Quick start | Seshat AI

You need Seshat installed first: see Installation.

Configure your provider. Give Seshat an API key and pick a model.

seshat config --provider anthropic --api-key sk-ant-...
seshat config --model anthropic:claude-sonnet-4-20250514
seshat config --print

The last command prints the current configuration so you can check it.

Start a chat. This opens the terminal interface.
```
seshat chat
```
Or run a one-shot task without opening the interface. Seshat does the work and prints the result.
```
seshat run "list all TODO comments in this codebase"
```

Pick up where you left off

Sessions are saved locally. You can come back to them at any time:

seshat chat --continue              # resume the most recent session
seshat chat --resume <session-id>   # resume a specific session
seshat sessions list                # browse past sessions

Useful shortcuts in the terminal interface

Shortcut	Action
`ctrl+p`	Settings and every shortcut
`ctrl+m`	Choose a model
`ctrl+s`	Sessions
`ctrl+n`	New session
`ctrl+t`	Tasks
`ctrl+g`	Help
`ctrl+c`	Quit

Next step

Learn how providers and API keys are configured, or run your first agent on a real task.