quickstart.

Get an open-source agent running on its own dedicated VM as part of a Santuri engagement. We do the setup. You message it on Telegram or invite it into your Google Workspace.

Before you start

You'll need a Telegram account and an email address. Charlie scopes the engagement with you before any setup begins. You don't need API keys, a cloud console, or YAML.

1 · Email Charlie & pick an agent

Each LaunchPod is hand-set up. Email hello@santuri.io with which of the four open-source agents fits the vibe you want and what you want it to do. You can swap frameworks later.

• OpenClaw: most flexible. Messaging, automation, browser, cron.
• Hermes: best at remembering you across sessions. From Nous Research.
• Nanobot: tiny & readable. Great if you want to peek under the hood.
• AstrBot: 1000+ plugins, built for chat.

2 · Choose your model

Ten models, three tiers. Default is MiniMax M2.7, best value for everyday agent tasks.

3 · Wire up Telegram

From your dashboard, click + CONNECT next to Telegram. We'll walk you through pasting a bot token from BotFather. The whole thing takes about 30 seconds.

4 · Talk to it

Open Telegram, find your bot, send "hi". It'll boot and reply within a few seconds. Try things like:

// inside Telegram
you: remind me every monday at 9am to ship the weekly
openclaw: done. cron is set, I'll DM you mondays at 9.

you: summarize this PDF (attaches PDF)
openclaw: sure, drop it here.

Going further

• Open the web terminal from your dashboard to drop into a real shell.
• Edit your agent's system prompt to match its personality.
• Hook the agent up to other tools with plugins (AstrBot has 1000+).

CLI Reference

The launchpod CLI is an optional helper for managing an existing instance from the terminal. Provisioning is managed by Santuri — email hello@santuri.io to spin up a new pod.