Getting started

VS Code is a free code editor from Microsoft. Even if you do not write code yet, this is the window you will spend most of your time in.

Download: code.visualstudio.com. Pick the build for your operating system, install, open it once.

Other free editors that work the same way: Cursor (AI-first, Claude built in), Zed (modern and fast), VSCodium (open-source VS Code without telemetry). Pick whatever feels right. The rest of this guide assumes VS Code, but the workflow is the same anywhere.

Claude is the AI assistant we use throughout this site. You can chat with it in your browser at claude.ai or use the Claude Code app on your computer (next step).

Pro plan ($20 per month) is the recommended starting point. Twenty dollars to see if it clicks for you.

If you already use a different AI assistant (ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, or Cursor with its built-in AI), it will work too. The prompts in this guide are written for Claude Code, but most translate. Stick with whatever you are comfortable with.

Claude Code is the desktop version that can read and write files inside a folder on your machine. Download it from anthropic.com/claude-code. Same login as the chat.

Now, open the Finder (macOS) or File Explorer (Windows) and create a new folder called Projects in your home directory. Open Claude Code and point it at that folder.

From now on, every new project lives as a subfolder inside Projects/. One folder per idea. Easy to keep tidy.

A wallet is your account on the blockchain. You will use it to sign transactions and to fund contract deployments.

Install the official Klever Wallet from the official site (linked on the Resources page). Save your seed phrase on paper. Never paste it online and never share it with anyone, including AI assistants.

Open the Resources page and pick the starter that matches what you want to build (token, basic dApp, frontend only). Click Download ZIP, unzip the folder, then drop it into your Projects/ folder.

That is it. No git, no clone command, no GitHub account needed for the first ride.

Open the starter folder in Claude Code. These four prompts walk you from "what is in this folder" to "this is my project". Try them in order: copy each one with the icon on the right, paste into Claude Code, hit enter, wait for Claude to propose the change.

Read the README in this folder and tell me, in two sentences, what this template already does and which files I would change first to make it mine.

On the home page, change the main title from 'klever-forge template' to 'My Klever Project' and the description below it to 'Built on Klever with Claude Code'. Show me the change before applying it.

Add a Connect Wallet button on the home page. When clicked, it should ask the visitor's Klever wallet for permission and display their wallet address on the page.

Once a wallet is connected, show its current KLV balance under the address. Use the public Klever blockchain API. No backend needed.

After each prompt, Claude reads the files, proposes a change, and asks before writing. Approve only what you understand. If something does not look right, type no, explain what you tried to do and Claude will walk you through it. The Wiki has tips on writing better prompts.

When you are ready to put your project online, we recommend Vercel. Free tier, one-click GitHub integration, made for Next.js sites like the starters here. Ask Claude Code and it will recommend the same thing for the same reasons. Paste this prompt:

Help me deploy this project to Vercel for free.

Claude knows the steps and will guide you through. The Wiki has a short walkthrough too, for when you want to read it at your own pace.