Quickstart · 5 minutes

Get to your first recall in 5 minutes.

Run one install command, then walk through a guided 6-step setup that authenticates your account, refreshes your editor rule files, and indexes your project.

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01 Pick a setup path

One product. Three places to start.

MCP

Use your existing AI tool — Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Copilot, Cline, Windsurf.

ContextStream Code

The first-party CLI with StreamPilot guidance inline.

Web

Open a workspace, point at a folder, work in the browser.

02 Install

Run one command — the wizard does the rest.

The installer drops the binary on your PATH and immediately launches the guided MCP setup. No npx, no manual config files.

$ curl -fsSL https://contextstream.io/scripts/mcp.sh | bash

03 Five-minute mission

Six steps. One recall.

After install runs, the wizard walks you through six steps in order — and lets you go back at the review step before anything is written.

Authentication

Connect the CLI to the ContextStream account that owns this workspace.

Editor rules

Refresh rule files for Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Codex, Copilot, Antigravity, OpenCode.

Workspace

Pick or create the workspace this project belongs to.

Project

Match the local folder to a project — or create a new one.

Indexing

Bootstrap the index so Recall is useful from the first prompt.

Review

Confirm everything before the wizard writes config and runs.

══════════════════════════════════════════════
✨  ContextStream MCP Setup  ✨
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Guided account, editor, workspace, project, and indexing setup.
Use the review step to go back before continuing. Press Ctrl+C to exit.

ℹ  Detected existing authenticated user: [email protected]
↻  Refreshing existing ContextStream rule files before setup...
✓  Claude Code (global rules, project rules)
✓  Cursor (project rules)
✓  Windsurf (global rules, project rules)
✓  GitHub Copilot (VS Code) (project rules)
✓  OpenAI Codex CLI (global rules, project rules)
✓  Antigravity (global rules, project rules)
✓  OpenCode CLI (global rules, project rules)
✓  Existing rule files refreshed

──────────────────────────────────────────────
Step 1/6  Authentication           ◆ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
          Connect the CLI to the ContextStream account that owns this workspace.
──────────────────────────────────────────────

🔑  Authentication

Found existing credentials: cbiq...ofc0
  ↑/↓ move • Enter confirm • Ctrl+C exits
? Use existing credentials? ›
› Yes
  No

04 Troubleshooting

Common first-run snags.

Tool config wasn't detected

The wizard refreshes rule files for every editor it finds. Re-run setup with `contextstream mcp setup` to add ones you've installed since.

Recall returns nothing

At least one decision or lesson must exist in the active scope. Capture one, then re-run.

Source indexing is slow

Large repos index incrementally. The Stream becomes useful at the first 10 nodes — you don't need to wait for full indexing.

Capsule won't open

Capsules are time-boxed. If expired or revoked, ask the author to re-issue.

Set up once. Every session inherits the work.

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