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name: jurniti-provision-agent
description: Provision a fresh managed agent microVM on jurniti and connect to it — the log in, add a card, bring it up, connect flow. Use when the user wants to spin up a new agent VM, "provision an agent", "start a new jurniti box", or bring a fresh agent runtime online.
---

# Provision a fresh agent on jurniti

Bring a brand-new managed agent microVM online. This is a **paid** flow:
there is no free tier, so a card must be on file before the box boots (every
plan ships a 30-day money-back guarantee, not a trial).

## Steps

1. Authenticate this machine (once):

   ```sh
   jurniti login
   ```

2. Put a card on file (once per account):

   ```sh
   jurniti billing add-card
   ```

   Completes a Stripe SetupIntent; the saved card is charged off-session on
   every provision after this — no browser bounce per box.

3. Provision and boot the VM:

   ```sh
   jurniti up --harness <harness> --plan <plan>
   ```

   Pick the agent runtime and a plan tier. `up` gates on the platform's
   rent-after-pay economics, charges the saved card, then provisions a fresh
   microVM.

4. Watch it come up and grab its id:

   ```sh
   jurniti vms ls
   jurniti vms get <id>
   ```

   Poll `jurniti vms get <id>` until status is `running` — use the id `up`
   returned, not the top of the list.

## Connect

Open a terminal or the runtime's dashboard from the VM detail, or drive the
box with `jurniti exec <id> -- <cmd>` and `jurniti cp` once those verbs are
available. Set your model keys (BYOK) inside the box — jurniti never sees them.

## Next

- Capture your configured box into a reusable template — see the
  `jurniti-templatize` skill.
- Full reference: https://www.jurniti.com/docs