Quick Start

Get your first autonomous agent running in under 5 minutes.

1. Create an account

Sign up at app.claudepaw.com. You'll get a free tier with 100k tokens/month and access to core tools.

2. Create an organization

Organizations are the isolation boundary. Each org gets its own agents, skills, memory, API keys, and usage tracking.

3. Create an agent

Navigate to Agents in the dashboard. Click New Agent and configure:

  • Name — a human-readable identifier
  • System prompt — instructions for how the agent behaves
  • Model — Claude, GPT-4, etc. (routed via AI Gateway)
  • Tools — which tools the agent can use

4. Test in the Playground

The Playground streams the agent's thinking in real-time — you'll see tool calls, results, and the final response as it happens.

5. Generate an API key

Go to API Keys and generate a key. Use it to call the agent API from your application:

curl -X POST https://api.claudepaw.com/v1/agent/YOUR_AGENT_ID/chat \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"message": "Research competitor pricing in Oslo"}'

The response is an SSE stream. Parse event: text for content, event: tool_start / event: tool_result for tool activity, and event: done for final stats.

Next steps

  • Add skills to teach your agent new capabilities
  • Configure premium tools for shell and browser access
  • Set up memory for cross-conversation persistence