Prerequisites

disclaw-team requires three things before you install. Get these in place first — the rest of setup assumes they’re all working.

Node.js

Node.js 20 or higher is required. This is used to run the CLI, MCP server, and web dashboard.

Install via nvm (recommended):

nvm install --lts

Verify:

node --version

Bun works too

If you have Bun installed, disclaw-team will automatically use it for better performance. But it’s not required — Node.js works fine.

tmux

disclaw-team uses tmux to run each bot as a background process in its own window. Version 3.0 or higher is required.

macOS:

brew install tmux

Ubuntu / Debian:

sudo apt install tmux

Fedora / RHEL:

sudo dnf install tmux

Verify:

tmux -V

Claude Code

Each bot runs as a Claude Code session. Claude Code must be installed globally and you need an active Claude subscription.

Install:

npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code

Verify:

claude --version

Claude Pro subscription

disclaw-team runs through your existing Claude Pro subscription (or higher). No API keys or per-token billing. Each bot counts as one concurrent Claude Code session.

Next step

Once all three are installed and verified, continue to Discord Setup to create your bot tokens.