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The standalone command remains forge for compatibility.

1. Download a runtime

Open the latest release and download the forge-* archive matching your operating system, architecture, libc, and CPU baseline. Extract it and place forge or forge.exe on your PATH.

2. Connect a provider

For Claude Code subscription access, run claude auth login first. Provider commands display the current interactive authentication options.

3. Run a session

Use --model provider/model, --agent, --variant, --file, or --format json as needed.

4. Continue or attach

See CLI reference and Server and HTTP API.