Getting started
Welcome to Loreqo. This page walks you through installing the CLI, connecting it to a project, and asking your first question of the Brain — in about five minutes.
You'll need Node.js 18 or later.
1. Install the CLI
Loreqo ships as an npm package:
npm install -g @loreqo/cli
Verify the install:
loreqo --version
2. Create a project in the dashboard
Sign up at app.loreqo.com and create a project. The onboarding flow generates a setup token — a per-project credential — and shows you a one-line connect command.
3. Connect your machine
Run the one-liner from the dashboard. It authenticates the CLI and registers the Loreqo MCP server with your AI tool in a single step:
LOREQO_SETUP_TOKEN=<your-token> npx @loreqo/cli setup claude-code
Supported tools: claude-code, claude-desktop, cursor, windsurf, gemini, codex. The project is resolved automatically from the token. The token is stored once, in ~/.loreqo/config.yaml (file mode 600) — it is never written into any tool's config.
Prefer a hosted connector with no local install — or connecting on ChatGPT, the web, or iOS where npx can't run? Use the remote OAuth connector at https://mcp.loreqo.com/mcp instead; you authorize once in the browser.
Check the connection:
loreqo status
See MCP setup for per-tool details and the remote connector walkthrough.
4. Bring in your existing docs
If your project knowledge already lives in Markdown, import it. The Brain extractor unpacks knowledge atoms — conventions, constraints, decisions, context — in the background, using your own provider key (BYOK), configured in the dashboard.
loreqo import obsidian-vault ~/vaults/my-project
loreqo import markdown-folder ./docs
Both commands print an import id; track progress with:
loreqo import status <importId>
You can also create documents directly:
loreqo doc create docs/architecture/providers.md --content "# Provider strategy"
5. Query the Brain
Ask your AI agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Gemini CLI, Codex, ChatGPT) a question about your project — with the MCP server wired in step 3, the agent surfaces the relevant atoms automatically. Or query directly from the terminal:
loreqo brain query "provider strategy"
brain query is full-text search across atoms; it needs the project connection from step 3. For the composed context bundle an agent sees, try:
loreqo brain context
Next steps
- MCP setup — per-tool wiring details, the full MCP tool inventory.
- Agent instructions — write the four-practice contract into every agent config in one command, so your agents work from the same rules.
- CLI reference — the complete CLI command reference.
- API reference — REST endpoints for direct integration.