Getting started
Start here to set up a development environment and build your first Akka service. This section is a set of guided tutorials plus a catalog of samples and blueprints you can browse.
Set up
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Set up your dev env — three ways to set up: with an AI harness, without AI, or in a container. Do this first.
Tutorials
Guided, end-to-end walkthroughs that teach by building one thing.
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Spec-first hello agent — build an agent end-to-end with spec-driven development.
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Code-first hello agent — build the same agent by hand in Java.
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Multi-agent tutorial — orchestrate multiple agents with a workflow.
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RAG chat tutorial — build a retrieval-augmented chat agent.
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Shopping cart tutorial — build an event-sourced service with entities and views.
Samples and blueprints
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Samples and blueprints — browse runnable samples and generate governance-aware systems from blueprints.