Quickstart - Deco CMS

Get Started in 5 Minutes

There are two ways to get started with deco Studio:

Option A: Managed Cloud

The fastest way. Sign up at studio.decocms.com and you’re ready to go.

Create your account (email, GitHub, or Google OAuth)
Create an organization — your top-level boundary for connections, agents, and team members
You’re in. Start adding connections and hiring agents.

Option B: Run Locally

 bunx decocms

This spins up a local instance with embedded PostgreSQL. Fully private — everything stays on your machine. Or clone and run from source:

 git clone https://github.com/decocms/studio.git
cd studio
bun install
bun run dev

Add Your First Connection

Connections are tools and services you want your agents to use. Studio comes with a built-in store of popular integrations.

Navigate to Connections in the sidebar
Click Add from Store
Browse available connections (Shopify, GitHub, Slack, Stripe, OpenRouter, and more)
Select a connection and click Install
Provide required credentials:
- For OAuth connections: follow the OAuth flow to authorize
- For API key connections: paste your API key

Your connection is now registered and credentials are encrypted in Studio’s vault.

Start Using Chat

Once you’ve connected at least one tool, you can use the built-in chat interface:

Navigate to Chat in the sidebar
Your connected tools are automatically available to the AI assistant
Try asking questions or requesting actions:
- “Show me today’s orders from Shopify”
- “Create an issue on GitHub for the checkout bug”
- “Send a Slack message to the team channel”
- “Generate a sales report for the last 30 days”

The AI will automatically invoke the right tools from your connections.

You’re set up! From here, you can add more connections, hire specialized agents, organize work into projects, invite team members, and monitor all tool invocations in the Monitoring tab.

Next Steps

Learn core concepts — Understand connections, Virtual MCPs, projects, and agents
Create agents — Use your connections with Claude Desktop, Cursor, or custom AI agents
Monitor tool invocations — Track usage, debug issues, and audit activity
Self-host — Deploy on Docker Compose or Kubernetes