Getting Started

This section walks you through setting up Spade from scratch. By the end, you will have installed the Spade CLI, run a pipeline, and created a custom block.

Guides in this section🔗

  1. Installation — Install the Spade CLI
  2. Your First Pipeline — Write and run a two-block pipeline
  3. Your First Block (Python) — Create a custom block in Python
  4. Your First Block (R) — Create a custom block in R
  5. Use Spade from an AI Assistant — Connect Claude or another MCP client to build and run pipelines for you

For TypeScript, Go, and Rust, see the library quickstarts.

Installation

Install the Spade CLI and set up your local environment.

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Your First Pipeline

Create, validate, and run a simple two-block pipeline.

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Your First Block

Create a custom processing block from scratch using Python.

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Your First R Block

Create a custom Spade block in R from scratch.

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Use Spade from an AI Assistant

Connect Claude or another MCP client to Spade, and let it find blocks, draft pipelines, check them, and run them for you.

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