promptconduit

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Quick Start

PromptConduit installs in one command and works in two modes: local skill generation from your existing AI transcripts (no account required), and real-time session capture with a platform account. This page covers both paths — either takes about two minutes.

No account required

If you already have Claude Code, OpenAI Codex CLI, and GitHub Copilot CLI installed, you can generate reusable skills from your existing transcripts right now. Local capture from Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Codex, Copilot, and Grok Build also needs no account — hooks write to disk first.

bash
curl -fsSL https://promptconduit.dev/install | bash
promptconduit skills generate --local

Skills are written to ~/.claude/skills/ and appear in Claude Code's / autocomplete immediately.

Full local skills guide →

With a Platform Account

Sign up at promptconduit.dev to get real-time session capture, insights, and AI-powered skill generation.

1. Install

bash
curl -fsSL https://promptconduit.dev/install | bash

2. Set up

bash
promptconduit init

The wizard opens your browser to sign in, detects your installed AI tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Codex, Copilot, and Grok Build), and installs their hooks. For Claude Code, Cursor, and Gemini CLI it also registers the PromptConduit MCP server, so your agent can answer cost questions. Prefer automation or CI? Set the key directly with promptconduit config set --api-key=….

3. Verify

bash
promptconduit status

4. Ask your agent

Start a new agent session and ask “what has this session cost?” or, on a team, “how are we tracking against our AI budgets this month?” The same numbers are a command away with promptconduit cost and promptconduit team spend.

Once hooks are installed, every prompt and tool call in your AI coding session is captured locally first. If you opted into cloud sync, sessions also appear in the web app. Cursor users: install the editor extension for live cost in the status bar.