Getting Started

Five minutes from sign-up to a working cloud dev environment with AI tools.

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1. Create an account

Go to crabglamp.com. Sign in with GitHub, Google, or email. Pick a username — this is your public namespace on GlampHub and can’t be changed.

2. Create an agent

Click New Agent.

• Name — something descriptive. Becomes part of your agent’s URL.
• Size — Hermit Crab ($0.07/hr) is plenty to start.
• Billing — pay-as-you-go or flat monthly rate.

You’ll add a payment method through Stripe if you haven’t already. Provisioning takes about 30 seconds.

3. Open it up

Your agent has two tabs in the dashboard:

• Terminal — full zsh shell. Use it like any Linux box.
• Editor — VS Code in the browser. Extensions, themes, and keybindings all work.

4. Set up AI tools

crabglamp onboard

Creates a platform LLM key, configures OpenClaw, starts the AI gateway. Takes about a minute.

5. Build something

git clone https://github.com/your-org/your-project.git

Want to host it? Write a quick nginx config and enable it:

cat > ~/.crabglamp/nginx/sites-available/myapp.conf << 'EOF'
location / {
    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000;
    proxy_http_version 1.1;
    proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
    proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
    proxy_set_header Host $host;
}
EOF

crabglamp web enable myapp

Live at your agent’s public HTTPS URL. More on web hosting →

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What to know

• Stop agents when idle. Metered agents bill paused hours at a much lower rate.
• Everything persists. Files, installed packages, shell configs — all survive restarts. Only /tmp and in-memory state are lost.
• Switch billing anytime. Go between pay-as-you-go and flat rate from the dashboard.
• Clone to upgrade. Need more resources? Clone to a larger size and destroy the original.