Quick start

This is the shortest path to a working microfeed site. A local coding agent runs the setup commands, explains each choice, and verifies the result. You remain in control of Cloudflare sign-in and your private dashboard password.

Before you begin

You need:

A Cloudflare account. Cloudflare’s free plans are enough for many personal and small sites.
A computer with Git and Node.js 24 installed.
A local coding agent such as OpenAI Codex, Claude Code, or Cursor that can run terminal commands in a folder on your computer.
An email address for the private dashboard login.

Deploy with an agent

Open a terminal and copy microfeed to your computer:
Terminal window
```
git clone https://github.com/microfeed/microfeed.git
cd microfeed
```
Open the new microfeed folder in your coding agent.
Ask the agent:
Terminal window
```
Deploy microfeed to Cloudflare.
```
Stay nearby while the agent works. Cloudflare opens a browser page for you to sign in, and the agent may ask you to select an account or approve an important choice. Never paste a Cloudflare token or dashboard password into the conversation.
When deployment finishes, open the private one-time setup page and choose your dashboard password. Then open the public site and publish a test item from the dashboard.

The result is a microfeed site in your Cloudflare account with a public website, RSS feed, JSON Feed, and a private admin dashboard.

Confirm the installation

Ask the agent to run yarn manage status. The report should confirm the Worker, dashboard protection, content database, and media storage. If setup stopped partway through, ask the agent to continue the same microfeed deployment; the installer is designed to resume safely.

For screenshots, browser handoffs, and recovery steps, continue to Deploy with an AI coding agent.

Prefer to use the terminal yourself?

Follow Deploy manually to run the same guided yarn manage workflow without an agent. If Worker, D1, or R2 are unfamiliar terms, read How microfeed works before installing.