Getting Started

Get StanleyAI running on your machine in under 5 minutes.

Prerequisites

Claude Code CLI — Anthropic's official CLI (npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code)
Cloudflare account — Free tier works for everything
Node.js 18+ — For infrastructure deployments
Python 3.11+ — For agent scripts and automation

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/stanleyai/stanley-ai.git
cd stanley-ai

2. Install Skills

Skills are Markdown files that live in .claude/skills/. They teach Claude new capabilities.

# Skills are included in the repo
ls .claude/skills/
# ai-media-gen.md  brainstorming.md  competitor-intelligence.md  ...

3. Deploy Infrastructure

# Login to Cloudflare
npx wrangler login

# Deploy your edge APIs
cd cloudflare-workers/my-api && npx wrangler deploy

4. Configure Claude

Create a CLAUDE.md file in your project root. This tells Claude about your infrastructure, preferences, and available tools.

# CLAUDE.md teaches Claude about YOUR specific setup
# It knows your APIs, databases, agents, and workflows

5. Start Talking

claude
> "What skills do I have installed?"
> "Generate a blog post about AI automation"
> "What's my morning briefing?"
> "Research my competitors' pricing strategies"