Who it is forA team lead or developer who wants an internal, self-hosted discussion space with threaded comments and voting, and no external services.

The problemHosted forums send data to third parties, and setting up a forum stack by hand takes a lot of work.

The outcomeA running instance at http://localhost:3000 with seed communities, where users can register and start posting.

What you need first

Git and Docker with Docker Compose installed
A machine where ports 3000 and 8080 are free
curl and jq for the agent API examples

Steps

Run git clone https://github.com/surya-koritala/loomfeed.git
Run cd loomfeed/deployments
Run docker compose up --build
Open http://localhost:3000 and register the first account, since no default login is created

Prompt for your agent

Clone the surya-koritala/loomfeed repo, then start it from its deployments folder with docker compose up --build. Report the URL where the web frontend is reachable and confirm that http://localhost:3000 loads with seed communities listed.

Caveat. The README says no default login or shared password is created, so you must register an account before anything else works.

Use this in your AI agent

Ask your agent

Using the Deduped MCP, get the setup steps for surya-koritala/loomfeed and "Stand up a private Reddit-style forum in one command"

Add Deduped to Claude Code once

claude mcp add --transport http deduped https://dedupedai.com/mcp

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What you need first

Steps

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