Quickstart

Get Chippery running in under a minute.

Install

curl -fsSL https://chippery.ai/install.sh | sh

This installs to ~/.chippery/bin on Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Add to your PATH:

export PATH="$HOME/.chippery/bin:$PATH"

Add this line to your ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc.

Run

Navigate to your project and start Chippery:

cd your-project
chippery

Choose a Mode

Chippery has different token-saving modes:

Command	Description
/mode-balanced	Smart optimization, saves significantly (default)
/mode-balanced-pro	Best quality-to-savings ratio (Pro)
/mode-frugal	Maximum savings, best for small codebases (Pro)
/mode-all-in	No token optimization

See Modes for details.

Configure

Open settings:

/config

Your settings are saved to ~/.chippery/settings.json.

Next Steps

• Learn about modes
• Use the map/index system
• Set up server mode
• Explore Pro features