AgentPlayground
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First-run setup

The first time you open AgentPlayground at http://localhost:3000, a setup wizard runs before
anything else. It takes about two minutes and has four steps.

Step 1 — Welcome

A short intro screen. Click Get Started.

Step 2 — Connect your AI provider

Pick one or more providers — you can select more than one:

| Provider | Cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | Paid | GPT-4o / GPT-4o mini — recommended for most users, cheap for everyday use |
| Anthropic Claude | Paid | Best reasoning quality |
| NVIDIA | Free | Cloud models (Llama, Qwen, DeepSeek) — sign up at build.nvidia.com, no credit card |
| Ollama | Free, local | Runs models on your own computer — detected automatically if it's running, no key needed |

For any provider except Ollama, you paste in an API key. When you click Continue, the wizard
sends a cheap validation request per key — if a key is rejected, you'll see exactly which provider
rejected it before you move on, instead of finding out on your first real chat.

Keys are stored locally (in the app's own database), never sent anywhere except the provider you
picked. You can add, change, or remove them later in Settings → API Keys.

Step 3 — Create your account

This is your local owner account for this install: name (optional), email, and password (minimum 8
characters). It's created and you're signed in automatically — this account isn't shared with
anyone else unless you deploy this install somewhere multi-user.

Step 4 — Choose a starter pack

Pick what you'll mostly use AgentPlayground for, and the app seeds the right agent teams and
playgrounds so you're not starting from a blank screen:

  • Personal — trainer, nutritionist, finance advisor, schedule manager
  • Business — operations, sales, content, and client-management agents
  • Development — code review, architecture, and documentation agents
  • Blank — just the coordinator; you add teams and playgrounds yourself

Click Finish Setup. Team and playground seeding happens in the background and finishes within a
few seconds of landing on the chat screen — you don't have to wait for it.

Done

You land on You're all set! with a summary of what was configured, then Open AgentPlayground
takes you straight into chat with the coordinator. See
Your first task with the coordinator for what to try first.