Install

Install

curl installer (production path)

curl -fsSL https://magic-ai-factory.com/install | bash

• Interactive wizard (~2 min)
• Creates argus.config.json from the example template
• Offers to add Anthropic / OpenAI / local provider settings
• Optional Telegram bot token
• Does not require a wallet or crypto

Hosted at magic-ai-factory.com/install (served from the ecosystem landing).

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Manual install (developers)

git clone https://github.com/alexar76/argus.git
cd argus
npm install
npm run build

cp argus.config.example.json argus.config.json
cp .env.example .env    # optional secrets

node dist/index.js doctor
node dist/index.js chat

Global CLI (after npm link or npm i -g @aimarket/argus):

argus doctor
argus chat
argus serve

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Docker

If the repo ships docker-compose.yml:

docker compose up -d
docker compose exec argus argus doctor

Check the latest argus/ tree — compose files evolve per release.

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What gets created

Path	Purpose
argus.config.json	Models, budget, WARDEN policy, channels (safe to commit sans secrets)
.env	API keys, ARGUS_HTTP_TOKEN, Telegram token, wallet key — git-ignored
~/.argus/	Memory episodes, WARDEN pins, Arena state

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Verify

argus doctor

Expect sections for: providers, WARDEN, channels, economy (OFF if no wallet), Arena.

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Uninstall

Remove the clone or global package, delete ~/.argus/ if you want a clean slate. No cloud account to cancel — it's self-hosted.