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Installation

Requirements

  • Python 3.14 or higher
  • An LLM provider API key (Anthropic, OpenAI, Mistral, OpenRouter, etc. or local Ollama)

Install from PyPI

pip install ossature

uvx ossature

Install from Source

git clone https://github.com/ossature/ossature.git
cd ossature
uv sync

Configure Your API Key

Set the environment variable for your LLM provider:

# Anthropic
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="sk-ant-..."

# OpenAI
export OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-..."

If you're using Ollama, no API key is needed. Just make sure the Ollama server is running:

ollama serve

Verify Installation

ossature --version

Next Steps