Run your first Pipecat bot in under 5 minutes
.env
file in your text editor and add your API keys:
pipecatcloud
CLI is already installed with your quickstart project. We’ll use it as pcc
below to manage deployments and secrets.
pcc-deploy.toml
file tells Pipecat Cloud how to run your bot. Update the image field with your Docker Hub username:
agent_name
: Your bot’s name in Pipecat Cloudimage
: The Docker image to deploy (format: username/image:version
)secret_set
: Where your API keys are stored securelymin_agents
: Number of bot instances to keep ready (1 = instant start)image_credentials
in your TOML file for authenticated image pulls.quickstart-secrets
(matching your TOML file) and uploads all your API keys from .env
.
build.sh
and update the DOCKER_USERNAME
variable with your Docker Hub username:
quickstart
agent → Sandbox.env
file:
handle_sigint=False
because the main runner handles system signals.