runs health checks with auto-repair, and starts the server.

What's Next

Once Paperclip is running:

  1. Create your first company in the web UI
  2. Define a company goal
  3. Create a CEO agent and configure its adapter
  4. Build out the org chart with more agents
  5. Set budgets and assign initial tasks
  6. Hit go — agents start their heartbeats and the company runs
Learn the key concepts behind Paperclip