Skip to main content
Two paths. Launching a curated template is one API call on any paid plan. Authoring your own takes a few minutes and a Scale plan. We’ll do both. 
export ORGO_API_KEY=sk_live_...

​
Launch a curated template

The fastest way to see templates in action: launch a computer from one Orgo maintains. Pass its ref as template_ref to Create computer — the VM restores from the prebuilt golden snapshot with everything already installed. Curated templates live in the system namespace. The current catalog is system/claude-code@1.0.0, system/openclaw@1.0.0, and system/hermes-agent@1.0.0. 
curl -X POST https://www.orgo.ai/api/computers \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ORGO_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "workspace_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
    "name": "claude-1",
    "template_ref": "system/claude-code@1.0.0"
  }'
That’s it — the computer boots with Claude Code already installed and waiting in the terminal. Browse the full catalog with List curated templates.
Hardware in the request overrides the template’s defaults. Add "ram": 8, "cpu": 4 to launch the same template on a bigger box.

​
Author your own

Now build a template from scratch. We’ll recreate a minimal Claude Code environment so you can see every step. It publishes to your own default namespace as default/claude-code@1.0.0 — your private template, separate from the curated system/claude-code@1.0.0 above.
Publishing and building require a Scale plan. Launching what you build counts against your normal computer quota.
1

Write the template

Save this as claude-code.yaml. It declares the hardware, an optional secret, a build-time install, and the terminal session the browser attaches to.
claude-code.yaml
api_version: orgo.ai/v1

template:
  name: claude-code
  version: 1.0.0
  description: Claude Code CLI, ready in the terminal.

hardware:
  cpu: 2
  ram_gb: 4
  resolution: 1280x720x24

# The launching user supplies this from their vault; injected at create time.
secrets:
  - name: anthropic_api_key
    description: Anthropic API key, used by Claude Code when set.
    optional: true

# Baked into the golden snapshot at build time.
apps:
  - name: claude-code
    title: Claude Code
    install: |
      curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_22.x | bash -
      apt-get install -y nodejs
      npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code

# The tmux session the browser terminal attaches to by name.
terminal:
  - name: claude-code
    cwd: /root
2

Validate it

Catch mistakes before publishing. Validate has no side effects.
curl -X POST https://www.orgo.ai/api/templates/validate \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ORGO_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/yaml" \
  --data-binary @claude-code.yaml
A clean template returns { "ok": true, "template": { ... } }. Otherwise you get a list of errors, each with the exact field and a message.
3

Publish and build

Publish with ?auto_build=true to register the ref and start baking the golden snapshot in one call.
curl -X POST "https://www.orgo.ai/api/templates?auto_build=true" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ORGO_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/yaml" \
  --data-binary @claude-code.yaml

{
  "ref": "default/claude-code@1.0.0",
  "digest": "a1b2c3d4e5f6...",
  "published": "2026-06-08T17:00:00Z",
  "auto_build": "building"
}
4

Watch the build

A build takes about two minutes. Stream the log live, or poll until ready.
curl -N https://www.orgo.ai/api/templates/default/claude-code/1.0.0/build/events \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ORGO_API_KEY"
5

Launch a computer from it

Once the build is ready, create a computer with your template_ref.
curl -X POST https://www.orgo.ai/api/computers \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ORGO_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "workspace_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
    "name": "claude-dev",
    "template_ref": "default/claude-code@1.0.0"
  }'
The computer restores from the golden snapshot — Node and Claude Code already installed, your terminal session ready. Poll https://www.orgo.ai/api/desktops/{instance_id}/proxy/health until it returns 200, then connect. See Create computer for the full response and connection details.

​
Iterate

Refs are immutable, so you have two ways to ship a change:
  • Bump the version — 1.0.0 → 1.0.1. The clean path for anything you’ve shared.
  • Force-replace — re-publish the same version with ?force=true while you’re still iterating locally.
curl -X POST "https://www.orgo.ai/api/templates?auto_build=true&force=true" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ORGO_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/yaml" \
  --data-binary @claude-code.yaml

​
Next steps

Add secrets

Let users supply their own API keys.

Run services

Long-running processes with health checks.

React to events

Cron, file, HTTP, and metric triggers.

Full API

Every templates endpoint.