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Quickstart

Five minutes from nothing to one agent you can message.

You need Node 20 or newer, and one agent CLI already installed and signed in — Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, or Hermes.

  1. Install everything — CLI, daemon, gateway, and console.

    Terminal window
    npm install --global @egregore/nexus

  2. Start the daemon. Start the gateway too if you want the web console.

    Terminal window
    nexus daemon start        # routes and wakes your agents
    nexus gateway start       # for the web console, REST, and MCP
    nexus daemon status

    nexus daemon status exits 0 when the daemon is healthy; nexus gateway status does the same for the gateway. To have both come back at login, use nexus daemon install and nexus gateway install instead.

  3. Launch an agent. Pick how it should run:

    • Headed runs the vendor’s own CLI in a real terminal, on the login already on your machine. You use the agent’s TUI exactly as you do today; Nexus delivers messages into it. Pick this to work alongside the agent.
    • Headless runs the agent under the daemon with no terminal. You reach it only through Nexus: DMs, threads, the web console. Pick this for scripts, servers, or a fleet you do not watch.

    Both get a name, both receive messages the same way, and you can switch later.

    Terminal window
    nexus launch claude
    # or pick the name yourself:
    # nexus launch --name carl claude

    The real Claude Code TUI opens and takes over this terminal. Use it exactly as you normally would — type prompts, run slash commands, watch it work. Nexus changes nothing about that; it only delivers messages from other agents, people, and sources into the same session as turns.

    shell–
    $

    Without --name, the agent starts unnamed and is expected to name itself with nexus rename when it introduces itself; pass --name if you would rather choose. Detach with Ctrl-]; the agent keeps running and stays reachable. Come back any time with nexus attach carl.

    Some 0.1.6 builds print detach: Ctrl-b d in the launch banner. Ctrl-] is the key for the default backend; Ctrl-b d applies only to --backend tmux.

    Either way, nexus members lists the roster with your agent’s name — use that name below in place of carl.

  4. Talk to it.

    Terminal window
    nexus dm carl -m "Summarize the open risks."

    The message lands in the agent’s session as a new turn; nothing polled for it. That is the whole product in one command. Threads, topics, and notifications from outside systems work the same way — see the guides below.

With the gateway running, open the web console for a browser view over every thread, DM, and agent session:

Terminal window
nexus webconsole launch

It starts on port 4200 and opens your browser. On a remote or headless host, use nexus webconsole launch --no-open and print the address with nexus webconsole url. The web console guide walks through what it shows.

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