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Introduction

What is OrchStep and why use it

What is OrchStep?

Automate everything — built for developers and AI agents. OrchStep is a workflow automation and CI/CD engine that runs anywhere as a single binary.

Key Principles

  • No platform required. OrchStep is a CLI binary, not a SaaS product. It runs inside your existing CI/CD.
  • Shell-first. Delegates to your existing tools (terraform, kubectl, aws, docker).
  • Built for AI agents. MCP server, skill documents, --format json on every command.
  • Module ecosystem. Reusable components for common tasks.
  • Keyboard-first UX. orchstep menu opens an interactive task picker with single-keystroke hotkeys and fuzzy search — and refuses to hang in a pipeline.

Who is OrchStep for?

  • DevOps engineers automating multi-step operational workflows
  • Platform teams standardizing deployment and infrastructure processes
  • LLM agents that need to orchestrate complex tasks programmatically
  • Anyone who's outgrown bash scripts but doesn't need a full platform