# Prerequisites > **Warning** > > Project Neo is currently in [Technical Preview](../../../../a-z/squirro-glossary.md#term-Technical-Preview). Features described in this section may change before general availability. - **A Squirro instance with Project Neo** To activate Project Neo on your instance, see the [Setup](../setup.md#neo-admin-setup) page. - **A target Squirro project** An existing Squirro project, create one first if it does not exist yet. - **The genai command line tool** Install the `genai` CLI, which requires Python 3.11 or later. See the [Installation](installation.md#neo-agent-config-installation) page. - **A refresh token for a project Administrator** Deploying requires the Administrator role on the target project, so authenticate with a refresh token that belongs to a project Administrator. For the role requirement, see the Authentication and Authorization section on the [API Reference](api-reference.md#neo-agent-config-api) page and the [Squirro Roles & Permissions](../../../ui/permissions.md#ui-permissions) page. For how to generate a refresh token, see the [Authentication](../../../api/authentication.md#api-authentication) page. - **Registered credential handles** Each model, and any authenticated knowledge graph or MCP server, references its credential by a handle whose value is bound on the cluster. Register the handles your configuration references before you deploy, or the deploy is rejected. See the [Registering a Handle](resource-reference.md#neo-agent-config-register-handle) section. ## Next Steps With these in place, follow the [Quick Start](quick-start.md#neo-agent-config-quick-start) page to author, validate, and deploy your first configuration. For the concepts behind what you author, see the [Overview](overview.md#neo-agent-config-overview) page.