How to install the CLI and create your tracking plan

In this lesson

1. 1Run node --version and confirm Node 18 or newer.
2. 2Install the CLI: npm install -g @intempt-technologies/cli
3. 3Run intempt --version to confirm the binary is on PATH.
4. 4In your project directory run intempt init, read the detected framework line, and choose AI scan, Guided or Empty.
5. 5Review the proposed events: choose Accept, Toggle events to include or exclude each one, or Refine with AI.
6. 6Run cat intempt.yaml to see the written plan.
7. 7Run intempt init again with the file present and read the menu: Evaluate, Evolve, or Start fresh. Evolve offers AI scan, Describe and Manual.

Setup checklist

The 18 steps to wire Intempt into your stack, from installing the CLI to an agent that can work in your project. Tick them off as you go; your ticks stay in this browser.

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1. 1.Run node --version and confirm Node 18 or newer.
2. 2.Install the CLI: npm install -g @intempt-technologies/cli
3. 3.Run intempt --version to confirm the binary is on PATH.
4. 4.In your project directory run intempt init, read the detected framework line, and choose AI scan, Guided or Empty.
5. 5.Review the proposed events: choose Accept, Toggle events to include or exclude each one, or Refine with AI.
6. 6.Run cat intempt.yaml to see the written plan.
7. 7.Run intempt init again with the file present and read the menu: Evaluate, Evolve, or Start fresh. Evolve offers AI scan, Describe and Manual.
8. 8.Run intempt --help and read the full command list.
9. 9.With no credentials set, run intempt status, then intempt generate, then intempt validate, and note there is no auth prompt.
10. 10.Run a credentialed command without a key, for example intempt content generate-email "spring sale", and read the failure.
11. 11.Re-run it with --api-key, or export INTEMPT_API_KEY, or run intempt login once. Blur the key on camera.
12. 12.Connect the MCP server to your agent: in Claude Code run claude mcp add intempt -- npx -y @intempt-technologies/mcp, or configure any host to run npx -y @intempt-technologies/mcp.
13. 13.Ask the agent to log in (login tool), then check whoami and use_project to set the org and project.
14. 14.Run tools/list in your MCP client and note how many tools come back.
15. 15.Set INTEMPT_MCP_TOOLS to the waves you want, for example core,meetings,read,analytics,content, restart the host and run tools/list again.
16. 16.Leave the write wave off unless you mean it: it holds the deletes, which have no undo.
17. 17.Open Users and pick a profile with empty outside fields such as company data.
18. 18.Select that row, click Enrich, choose Enrich Profiles (or Enrich Companies from Accounts), and wait for Enrichment completed.

Your tech stack and tools

The core stack (everything you actually need)

• Node.js 18 or newer (This is what runs the CLI. Free)
• @intempt-technologies/cli (This is the command-line tool itself. Free and open source)
• An MCP host such as Claude Code (This is the AI that works in your project through the MCP server)
• @intempt-technologies/mcp (This is the bridge that lets that AI read and act in Intempt. Free and open source)
• Intempt account with an API key (This is what lets the CLI and the AI act on your real project)

Highly recommended optional upgrades that level up your work

• Cursor (This works too, if you code in Cursor)
• CI pipeline running intempt status --ci (This is how every pull request checks your tracking plan, with no secret needed)
• Model Context Protocol spec (This is the background on how AI tools talk to Intempt)

The CLI and MCP server are free and open source. Enrichment uses AI credits; an email check costs 1 credit.