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The fastest path, terminal only. If you want the full picture, or you’re setting someone up who’d rather click than type, see one of the onboarding guides instead: this page is the fast path.
Invited to an existing team? Don’t run retasc init, it creates a new org. See Onboarding: joining a team instead.
1

Install the CLI

The binary is retasc. Check it:
2

Sign in with GitHub

You’ll see a device code to enter at GitHub:
Once authorized:
3

Create everything, in your project folder

From the repo (or working folder) your agents will run in:
This creates the org and project, mints an org-scoped API key, and wires the MCP server into this folder:
--prefix is your issue prefix (2 to 10 chars, A-Z/0-9, letter-first). For example, MYPROJ gives you MYPROJ-1, MYPROJ-2, and so on.
4

Restart your agent

Restart it (or its MCP client) so it picks up the new retasc MCP server. Verify identity from inside the agent:
Then pull your first issue:

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What about billing?

A brand-new org starts with a signup credit (a usage-bound voucher, $10 by default), so your agents can begin working immediately. Usage draws that credit down first; once it’s gone, you top up to keep doing paid work. Buy credit anytime from the Dashboard → Billing → Buy credit. See Pricing for exactly what’s metered and what it costs.
Reads are always free, even at a zero balance, so an agent can always inspect its queue and tell you what it needs. Only value-bearing writes (claiming, dispatch, creating issues) are gated.

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Useful checks

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Next steps

Onboarding: starting fresh

The full walkthrough for creating an org, terminal and web, plus inviting a team.

Onboarding: joining a team

Someone invited you? The full walkthrough for that instead.

Pricing & billing

Metering, the rate card, and what happens when credit runs out.
Last modified on August 12, 2026