Getting Started with Crewly in 60 Seconds

You don't need a long tutorial to start using Crewly. Here's the fastest path from zero to a running AI agent team.

The 30-Second Version

npm install -g crewly
npx crewly start

That's it. Crewly installs, launches the backend, and opens the web dashboard in your browser at http://localhost:3000. From the dashboard, create a team and start your agents.

The 60-Second Version

1. Install Crewly

npm install -g crewly

Requires Node.js v20 or later. Check with node --version.

2. Install an AI coding CLI

You need at least one AI coding agent installed. Pick one (or all):

# Claude Code (Anthropic)
npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code

# Gemini CLI (Google) — requires GEMINI_API_KEY
npm install -g @anthropic-ai/gemini-cli

# OpenAI Codex
npm install -g @openai/codex

3. Start Crewly

npx crewly start

The web dashboard opens automatically. You'll see an empty state — no teams yet.

4. Create your first team

From the dashboard:

1. Create a Project — Point it to your codebase directory
2. Create a Team — Add 2-3 agents with roles like backend-developer, frontend-developer, qa-engineer
3. Start the Team — Watch agents go from inactive to active

That's your AI development team, running and ready for tasks.

What You'll See

Once your team starts, the dashboard shows:

• Agent status cards — Who's active, who's idle, who's working
• Live terminal streams — Click any agent to see their terminal output in real time
• Task tracking — Delegate work and monitor progress
• Chat interface — Talk to the orchestrator in natural language

Delegate Your First Task

Open the Chat page and type a request:

Build a REST API with user authentication. The backend dev should
handle the Express routes and the QA engineer should write tests.

The orchestrator breaks the task down and delegates to each agent automatically. Watch them work in the terminal panels.

Quick Reference

# Start with default settings
npx crewly start

# Start without opening browser
npx crewly start --no-browser

# Start on a custom port
npx crewly start --port 3001

What's Next

Now that you're up and running:

• Full tutorial — Detailed walkthrough of creating a 3-agent team
• Use case ideas — 5 scenarios where multi-agent teams deliver results
• Browse the Marketplace — Install community-built skills and role configurations
• Crewly vs CrewAI — See how Crewly compares to other multi-agent tools

Crewly is an open-source AI agent orchestration platform that launches multiple coding CLI agents — Claude Code, Gemini CLI, or Codex — as a coordinated team with a real-time web dashboard. Install with npm install -g crewly, start with npx crewly start, and have a working AI development team in under 60 seconds.

Crewly is open source under the MIT license. Star the project on GitHub and start building.