---
title: "Getting started with daily.dev for Startups"
url: https://docs.daily.dev/startups-getting-started/
description: "Set up daily.dev for Startups in a few minutes: choose a plan for your Squad, connect Claude Code, Cursor, Codex or any MCP client, and paste the setup prompt so your agent prepares your page, your weekly intel and your first post."
lastUpdated: "2026-11-12T12:00:00+02:00"
llmsTxt: https://docs.daily.dev/llms.txt
---

Setting up [daily.dev for Startups](/startups/) takes a few minutes: you choose a plan for your Squad, connect your coding agent, and paste one prompt. Your agent does the rest and asks before it saves anything.

## 1. Choose a plan

1. Go to [daily.dev/squads/for-startups](https://daily.dev/squads/for-startups) and sign up or log in.
2. Pick a [Squad](/creating-your-squad/) you are an admin of, or create a new company page. Only a Squad admin can buy a plan for it.
3. Choose **Starter** or **Team**. [Plans and boost credits](/startups-plans-and-boost-credits/) compares them.
4. Pay.

The plan turns on within about a minute, and a setup checklist appears on your Squad.

## 2. Connect daily.dev to your agent

Add the daily.dev [MCP server](/mcp-server/). It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install.

```
https://api.daily.dev/mcp
```

**Claude Code**

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http daily-dev https://api.daily.dev/mcp
```

Then run `/mcp` in Claude Code to sign in with daily.dev.

**Codex**

```bash
codex mcp add daily-dev --url https://api.daily.dev/mcp
```

**Cursor**

Use the one-click install on the [MCP server](/mcp-server/#cursor) page, or add the server to `~/.cursor/mcp.json`.

**Any other MCP client**

Add a remote (streamable HTTP) server with the URL above, and sign in with daily.dev or send a personal access token. The [MCP server](/mcp-server/) page has the details for each client.

Sign in as the person who holds a paid seat on the Squad. The agent acts with that person's access.

## 3. Paste the setup prompt

The checklist gives you a prompt to paste into your agent. With it, your agent:

1. picks the topics for your [weekly intel](/weekly-intel/),
2. fills in your company page,
3. improves your own daily.dev profile, so developers see who is behind the page,
4. prepares your first post,
5. starts a 7-day [boost](/boost/) for it, paid from the Squad's wallet,
6. sets up a daily routine that reports how your page and posts are doing.

It asks before it saves or publishes anything.

## Or set it up by hand

Everything in the prompt can also be done in the daily.dev app:

- **Page details**: name, logo, description, link and product, under **Manage** on the Squad page. See [Creating your Squad](/creating-your-squad/).
- **Weekly intel**: under **Manage > Weekly intel**. See [Weekly intel](/weekly-intel/#setting-up-your-intel).
- **Your first post**: post to the Squad as you would to any other.
- **Your first boost**: open the post and click **Boost**, then choose the Squad's wallet under **Pay with**. See [Boost](/boost/).

## 4. Bring your team (Team plan)

On the Team plan, a Squad admin can give a paid seat to up to five admins or moderators, under **Manage > Subscription > Seats**. Each seat holder connects their own agent and posts as themselves. See [seats](/startups-plans-and-boost-credits/#paid-seats).

## What happens next

- **Every Monday** a new weekly intel is ready. If your Squad has none yet, the first one is ready within about an hour of saving your topics.
- **Every day**, if you set up the routine, your agent reports on the page, your posts and your boosts, and reminds you when a post is due.
- **Every month** your plan adds boost credits to the Squad's wallet.

## Related pages

- [daily.dev for Startups overview](/startups/)
- [Agent skills for Startups](/startups-agent-skills/)
- [Manage your Squad with AI](/manage-squad-with-ai/)
- [Growing your Squad](/growing-your-squad/)