Install

The agent, slate, runs on a machine inside your network that can reach what you connect: a laptop, a jump host or a server. It dials out to the service; nothing is opened inbound.

Getting it. On a Mac or Linux, in a terminal:

curl -fsSL https://orbslate.com/install.sh | sh

It downloads the agent built for this machine, checks the file's sha256 against the release, and puts slate in ~/.local/bin. For another folder: curl -fsSL https://orbslate.com/install.sh | sh -s -- --dir /usr/local/bin. It changes nothing else: no shell profile, no token. If that folder is not on your PATH it says so. On Windows, in PowerShell:

irm https://orbslate.com/install.ps1 | iex

It puts slate.exe in your user's Programs folder; add that folder to your PATH. On a Mac, a binary fetched this way runs as it is. One downloaded through a browser is stopped by Gatekeeper, because the agent is not notarised by Apple yet: use the line above. Every release is signed; slate update --check checks the signature and says whether a newer one is out.

Once it is on the machine:

• slate doctor checks the machine first: a private home for the agent, a keyring that works, the service answering, a clock in step.
• slate login pairs it with your workspace. It prints a code and opens the console's pairing page; check that the code matches and choose Pair this agent.
• slate connect add kube --context <name> --environment staging adds a cluster from your kubeconfig. The credential stays in that file.
• slate connect add datadog --site datadoghq.eu --environment prod adds Datadog. It asks for the API key and the application key without showing them, and keeps both in this machine's keyring.
• slate connect add dynatrace --url https://abc12345.live.dynatrace.com --environment prod adds Dynatrace. It asks for the API token without showing it, and keeps it in this machine's keyring.
• slate connect add harness --org default --project payments --environment prod adds a Harness project. It asks for the API key without showing it, and keeps it in this machine's keyring.
• slate connect add rancher --url https://rancher.example.com --environment prod adds Rancher. It asks for the API token without showing it, and keeps it in this machine's keyring.
• slate mcp --install claude-desktop gives the agent to your AI client (Your AI client says more).

slate status says what the agent is paired with and how many connections it has, at any time.