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Quickstart

Prerequisites​

  • An API key or subscription from at least one LLM provider (Anthropic, OpenAI, etc.) — or use offline mode with no API key

Installation​

Ante is distributed as a single, self-contained binary with no external dependencies — just download and run.

curl -fsSL https://ante.run/install.sh | bash

Quick examples​

Interactive session​

# Launch the TUI — chat with the agent, approve tool calls, view diffs
ante

Headless one-shot​

# Run a task and exit
ante -p "add error handling to src/main.rs"

Pipe input from stdin​

# Pipe file contents for analysis
cat src/lib.rs | ante -p "review this code for bugs"

Use a different provider​

# Override model and provider
ante --provider openai --model gpt-5.4 -p "refactor this function"

Skip tool approvals​

# YOLO mode — auto-approve all tool calls
ante --yolo "fix all clippy warnings"

Run as a server​

# Start a long-lived daemon for programmatic integration
ante serve

What's next?​