Quickstart

Get your first AI agent deployed in under 5 minutes.

1. Install the CLI

npm install -g maritime-cli

2. Authenticate

maritime login

Don't have an account yet? Sign up directly from the CLI:

maritime signup

3. Browse templates

See what agent templates are available:

maritime templates

# Output:
# NAME                FRAMEWORK            DESCRIPTION
# OpenClaw Agent      openclaw             Autonomous AI agent with 100+ skills.
# OpenClaw Identity   openclaw_identity    OpenClaw with phone + email via Inkbox.
# OpenClaw Browser    openclaw_browser     OpenClaw with Playwright MCP browser control.
# Maritime Agent      maritime             OpenClaw plus a built-in Coder tab.
# Hermes Agent        hermes               Self-improving Python agent with memory.
# ZeroClaw Agent      zeroclaw             Ultra-lightweight Rust agent.
# Flue Agent          flue                 TypeScript agent harness — bring your own code.

4. Create an agent

Create a new agent from a template. You can pass options inline or follow the interactive prompts:

maritime create -n my-agent -t crewai

# Or run without flags and follow the prompts:
# maritime create

5. Set environment variables

Add any API keys your agent needs:

maritime env set my-agent OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-...

6. Deploy

maritime deploy my-agent

7. Monitor

View your agent's logs:

maritime logs my-agent

What happens next?

Your agent starts immediately as active and compute billing begins. Use maritime sleep my-agent to save compute when you don't need it running. Sleeping agents auto-wake when triggered via webhook, cron schedule, or API call.