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Every Fimo site has its own repository, whether it started in Studio or from the CLI. One command brings it onto your machine with dependencies installed and your coding agent ready. Studio shows that command behind the Clone button in the site header, filled in for the open site and Branch, so you can copy it or open it straight in Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or Copilot.
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Sign in

You do not need a global install:
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Set up the site on your machine

Pass the site ID. Studio shows it in the ready-made command; fimo projects list prints it too.
The command works whatever state the site is in. If the site already has code, it clones the repository into my-site. If the site was created in Studio and never deployed, it scaffolds a fresh site into that folder and pushes the first commit. Either way it installs dependencies and offers to connect your coding agent.To start from a Branch other than main, add --branch <name>.
Only members with manage access to the site can set it up locally. Ask a site admin for access if the command is refused.
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Run it

Move into the folder and start the framework’s own dev server with the package manager that matches the lockfile:
There is no fimo dev: the site runs exactly as it would without Fimo, and connects to the site through .fimo/project.json and the active git branch.
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Work with your coding agent

The site ships with AGENTS.md and CLAUDE.md, which point the agent at the Fimo instructions it needs. If you skipped the skills step during setup, or a teammate uses a different tool, follow Set up your coding agent.
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Push your work back

When a change is ready for review, deploy it to Preview:
Fimo commits pending changes, pushes them, and returns Preview and Studio links. Publishing to production is a separate, deliberate step. See Deploy and publish.

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Code only, without installing

To fetch the repository and link the folder without installing dependencies, use fimo clone:
It stops if the site’s repository has no commits yet. In that case use fimo init --project-id as shown above, which scaffolds and pushes the first commit.

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Already have the folder?

If the application is already on your machine and you want to connect it to a site without replacing its code, use fimo link from the folder. See Sites and onboarding.

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What’s next

Set up your coding agent

Give the agent Fimo skills and the rules for this site.

Work in Branches

Propose changes in isolation and merge them when they are ready.

Deploy and publish

Move from a hosted Preview to production on your terms.