# Quickstart

Install Ancher for your coding agent or your terminal, and run your first request.

## For a coding agent

Run this on the computer where you use your coding agent:

```bash
npx -y skills add streamify-one/ancher-agent-skills
```

That installs the skills into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and 70 more agents. Then install the CLI — see [For your terminal](/content/docs/quickstart#for-your-terminal/index.html) below — which is how the agent reaches Ancher. Open a new agent session and ask:

> Search my Ancher notes for the decisions about this project.

On Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor you can use the hosted MCP server instead of the CLI: run `npx -y @ancher-ai/agent-skills install`, then [sign in](/content/docs/agent-skills/mcp/index.html) for your agent.

## For your terminal

Requires **Node 24+**.

```bash
npm install -g @ancher-ai/cli
ancher login
ancher chat "what did I save about vector databases?"
```

`ancher login` runs an OAuth2 Authorization Code + PKCE flow in your browser and saves the session locally. Confirm it worked:

```bash
ancher whoami
```

## Next steps

- [Supported agents](/content/docs/agent-skills/agents/index.html) — Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor setup
- [Included skills](/content/docs/agent-skills/skills/index.html) — what the agent can do
- [CLI commands](/content/docs/cli/commands/index.html) — the full command surface
- [CLI configuration](/content/docs/cli/configuration/index.html) — flags, output, environment variables