> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Company Wallets quickstart

> Turnkey's Company Wallets enable you to build secure, programmatic signing workflows directly into your applications. With features like customizable policies, multi-party approvals, and support for any blockchain, you can confidently automate complex signing operations while maintaining enterprise-grade security.

## Prerequisites

This guide assumes you've completed the steps to create an account, organization, and API keypair as described in the [account setup](/getting-started/quickstart) section.

## Installation

Install the Turnkey CLI to get started:

```bash theme={"system"}
brew install tkhq/tap/turnkey
```

We use Homebrew for a quick installation process. For a more secure installation that requires no trust in external parties, see our [CLI repository](https://github.com/tkhq/tkcli).

## Transaction signing

<Steps>
  <Step title="Setup">
    Set the `ORGANIZATION_ID` environment variable to your organization ID. This will be used to identify your organization in the API requests.

    ```bash theme={"system"}
    export ORGANIZATION_ID=<YOUR_ORGANIZATION_ID>
    ```

    An API keypair is required to authenticate requests to the Turnkey API.

    Create a new key named `quickstart` using the turnkey CLI:

    ```bash theme={"system"}
    turnkey generate api-key --organization $ORGANIZATION_ID --key-name quickstart
    ```

    You'll see output like this:

    ```json theme={"system"}
    {
      "privateKeyFile": "/home/user/.config/turnkey/keys/quickstart.private",
      "publicKey": "03...72",
      "publicKeyFile": "/home/user/.config/turnkey/keys/quickstart.public"
    }
    ```

    Follow the instructions in this [guide](/sdks/cli#add-your-public-api-key) to add your new public API key to your organization via the dashboard.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create wallet">
    Wallets are collections of cryptographic key pairs typically used for sending and receiving digital assets. To create one, we need to provide a name:

    ```bash theme={"system"}
    turnkey wallets create --name default --key-name quickstart
    ```

    <Note>
      This command requires a key named `quickstart` to exist in your configuration. This key should have been created during the [Quickstart](/getting-started/quickstart) guide. If you haven't created it yet, please complete the initial setup steps first.

      If the key doesn't exist, you'll see an error like this:

      ```json theme={"system"}
      {
        "error": "failed to load key bytes \"quickstart\": failed to read from \"/.config/turnkey/keys/quickstart.private\": open /.config/turnkey/keys/quickstart.private: no such file or directory"
      }
      ```

      If the key exists but has not been added to your organization, you'll see an error like this:

      ```json theme={"system"}
      {
        "error": "failed to associate the API key with an organization; please manually specify the organization ID"
      }
      ```
    </Note>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create Ethereum account">
    To create a cryptographic key pair on our new wallet, we need to pass our desired address format:

    ```bash theme={"system"}
    turnkey wallets accounts create --wallet default --address-format ADDRESS_FORMAT_ETHEREUM --key-name quickstart
    ```

    This command will produce an Ethereum address (e.g. `0x08cb1216C95149DF66978b574E484869512CE2bF`) that we'll need to sign a transaction. You can see your new Wallet account with:

    ```bash theme={"system"}
    turnkey wallets accounts list --wallet default --key-name quickstart
    ```
  </Step>

  <Step title="Sign a transaction">
    Now you can sign an Ethereum transaction with this new address with our [`sign_transaction` endpoint](/api-reference/signing/sign-transaction). Make sure to replace the `unsignedTransaction` below with your own. You can use our [simple transaction generator](https://build.tx.xyz) if you need a quick transaction for testing:

    ```bash theme={"system"}
    turnkey request --path /public/v1/submit/sign_transaction --body '{
        "timestampMs": "'"$(date +%s)"'000",
        "type": "ACTIVITY_TYPE_SIGN_TRANSACTION_V2",
        "organizationId": "'"$ORGANIZATION_ID"'",
        "parameters": {
          "type": "TRANSACTION_TYPE_ETHEREUM",
          "signWith": "<Your Ethereum address>",
          "unsignedTransaction": "<Your Transaction>"
        }
    }' --key-name quickstart
    ```

    If you'd like to broadcast your transaction, you can easily do so
    via [Etherscan](https://etherscan.io/pushTx).
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Next steps

Learn more about integrating Company Wallets and our powerful
features [here](/company-wallets/overview).