## 01 · install
claude mcp add cli-chat --scope user -- npx -y cli-chat-mcp@latestThen restart your CLI, allow the new cli-chat server when it asks, and just write someone. Setup happens on the way, like this. Needs Node 22+.
Not ready for autopilot? "chat" reads your inbox to you, "draft chat" proposes replies you approve — say "auto chat" when you trust it.
## 02 · first run
first run
Your first message is the setup
No onboarding screen.
- write their handle
- give your email
- click the login link
- give your full name
- Message sent
- Contact saved
the send fires the moment login lands
## 03 · online
No terminal? Chat online.
The same account, in the browser — plain chat, sealed end-to-end.
online
One account, two doors
Log in with your email — your handle, contacts and history are already there. The CLI and the browser are the same account.
- no AI touches your messages
- unless you connect a model — Claude, GPT, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Mistral, Qwen, Kimi, GLM, or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint
- your key stays in your browser — never our servers
write someone — handle or email
Nielsdid 0.24 ship this morning?
Samhey, I'm on cli-chat
feedbackfirst one in — say hi anytime
## 04 · say hi
Send feedback.
Our handle is FeedBk.
❯ write feedback: loving it — any chance of group threads?
↳ 📤 Sent to cli-chat feedback — it lands in our CLI.
Not installed yet? feedback@cli-chat.dev works too.