> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.lowkey.run/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Lowkey: self-hosted AI coding agents on your AWS account

> Lowkey deploys persistent AI coding agents to your AWS account. Your code, your infrastructure, your data — all in one install command.

Lowkey is an open-source tool that deploys AI coding agents directly into your AWS account. Unlike cloud-based AI tools that run on someone else's servers, Lowkey gives you a 24/7 agent that lives inside your own AWS infrastructure — coding, deploying, monitoring, and debugging while you sleep.

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  <Card title="Quick Start" icon="rocket" href="/quickstart">
    Deploy your first agent in \~10 minutes with a single curl command.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Core Concepts" icon="lightbulb" href="/concepts">
    Understand packs, profiles, deploy methods, and how they fit together.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Agent Packs" icon="box" href="/agents/overview">
    Compare OpenClaw, Claude Code, Codex CLI, Kiro, and more.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Profiles" icon="shield" href="/profiles/overview">
    Choose the right IAM permission level for your use case.
  </Card>
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## What Lowkey does

Lowkey provisions an EC2 instance in your AWS account and installs an AI coding agent on it. The agent connects to Amazon Bedrock (or OpenAI/Kiro for those packs) for inference, and uses your account's IAM role for AWS access. You interact with it via terminal, Telegram, Discord, or Slack.

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  <Card title="Always-on operation" icon="clock">
    Your agent runs 24/7. Start a build Tuesday, continue Thursday — it remembers everything.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Your data, your account" icon="lock">
    No code or config leaves your AWS account. Inference is via Amazon Bedrock under its data privacy policy.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Real AWS infrastructure" icon="aws">
    Agents build using CloudFormation, CDK, Terraform, and standard AWS services — not proprietary runtimes.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Multi-channel access" icon="message">
    Connect via Telegram, Discord, Slack, or SSM terminal from any device.
  </Card>
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## Get started in three steps

<Steps>
  <Step title="Run the installer">
    ```bash theme={null}
    curl -sfL install.lowkey.run | bash
    ```

    The installer walks you through choosing an agent pack, permission profile, and deploy method. Works in bash, zsh, and AWS CloudShell.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Run essential bootstraps">
    After connecting to your agent, paste this into the chat to configure skills, memory, and best practices:

    ```
    Lowkey please bootstrap yourself based on this url https://github.com/inceptionstack/lowkey/tree/main/bootstraps/essential
    ```
  </Step>

  <Step title="Start building">
    Ask your agent to build something. It designs the architecture, writes the code, sets up CI/CD, and deploys — all inside your AWS account.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Warning>
  Deploy Lowkey in a **dedicated sandbox AWS account**. The `builder` profile grants `AdministratorAccess` — LLMs make mistakes, and a sandbox limits the blast radius. See [Risks](/quickstart#risks) before deploying.
</Warning>

## Choose your agent

Lowkey ships with eight agent packs. Pick the one that fits your workflow:

| Pack                               | Best for                                                    | Inference      |
| ---------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- |
| [OpenClaw](/agents/openclaw)       | Full builder with persistent memory, Telegram/Slack/Discord | Amazon Bedrock |
| [Claude Code](/agents/claude-code) | Anthropic's coding CLI, native Bedrock support              | Amazon Bedrock |
| [Codex CLI](/agents/codex-cli)     | OpenAI's coding agent                                       | OpenAI API     |
| [Kiro CLI](/agents/kiro-cli)       | AWS agentic IDE with MCP servers                            | Kiro cloud     |
| [NemoClaw](/agents/nemoclaw)       | OpenClaw in an isolated sandbox                             | Amazon Bedrock |
| [Hermes](/agents/hermes)           | Lightweight NousResearch CLI                                | Amazon Bedrock |

See [Agents overview](/agents/overview) for the full comparison.