⚡ Light — macOS · Intel & Apple Silicon · Lean Build Day Setup

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Build Day Stack

No bloat. Just Claude, Cursor, and the tools you actually reach for on a build day. One command, ~20 minutes, and you're shipping.

Terminal — zsh

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bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/otto-ai-labs/setupai.dev/main/setup.sh) --light

PowerShell — Admin

PS> irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/otto-ai-labs/setupai.dev/main/windows/install.ps1 | iex

irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/otto-ai-labs/setupai.dev/main/windows/install.ps1 | iex

Note: Windows doesn't have a --light variant — this installs the full stack. Run PowerShell as Administrator.

Quick Start

Up and running in ~20 minutes.

The script asks for your Git details, then shows checkbox menus with sensible defaults. Everything useful is already checked — just press D to confirm and move on.

Open Terminal

Press Cmd + Space, type Terminal, press Enter. Paste the command above and hit Enter.

Enter your Git details

The script asks for your name and email — use the same ones as your GitHub account. These configure Git and generate your SSH key.

Review the checkbox menus

A menu appears for each category. With --light, heavy tools are pre-unchecked. Use ↑/↓ to move, Space to toggle, D to confirm.

Walk away

Everything installs automatically. Takes around 20 minutes on a good connection.

Follow the after-install checklist

Open a fresh terminal, add your SSH key to GitHub, set your API keys, and start building. See the After Install section below.

What's included

Everything you need. Nothing you don't.

The foundation is always installed. Everything else is shown in checkbox menus — sensible defaults already set.

Foundation — always installed

Homebrew — package manager
Git + SSH key — auto-configured
Python 3.12 + uv — fast package manager
Node.js LTS — via nvm

Oh My Zsh — shell framework
Starship — git-aware prompt
bat, eza, ripgrep — modern CLI tools
fzf, jq, htop — terminal utilities

Selected by default ● on

Claude Code — Anthropic AI coding CLI
Codex CLI — OpenAI coding CLI
GitHub CLI — PRs, issues, repos
Redis + SQLite — lightweight databases
Cursor — AI-native editor

Warp — AI-powered terminal
iTerm2 — classic terminal
Obsidian — local markdown notes
Lungo — keep Mac awake
Shottr — screenshot + OCR

Skipped by default

Heavy tools are off. Toggle any back on.

These appear as unchecked in the menus. Use Space to toggle any back on before pressing D to confirm.

OllamaLarge download, GPU-heavy — use Claude/Codex APIs instead
Jupyter / JupyterLabHeavyweight notebook server — not needed for most builds
Python 3.113.12 covers everything
PostgreSQLOverkill for build days — SQLite handles most cases
DuckDBAnalytical DB — niche use case
VS CodeCursor replaces it
RaycastGreat app, not essential day one
Rectangle / AltTabWindow manager extras — add later if you want
LM StudioGUI for local models — not needed with API access
DBeaver / TablePlusDB GUIs — skip if you're fine in the terminal
AWS CLIAdd when you actually need Bedrock or SageMaker

Want the full stack?

Drop the --light flag to run the complete interactive install — all tools, all menus, nothing pre-deselected.

bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/otto-ai-labs/setupai.dev/main/setup.sh)

Other flags: --yes auto-upgrades without prompting · --minimal installs languages + shell only · --skip-web skips JS toolchain.

After Install

You're almost ready to build.

Complete these steps after the script finishes.

Reload your terminal

Close the window and open a fresh one, or run source ~/.zshrc.

Add your SSH key to GitHub

Run cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub, copy the output, and add it at github.com/settings/keys.

Set your API keys

Add to ~/.extra (gitignored, auto-loaded):
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY='sk-ant-...'
export OPENAI_API_KEY='sk-...'

Start building

Run claude or open cursor . in your project folder.

Restart your Mac

Ensures all system-level changes (animations, Dock, performance tweaks) take full effect.

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