Quick Start Guide

Quick Start Guide

Get Praetor running on your codebase in under 2 minutes.

Prerequisites

• Access to a long-context LLM (Claude, GPT-5, Gemini, or similar)
• Your source code — as a public GitHub URL, uploaded files, or pasted code

Option A: npm (Recommended)

npx praetor-audit-kit

This downloads the prompt kit and displays the quick start guide. Then:

1. Open the printed path to MASTER_PROMPT.md
2. Copy everything from the ═══ separator line onward
3. Paste into your LLM and append:

   Source: https://github.com/yourname/yourrepo
   

4. Send and reply continue when prompted

Option B: GitHub Release

1. Go to Releases
2. Download praetor-prompt-kit-v2.9.0.zip
3. Extract and open prompt/00-orchestrator/MASTER_PROMPT.md
4. Copy from the ═══ line, paste into your LLM with your source URL
5. Reply continue when prompted

Option C: Agentic Tool Install (Claude Code, OpenCode, Cursor)

npx praetor-audit-kit --install            # auto-detect & install to all
npx praetor-audit-kit --install "OpenCode" # specific tool

Then simply say: audit my codebase for production readiness

Other CLI commands:

npx praetor-audit-kit --scope biz          # show Business scope details
npx praetor-audit-kit --scope 2-4          # show range of scopes
npx praetor-audit-kit --check              # pre-flight checks
npx praetor-audit-kit --update             # update to latest from npm
npx praetor-audit-kit --uninstall          # remove from all tools

Option D: Direct

1. Clone or download the repo
2. Open prompt/00-orchestrator/MASTER_PROMPT.md
3. Copy from the ═══ line, paste into your LLM with your source URL
4. Reply continue when prompted

After the Discovery Report

Once Phases 0–2 complete (~30 seconds), Praetor stops with a MUST CONFIRM block. Reply:

continue with:
  Q1 = "<your tech stack>"
  Q2 = "<compliance requirements>"
override:
  RUN_PRIORITIES = [P0, P1]
then continue

For your first run, narrow scope with RUN_MODULES = [single-module] and RUN_PRIORITIES = [P0] to see how Praetor works before running the full audit.

Next Steps

• Why Praetor? — Understand the architecture
• The 18 Expert Agents — Meet the specialists
• Priority Rubrics & Overrides — Customize your run
• The 7 Execution Phases — Full pipeline walkthrough