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Get a working agent project on your machine and talk to it in the browser. Nothing runs in the cloud yet. You need the CLI installed and signed in; see Installation & Setup.
1

Create a project

zeroruntime quickstart downloads a ready-made example into a new folder and runs it locally:
Pick an example from the list, or skip the picker by naming one:
This creates a ./<example-id>/ folder:
Already have an agent project? Skip this step. It needs an entrypoint named main.py, agent.py, or app.py.
2

Add your provider keys

Move into the project folder and fill in .env with the keys for the STT, LLM, and TTS providers your agent uses:
.env
Never commit .env or bake keys into a Docker image. Deployed agents receive them as secrets.
3

Talk to it locally

Run the agent and open the playground in your browser:
Expected output
The first run creates a virtual environment and installs requirements.txt. To talk in your terminal instead, use zeroruntime run . --console.

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Next: deploy it

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Deploy with one command. We run it for you.

Self-Hosting

Run the worker on your own infrastructure.