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Your AI agent usually installs the nowrun CLI for you as part of its setup flow — you don’t need to do anything. If you want to install it manually or verify your environment ahead of time, follow the steps below. Python 3.8 or later is required.

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Requirements

Before installing, make sure you have the following:
  • Python 3.8+ — check your version with python --version or python3 --version
  • pip — check with pip --version

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Install

Run the following command to install the nowrun CLI:

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Verify the install

Confirm the CLI is installed and explore available commands:

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The skill and MCP server

Running nowrun login after install does more than authenticate — it installs the nowrun skill, which teaches your agent the full set of available commands, and registers the hosted nowrun-docs MCP server so the agent can read the docs while it works. At any point, your agent can run nowrun help or nowrun <command> -h to self-discover the current command surface without needing static documentation.
If you’re using an AI agent, you typically just tell it to deploy your app — it will install the CLI automatically. You only need to install manually if you want to use the CLI directly or are setting up a new environment.
Next: Authenticate the CLI