Sign up from your terminal
One command signs you up, starts a box on the free credit, and sets up this machine: npx prized.
Start
In the folder you want on your box:
npx prizedIt needs Node.js 18 or later on macOS, Linux, or Windows (PowerShell or Windows Terminal). No Node.js? Sign up at prized.dev and follow the quickstart.
What it asks
| Step | What you do |
|---|---|
| Sign in | Pick GitHub or Google in the browser that opens, check the account and where it will connect, then click Connect terminal. Only confirm a sign-in you started, never one from a link someone sent you. New accounts get $30 of free credit. |
| Your box | Automatic starts the biggest box the free credit runs (a Small: 4 vCPU, 16 GB, about nine days) or uses the box you have; Manual lists every size and how long your credit runs it. |
| Where you work | Claude desktop, the ChatGPT app, Cursor, or the terminal (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor Agent, or a plain shell). |
Then this machine is set up
The CLI installs and signs in with nothing to paste, then asks which folder to sync (the one you ran it in, a recent git checkout, or a new empty project). Automatic brings your tools and packages but asks before copying anything secret (.env files, API keys, your agent's sign-in); Manual asks about each part, like prized setup.
In the numbered folder list, long labels are shortened to fit your terminal; the selected folder’s full path is unchanged. If a shortened label is ambiguous, type the full path instead.
Then it sets up where you work:
| You work in | What happens |
|---|---|
| Claude desktop | Adds your box to Claude desktop and opens a Code session in your synced folder (Claude Desktop remote). |
| ChatGPT app | Signs Codex in on the box and adds the box and synced folder to the app, connected (Codex remote). |
| Cursor | Opens your synced folder on the box over Remote-SSH. |
| Terminal | Starts your agent in a tmux session on the box and leaves you in it; it keeps running when you close the laptop. |
Setting up an app needs macOS and the app installed; otherwise the command ends with the steps to add your box by hand. The box is on the dashboard too, with nothing left to set up there.
Already signed in on this machine? Run prized setup in the folder you want on your box instead.
Troubleshooting
| Symptom | What to do |
|---|---|
| The browser did not open | Open the whole link the terminal shows in a browser on this machine; another device cannot finish the sign-in. A page asking for the whole link means it was cut short: copy all of it. |
| "This sign-in link has expired." | A sign-in lasts 15 minutes. Run npx prized again; an existing account just signs in again. |
| "Too many tries." | Too many wrong or expired attempts. Wait a few minutes, then run npx prized again. |
It ends with a prized setup line | Run the whole line in the folder you want to sync: with --signup and its ID it finishes the steps above. After plain prized setup, add the box to your app by hand (Claude desktop, the ChatGPT app). |
| Using ssh with a phone password | That password is for the ChatGPT app's SSH form (From your phone); from a computer, use prized ssh. |