Quick Start

Go from zero to a working AI agent in under five minutes. Follow the four steps below to create your account, grab an API key, build an agent, and call it from your own code.

1

Create an account

Sign up at agentbackend.ai/login for free. Every new account receives a $3 welcome credit so you can start experimenting right away — no credit card required.

2

Get your API key

Open Settings in the console dashboard to create an API key. Keys look like ak_live_abc123... and are created via the dashboard using JWT auth.

You can also create keys programmatically with POST /v1/keys (requires JWT auth, not API key auth).

3

Create your first agent

Use the Create page in the console to describe what your agent should do. The platform handles the rest — picking a model, wiring up tools, and setting the system prompt.

Or use the API directly: POST /v1/agents to create an agent with an explicit config, or POST /v1/agents/generate to generate one from a natural-language description.

4

Call it from code

Install the SDK, point it at your key, and run your agent in a few lines of code:

main.py
from agentbackend import AgentBackend

ab = AgentBackend("ak_your_key")
response = ab.agent("agent_id").run("Hello!")
print(response.output)
index.js
import AgentBackend from 'agentbackend';

const ab = new AgentBackend('ak_your_key');
const response = await ab.agent('agent_id').run('Hello!');
console.log(response.output);

See the SDK docs for more examples including streaming, tool use, and JavaScript.