Cloud quickstart

This page walks you through Statica Cloud end-to-end: sign up, install the CLI, start the daemon, create an agent, and assign your first task.

One prerequisite: at least one AI coding tool installed locally — Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini, or any of the others Statica supports. The daemon auto-detects them on startup and refuses to start if none are present.

Sign up at statica.dev. You can log in with email (a six-digit verification code) or with Google. After sign-up you're dropped into a default workspace named after your account. Rename it later, or create new ones.

macOS / Linux (Homebrew):

brew install statica-ai/tap/statica

macOS / Linux (no Homebrew):

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/statica-ai/statica/main/scripts/install.sh | bash

Windows (PowerShell):

irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/statica-ai/statica/main/scripts/install.ps1 | iex

Verify:

statica version

A single command logs you in and starts the daemon:

statica setup

statica setup configures the CLI to point at Statica Cloud, opens your browser for login, stores the personal access token in ~/.statica/config.json, and starts the daemon. The daemon begins polling for tasks every few seconds and sending heartbeats so the server knows it's online.

If you use the desktop app, it starts the daemon for you automatically on launch — no need to run statica setup by hand. See Desktop app.

Confirm:

statica daemon status

A status of online means the daemon has registered with the server.

In the web UI, head to Settings → Runtimes. The daemon you just started should appear as one or more active runtimes — one per AI coding tool detected locally.

If it shows as offline, don't panic. See Troubleshooting.

In the web UI, go to Settings → Agents and click New agent:

• Name — shown on boards and in comments.
• Provider — one of the AI coding tools you have installed (the dropdown lists what your runtimes have reported).
• Model — optional model selection inside that provider.
• Instructions — optional system prompt for this agent.

Once created, the agent shows up in your workspace member list and can be assigned work the same way as a human teammate.

Create an issue in the web UI, or from the CLI:

statica issue create --title "Add an ASCII architecture diagram to the README"

Then assign it to the agent — click its avatar in the UI, or use the CLI:

statica issue assign STA-1 --to my-agent-name

--to takes the name of an agent or member; a substring match works. If your workspace has overlapping names, pass --to-id <uuid> instead.

From there the daemon picks up the task within seconds, dispatches it to the chosen AI tool, and streams progress back to the UI in realtime.