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Quick start with twcore#

ThinkWatch Core is a set of crates, not an installable application. bin/twcore is a complete, self-contained gateway binary, and it is the recommended way to observe Core’s behaviour.

Write, check, and serve a config#

Run the following commands in a checkout of the ThinkWatch Core repository:

cargo run -p twcore -- init     # write a commented config.yaml
cargo run -p twcore -- check    # validate without starting
cargo run -p twcore -- serve    # start the gateway and control plane
  • init writes a commented config.yaml.
  • check validates the config without starting anything.
  • serve starts the gateway and the control plane.

Connecting a client#

Point a client such as Claude Code or Codex at the local port. Core then routes each request according to the configured rules, fails over between upstreams, prices usage against its snapshot table, redacts secrets in outbound requests, and inspects tool calls in responses. Each capability is described in the Overview.

Step-by-step configuration for individual clients is not yet documented.