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# Installation

## Requirements

* **Node.js ≥ 22** — check with `node --version`.
* **git** — required to `init` a repository, reference or vendor remote templates, and to tag releases with `agmk bump --tag`.
* *(optional)* the **Claude Code CLI** — when present, `agmk validate` also runs the official `claude plugin validate`.

## Run it

You do not have to install anything: run the latest version on demand with `npx`.

```bash
npx @agmkit/cli --help          # run without installing
```

Or install the `agmk` command globally so it is always on your `PATH`:

```bash
npm install -g @agmkit/cli      # installs the `agmk` command
agmk --help
```

{% hint style="info" %}
The examples throughout these docs write `agmk …`. If you did not install globally, prefix each command with `npx` (for example `npx @agmkit/cli init`).
{% endhint %}

## Verify

```bash
agmk --version           # prints the installed version
agmk list                # lists the built-in plugin templates
```

If both print output, you are ready for the [Quick start](/agmk-docs/getting-started/quickstart.md).

## Updating

```bash
npm install -g @agmkit/cli@latest   # global install
# or nothing to do with npx — it always fetches the latest published version
```