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title: "Start"
description: "What Chickpea is, how it works, and the two ways to get a first reply in Slack."
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> Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.chickpea.co/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Start

Chickpea gives your team AI teammates in Slack, each with its own handle, instructions, memory, connected accounts, and channels, running on infrastructure you own. Start here to understand the shape of the thing and get a first reply.

- **What Chickpea is** — What a workspace gets, where it runs, what it costs, and what it is not. [Read it](/start/what-is-chickpea).
- **Get started on Cloudflare** — Deploy with one button, connect Slack, and get a reply. [Read it](/start/get-started-cloudflare).
- **How Chickpea works** — One mention end to end, and the layers underneath. [Read it](/start/how-it-works).
- **Get started on Node** — Run Chickpea on your own Node host, connect your own Slack app, get a reply. [Read it](/start/get-started-node).
- **Requirements and costs** — What you need before you deploy, which resources bill, and what Chickpea costs. [Read it](/start/requirements-and-costs).

Source: https://docs.chickpea.co/start/index.mdx