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This guide walks you through setting up Condor from scratch and building your first autonomous Trading Agent.

What You’ll Learn

1

Installing Condor and Hummingbot API

Deploy the two-server architecture on your machine
2

Telegram Interface

Control your trading infrastructure via mobile-friendly commands
3

Web Dashboard

Access the browser-based interface for managing bots and agents
4

Integrating your LLM

Connect Claude, Gemini, Codex, OpenRouter, or a local model for Trading Agents
5

Adding Credentials

Connect your exchange accounts via API keys
6

Seeing Your Portfolio

View balances and positions across all exchanges
7

Build Your First Agent

Create and deploy an autonomous Trading Agent
8

Managing Agent Sessions

Monitor, inspect, and control running agents

Prerequisites

Before starting, ensure you have:
  • A Linux server (Ubuntu 20.04+) or macOS machine
  • 4 GB RAM minimum (8 GB recommended)
  • Exchange API keys with trade permissions
  • Access to an LLM provider (Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Codex, OpenRouter, or a local model) for agent reasoning
  • Tailscale account (free tier is enough) — recommended when Condor and Hummingbot API run on different machines or any production VPS setup

Time to Complete

Most users complete this guide in under 30 minutes.

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