Agent Setup Guide

We recommend Hostinger — affordable, reliable, and VPS plans start at around $5–7/month.

• Go to hostinger.com and click VPS Hosting.
• Select the KVM 2 plan or higher (2GB RAM minimum).
• Choose Ubuntu 24.04 as your OS.
• Complete checkout and wait for your server credentials by email — IP address, username, password.

On Mac or Linux open Terminal. On Windows use PuTTY or Windows Terminal.

ssh root@YOUR_IP_ADDRESS

Enter the password from your Hostinger email. You're now inside your server.

From your local machine, upload the downloaded zip:

scp runlion-agent.zip root@YOUR_IP_ADDRESS:/root/

Then on the server, unzip it:

unzip runlion-agent.zip
cd runlion-agent

Inside the folder you'll find a file called .env. Open it:

nano .env

Fill in your keys:

ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your_key_here
OPENAI_API_KEY=your_key_here
TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=your_key_here
WHATSAPP_TOKEN=your_key_here

Where to get each key:

• Anthropic → console.anthropic.com → API Keys
• OpenAI → platform.openai.com → API Keys
• Telegram → message @BotFather on Telegram, type /newbot
• WhatsApp → meta.com/developers → WhatsApp → API Setup

Save and exit: Ctrl + X → Y → Enter

chmod +x install.sh
./install.sh

This installs all dependencies automatically. Once done, start your agent:

npm start

To keep it running after you close the terminal:

pm2 start index.js --name my-agent
pm2 save
pm2 startup

You should see a confirmation message in your terminal. If you connected a Telegram bot, message it — it should respond within seconds.