Sign up from your terminal.
One ssh command signs you up, starts a box on the free credit, and ends with one command that sets up your laptop.
Start
ssh ssh.prized.devNothing to install first: macOS, Linux and Windows 10 or later all ship ssh. The first time, ssh asks you to confirm the host; the fingerprint is SHA256:obSQ9e1wBADEVz58mOOOeXL79ymZcC0tBGLph1CS0I8, then type yes.
What it asks
| Step | What you do |
|---|---|
| Sign in | Pick GitHub or Google and open the link it shows. Sign in, check the page shows the same code as your terminal, and select Connect terminal. A new account gets $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 hands over the box you already 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). |
| Your laptop | The last screen shows one command, copied to your clipboard where your terminal allows it. Leave the session and paste it. |
Only connect a terminal you started yourself, just now: the page shows the account and workspace it joins, when it started, and the address and SSH client it came from. A sign-in link someone else sends you would connect their terminal to your account, so select This wasn't me instead.
The command
It installs the CLI, signs it in without a second browser trip, and connects your box. Then it asks which folder to sync: the folder you ran it in, your recent git checkouts, or a new empty project. Automatic brings your tools and packages without more questions and asks before it copies anything secret: .env files, API keys, or your agent's sign-in. Manual asks about each part, as prized setup does. Last, it sets up where you work:
| You work in | What happens |
|---|---|
| Claude desktop | Your box is added to Claude desktop, which opens a new Code session on it in your synced folder. Later, pick <box> (Prized) from the environment menu. |
| ChatGPT app | Codex is signed in on the box and your synced folder is added to the app as a remote project; the app picks it up without a restart. |
| Cursor | Cursor opens your synced folder on the box over Remote-SSH. |
| Terminal | Your agent starts in a tmux session on the box and the command ends inside it; it keeps running when you close the laptop. |
Setting up an app for you needs macOS and the app installed; otherwise the command ends with the steps to add your box by hand. If it stops after connecting your box and prints a prized setup line instead, see Troubleshooting.
The command works once, for 15 minutes. On Windows it is a PowerShell line. Nothing about your box is lost if you skip it: install the CLI from the quickstart any time.
Troubleshooting
- ssh times out or is refused. Some networks block outbound SSH. Sign up at prized.dev instead and follow the quickstart.
- "The sign-in link expired." Links last 15 minutes. Run
ssh ssh.prized.devagain; an account you already made is simply signed in again. - "Too many tries." The page stops taking codes after a run of wrong or expired ones. Wait a few minutes, then run
ssh ssh.prized.devagain for a new code. - The install command says the link expired. It was used, or it is more than 15 minutes old. Run
ssh ssh.prized.devagain for a new one; the dashboard's install command signs the CLI in too, but without the choices you made here. - The command ends with a
prized setupline. Run the whole line, as printed, in the folder you want to sync. With--signupand its ID, it finishes the steps above; plainprized setupsyncs the folder and signs your agent in on the box, and you add the box to your app by hand (Claude desktop, the ChatGPT app). - Using ssh with a phone password. The phone password is for the ChatGPT app's SSH form (From your phone); from a computer, use
prized ssh.
Something unclear or out of date?
Quickstart
Four steps from signup to a box with your project on it and your coding agent signed in. You need a Mac, a Linux machine, or a Windows PC.
Agent setup
Paste one prompt into Claude Code or Codex on your machine; the agent installs the CLI, runs prized setup, and asks before putting your project or your credentials on the box.