Get Started

This guide will show you how to install Elements from your terminal, create your first app, and start building with your AI agent.

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Start your app

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  1. 1Install Elements

  2. 2Create a new app

    When the install finishes, paste this and press Enter.

    Terminal
    cd ~/elements/projects
    elements create myapp
    cd myapp
    

    It creates myapp in your projects folder and goes into it.

  3. 3Start your app

    Paste this and press Enter.

    Terminal
    elements start
    

    Your app opens in your browser.

  4. 4Build with your agent

    1. Leave elements start running. Open a new terminal tab.
    2. Go to your app's folder and start your AI agent there. For example, with Claude Code:
    Terminal
    cd ~/elements/projects/myapp
    claude
    
    1. Tell your agent what you want to build. For example: Build a todo app with email and password login.

    Any AI agent you start in your app's folder works with Elements automatically.