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Getting started
Three short pages, and you've got the whole loop in your head:
- Installation —
pip install, optional extras. - Quickstart — your first 30-line program with tool use.
- Local setup —
mantis-agent setup-localfor offline / CPU runs with Ollama or llama.cpp. - Configuration — env vars,
setting_sources, where state lives.
The whole SDK fits in your head in about 15 minutes. The shape is the same as the Claude Agent SDK; the implementation makes any open model behave like Anthropic's.