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Interactive setup wizard that walks you through configuring your cloud provider, secrets, and agent team.

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Usage

clawup init [options]

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Options

OptionDescription
--deployDeploy immediately after init completes
-y, --yesSkip confirmation prompt (used with --deploy)

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Wizard Steps

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1. Stack Name

Choose a unique name for your deployment (e.g., dev, prod, staging). This becomes part of your Tailscale hostnames and resource tags.

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2. Cloud Provider

Select your cloud provider:
  • AWS — Amazon Web Services EC2 instances
  • Hetzner — Hetzner Cloud servers (EU/US)

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3. Region

Choose a deployment region. Options are provider-specific: AWS: us-east-1, us-east-2, us-west-2, eu-west-1, eu-central-1, ap-southeast-1, ap-northeast-1 Hetzner: fsn1 (Falkenstein), nbg1 (Nuremberg), hel1 (Helsinki), ash (Ashburn)

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4. Instance Type

Select server size. Affects performance and cost.

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5. Owner Configuration

  • Name — Your name (used in agent onboarding)
  • Timezone — e.g., America/New_York
  • Working hours — e.g., 9am-6pm

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6. Agent Selection

Pick from built-in identities, point to a Git repo or local directory, or mix both.

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7. API Keys & Secrets

Configure required credentials (Anthropic API key, provider keys, etc.).

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8. Review & Confirm

Review your full configuration with cost estimates before saving.

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Examples

# Standard interactive init
clawup init

# Init and deploy immediately
clawup init --deploy

# Init, deploy, skip confirmation
clawup init --deploy --yes

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Output

Creates ~/.clawup/configs/<stack-name>/clawup.yaml with your full manifest.