mkdir my-chucky-app && cd my-chucky-app
npm init -y
npm install @chucky.cloud/sdk
npm install -D tsx typescript @types/node

export CHUCKY_PROJECT_ID="your-project-id"
export CHUCKY_HMAC_SECRET="your-hmac-secret"

import {
  ChuckyClient,
  createToken,
  createBudget,
  getResultText,
} from '@chucky.cloud/sdk';

// Verify environment variables
const PROJECT_ID = process.env.CHUCKY_PROJECT_ID;
const HMAC_SECRET = process.env.CHUCKY_HMAC_SECRET;

if (!PROJECT_ID || !HMAC_SECRET) {
  console.error('Error: Missing required environment variables.');
  console.error('Please set CHUCKY_PROJECT_ID and CHUCKY_HMAC_SECRET');
  console.error('Get these from: https://app.chucky.cloud/project/settings');
  process.exit(1);
}

async function main() {
  console.log('Connecting to Chucky...');

  // Create a token (in production, do this server-side)
  const token = await createToken({
    userId: 'quickstart-user',
    projectId: PROJECT_ID,
    secret: HMAC_SECRET,
    expiresIn: 3600, // 1 hour
    budget: createBudget({
      aiDollars: 1.0, // $1 budget
      computeHours: 1,
      window: 'day',
    }),
  });

  // Create the Chucky client
  const client = new ChuckyClient({ token });

  try {
    // Send a prompt and get the result
    const result = await client.prompt(
      'What is 2 + 2? Answer with just the number.',
      { model: 'claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929' }
    );

    // Extract and print the result
    const text = getResultText(result);
    console.log('Claude:', text);
    console.log('Done! Session completed.');
  } catch (error) {
    console.error('Error:', error);
    throw error;
  } finally {
    // Always close the client to release resources
    client.close();
  }
}

main().catch((error) => {
  console.error('Fatal error:', error);
  process.exit(1);
});

npx tsx quickstart.ts

Connecting to Chucky...
Claude: 4
Done! Session completed.