Installation

Requirements

Python 3.11+, uv package manager, and an OpenRouter API key (or compatible LLM provider).

Install uv if needed:

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

Clone and install Scald:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/scald.git
cd scald
uv sync

Copy the environment template and add your API credentials:

cp .env.example .env

Edit .env:

OPENROUTER_API_KEY=your_api_key_here
OPENROUTER_BASE_URL=https://openrouter.ai/api/v1

Confirm installation:

scald --help

You should see the CLI help output with available commands and options.

For documentation:

uv sync --group docs
mkdocs serve  # Available at http://localhost:8000

For development:

uv sync --group dev

Continue to Quick Start to run your first AutoML task.