Get started with AlienMonster

AlienMonster is a strategy repository that lives next to your code. Follow the four steps below to set up your first project.

Create a project in AlienMonster

From your dashboard, click the + New project button. Give it a name — AlienMonster creates a strategy repo for you.

Capture your strategy

Talk to the AlienMonster Facilitator in Claude.ai — it asks structured questions and captures your thinking as strategic primitives.

To connect AlienMonster to Claude.ai:

Open Claude.ai and go to Settings → Connectors
Click Add custom connector
Paste the MCP URL: https://alienmonster.ai/mcp
Authorize via OAuth when Claude.ai prompts
Start a new conversation — the Facilitator is now available

Full setup details: Capturing strategy in Claude.ai →

Customize

Skills

Connectors

Scaffold on your machine

Open your terminal. Pick the command that matches where you are:

Creating a fresh project from scratch
npx alienmonster init my-project
Init creates the directory for you — don't pre-create it.
Already in a project directory (empty or with code)
cd my-project && npx alienmonster init
Drop the name argument to initialize the current directory.

$ npx alienmonster init my-project
  👾 Created my-project/ with initial commit.
 
  Next steps:
    cd my-project
    npx alienmonster login
    npx alienmonster connect
 
$ cd my-project && npx alienmonster login
  ✓ Logged in as you@example.com
 
$ npx alienmonster connect
  ✅ Claude Code: registered via `claude mcp add`

init scaffolds the project offline. login opens a browser for device-flow authentication — you'll see a device code and enter it in the browser. connect registers the MCP server with Claude Code and Cursor.

Keep coding with context

Your coding agent now reads your strategy repo before making changes.

Claude Code.alienmonster/ loaded

Should I use Stripe or Paddle for payments?

⚙get_relevant_powers· payments, billing

Paddle. This was already decided for your project — check the strategy repo.

[.alienmonster/decisions.md · DEC-DEC-001]

Paddle chosen over Stripe for automatic EU VAT handling. Key constraint: ~60% of target users are in Germany and France.

I'll scaffold the Paddle integration around that constraint. Want me to start with webhook handling or checkout setup first?

Illustrative example. Your strategy will reference primitives from your own sessions.
Without AlienMonster, the agent would give you a generic comparison. With it, the agent knows the decision was already made and why.