Part 0 – Install and first run

Audience: Beginners

Goal: Install Playbooks and run your first program.

1. Install

Follow the Installation. Verify with:

playbooks --version

2. Configure environment

Create .env in your project root:

MODEL=claude-sonnet-4-20250514
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your_key

3. Run hello world

Use the example provided in the repository:

playbooks run tests/data/01-hello-playbooks.pb

Expected: The agent prints a greeting and exits.

Next: Proceed to Part 1 – User interaction.