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Getting Started

Get up and running with ArchonHQ in under 5 minutes.

Getting Started

Get ArchonHQ running in under 10 minutes.

1. Create your account

Go to archonhq.ai and sign in with Google. Your account is created automatically on first sign-in.

2. Run the Connection Wizard

After signing in, you'll land on the dashboard. Click Connect in the sidebar (or navigate to /dashboard/connect) to open the Connection Wizard.

The wizard walks you through 8 steps:

StepWhat you set up
1Welcome, overview of what you're connecting
2Gateway, connect your local OpenClaw gateway
3AI provider keys, OpenAI, Anthropic, and others
4Smart routing, enable AiPipe for automatic model selection
5AI team, assign agents to your workspace
6Agent roles, configure which model each agent role uses
7Notifications, connect Telegram for alerts
8Done, review and activate

You can skip steps and return later. The wizard saves progress as you go.

3. Connect the gateway

The gateway is a lightweight process that runs on your machine (or server) and relays agent activity to the ArchonHQ dashboard.

If you're using OpenClaw, the gateway is already running. Check its status:

openclaw gateway status

In Step 2 of the wizard, enter your gateway URL (typically http://localhost:18789). ArchonHQ will verify the connection before proceeding.

4. Add at least one AI provider key

In Step 3 of the wizard, add an API key for at least one provider:

Keys are stored per-tenant and never shared between accounts.

5. Enable smart routing

In Step 4, toggle Enable Smart Routing. This activates AiPipe, which automatically routes each request to the most cost-effective model capable of handling it.

With a single OpenAI key, AiPipe routes simple tasks to gpt-4o-mini and complex tasks to gpt-4o. With both OpenAI and Anthropic keys, it also routes high-complexity reasoning tasks to Claude Sonnet when it offers better quality per dollar.

Learn how routing works →

6. Create your first task

Click the + button on the kanban board or use the keyboard shortcut N. Give the task a title, set a priority, and optionally assign it to an agent or goal.

The task appears in the Backlog column. Drag it to In Progress when work starts.

7. Set up notifications (optional)

In Step 7 of the wizard, enter your Telegram chat ID and bot token to receive alerts when:

  • A task is created or changes status
  • A critical task becomes blocked
  • An agent encounters an error

Set up Telegram notifications →

You're done

Your dashboard is live. Agents connected to the gateway will appear in the Agents tab. Tasks they create via the API show up on the board automatically.

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