Install the Telekinesis Agent

Tzara is the Telekinesis Physical AI Agent for VS Code. It turns natural-language instructions into robot code using your Telekinesis skills. Install it once and start building physical AI applications from your editor.

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Tzara installation walkthrough.

Install the VS Code extension

1. Open the Extensions view (Ctrl+Shift+X on Windows/Linux, Cmd+Shift+X on macOS).
2. Search for Tzara by Telekinesis.
3. Click Install.

Generate your API keys

Key	Where to get it
TELEKINESIS_API_KEY	platform.telekinesis.ai/api-keys
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY	console.anthropic.com/settings/keys

Set the API keys

Windows PowerShell

setx ANTHROPIC_API_KEY "<your_key>"
$env:ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="<your_key>"

# Verify
echo $env:ANTHROPIC_API_KEY

bash

echo 'export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="<your_key>"' >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrc

# Verify
echo $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY

zsh

echo 'export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="<your_key>"' >> ~/.zshrc && source ~/.zshrc

# Verify
echo $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY

fish

echo 'set -gx ANTHROPIC_API_KEY "<your_key>"' >> ~/.config/fish/config.fish && source ~/.config/fish/config.fish

# Verify
echo $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY

Key not printing?

Close all VS Code windows, restart VS Code, and open a fresh terminal.

Run Tzara

1. Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P).
2. Type Tzara and select Tzara: Open Chat.
3. Send a quick Hi Tzara!. A reply confirms Tzara is live.

TIP

The Tzara icon lives in the top-right of VS Code. Click it any time to reopen the chat.

Start prompting your robot

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Next Steps

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Found a bug or something not working as expected? Raise an issue on our GitHub.

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