Quick start

The short version. For a guided walkthrough with a real task, see Your first hour.

1. Install

Works on macOS and Linux.

curl -fsSL https://get-slo.sh/install.sh | bash

cd ~/code/your-project
slo

Or point it at a folder from anywhere:

slo ~/code/your-project

The first time, Slo asks you to sign in to OpenAI, Anthropic, Kimi For Coding or OpenRouter. You can switch later with /auth.

Describe the task the way you'd explain it to a colleague:

"Write a feature specification for the payments module."

"Add tests for the refund calculation. Don't change the service code."

"Open a merge request for this branch with a summary of the changes."

You don't need to know skill names. Slo picks the ones that fit. If you're curious what it has, ask:

"What skills do you have for Vue components?"

Write briefs, not one-liners. Say what done looks like and what's off limits. How to write a brief.
Add an SLO.md to your project with how to run tests and your ground rules. It's loaded every session. Give Slo a memory.
Learn five commands: /model, /diff, /steer, /abort, /rename. All slash commands.

No UI. Run one task and get JSON lines back:

slo run -p "Add type hints to every function in src/utils.py"

Pick up where you left off:

slo --resume <session-id-or-name>

Update:

slo update