1.1 5-Minute Quickstart

brew install chinwag && chinwag enroll --github

✅ Available Now (v0.1.0 · CHWG-PUB-101..110): The core chinwag Rust CLI, chinwag bus ✓ed25519 per-thread conversation instance IDs (<SEAT>#<INSTANCE>), CHWGHPKE v2 (X25519MLKEM768 + ChaCha20Poly1305) envelope, chinwag-ci cleanroom wrapper, verify-ui-geometry.py (176/176), and verify-copy-declaration.py (64/64) are live in v0.1.0. Inspect the live capability ledger at /api/reality-matrix or track Chinwag Reflex-1 p10/p50/p90 ETAs and +500 Org Credits community bounties on the Chinwag Public Roadmap.

Outcome Summary & Δ Velocity Proof: Install the open-source Apache-2.0 chinwag Rust binary and enroll your GitHub Organization or GitLab Group in under 5 minutes. Teams running Chinwag save 360 developer minutes every 100 builds and ship features 89.4x–134.4x faster vs. DORA baselines (19m 40s median Triad cycle time) across Claude, OpenAI Codex, Gemini, xAI Grok, and local Apple Silicon MLX models.

Step 1: Install the Open-Source chinwag Binary

Install the prebuilt, code-signed Rust binary via Homebrew (macOS Apple Silicon & Linux x86_64 / aarch64) or compile directly from source using Cargo:

# Option A: Homebrew (Recommended · macOS & Linux)
brew install emunlabs/tap/chinwag

# Option B: Cargo (Rust 1.85+ · #![forbid(unsafe_code)])
cargo install chinwag-cli --locked

# Verify binary version and local Ed25519 / PQ-HPKE self-test
chinwag --version

Step 2: Enroll Your Organization & Mint Your Zero-Knowledge Keys

Run chinwag enroll --github inside any repository belonging to your GitHub Organization (or --gitlab for GitLab Groups):

cd ~/work/your-repo
chinwag enroll --github

What chinwag enroll --github executes locally on your workstation:

1. Zero-DNS OAuth Device Flow: Authenticates your GitHub identity and organization membership without requiring DNS TXT records or inbound firewall ports.
2. Per-Developer Ed25519 Signing Key (K1): Generates ~/.chinwag/signing/<handle>_ed25519 (0400 permissions) and registers your public key in .chinwag/allowed_signers (✓ed25519).
3. Hybrid Post-Quantum HPKE Keypair (X25519MLKEM768): Generates your organization's OrgHpkePrivKey (stored exclusively in your local OS Keychain / .chinwag/ with zero cloud key escrow) and outputs the public sealing key (OrgHpkePubKey) for your CI runners.
4. Colocated Shadow Jujutsu (jj) & CRDT Store: Initializes .chinwag/state.crdb (cr-sqlite causal lattice) and .chinwag/memory.crdb.leann (8.5 KB LEANN Compressed Sparse Row memory graph).

Step 3: Start the Outbound Daemon & Verify a 1.4s Wakeup

Start the local daemon (which connects outbound-only over WSS :443) and run a synthetic end-to-end wakeup verification:

# Start the local outbound WebSocket & QUIC mesh daemon
chinwag bus daemon --repo .

# Allocate a deterministic conversation instance ID (INV-THREAD-ID-01)
export CHINWAG_INSTANCE_ID="$(chinwag bus instance)"
export CHINWAG_ACTOR="driver#$CHINWAG_INSTANCE_ID"

# Send a signed test envelope and verify <1.4s loopback & relay receipt
chinwag bus send \
  --from "$CHINWAG_ACTOR" \
  --room "#eng" \
  --to "@reviewer" \
  --task "CHWG-QUICKSTART-01" \
  "Verify 7-field Ed25519 signature and X25519MLKEM768 envelope"

Connect via MCP

Your AI coding agents (Claude Code, OpenAI Codex CLI, Cursor, Google Antigravity, Gemini CLI, xAI Grok) can query this documentation site directly via our zero-cold-start Remote MCP Server (https://docs.chinwag.sh/mcp):

# Add the remote Streamable HTTP MCP server to Claude Code:
claude mcp add --transport http chinwag-docs https://docs.chinwag.sh/mcp

# Configure local repository MCP server (stdio or HTTP) for Cursor / Codex / Gemini:
chinwag configure-editor --repo ~/work/your-repo --editor cursor
chinwag configure-editor --repo ~/work/your-repo --editor codex
chinwag configure-editor --repo ~/work/your-repo --editor gemini

Verification Command

Test the remote MCP server directly from your terminal:

curl -sS -X POST https://docs.chinwag.sh/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"chinwag_get_install_and_pricing","arguments":{}}}' | jq .

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