Getting Started
The shortest path to a usable install, onboarding, and first completed loop.
ClosedLoop.ai works best when the initial setup is treated as system configuration, not as a one-time demo.
There are three things to install before you can run a loop end-to-end:
- The Claude Code plugins — the agents, skills, and orchestration that power the closed loop.
- The desktop client — the localhost gateway that lets the web app drive local tools safely.
- A connected repository with at least one scoped artifact worth executing against.
Recommended path
Prerequisites
The exact versions of Node, pnpm, Python, Claude Code, and system tools you need before you install anything.
Install the plugins
One-line install for the six Claude Code plugins, plus interactive and development install paths.
Install the desktop client
Install, launch, and authenticate the desktop client and its localhost gateway.
Prepare your repo and targets
Make local execution predictable before you scale up docs or code generation.
From onboarding to first loop
Convert the desktop onboarding flow into a durable setup and your first successful loop.
Run your first loop
A concrete walkthrough from an artifact to a reviewable PR with judges attached.
What success looks like
By the end of this section you should have:
- the six ClosedLoop Claude Code plugins installed in
~/.claude/plugins/cache/closedloop-ai/ - the desktop client running, with its tray icon reporting
readyand a registered compute target - a sandbox directory configured, an API key stored, and a connected repository
- one scoped artifact, executed through a full loop, landing a reviewable change
Once that path works once, it works repeatably. Everything after is tuning.