> For clean Markdown of any page, append .md to the page URL.
> For a complete documentation index, see https://docs.loreos.app/getting-started/llms.txt.
> For AI client integration (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.), connect to the MCP server at https://docs.loreos.app/_mcp/server.

# Getting started

## Docs

- [LoreOS](https://docs.loreos.app/getting-started/introduction.md): Build AI characters that remember, evolve, and live between messages.
- [Why LoreOS](https://docs.loreos.app/getting-started/why-lore-os.md): A managed runtime for characters that remember, evolve, and act in-world.
- [Build with a coding agent](https://docs.loreos.app/getting-started/build-with-a-coding-agent.md): The fastest path for Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Devin, and other coding agents.
- [Authentication](https://docs.loreos.app/getting-started/authentication.md): Get a key, then send it on every request.
- [Self-serve access](https://docs.loreos.app/getting-started/self-serve-access.md): Workspace setup, agent account tokens, and runtime API keys.
- [Go live (production)](https://docs.loreos.app/getting-started/go-live-production.md): Promote your existing app to production — top up, set a cap, activate. Do not create a new app.
- [Quickstart](https://docs.loreos.app/getting-started/quickstart.md): Your first character reply in four calls.
- [Full developer E2E path](https://docs.loreos.app/getting-started/full-developer-e-2-e-path.md): Import a character bundle, migrate prior chat, publish a graph, chat, and read relationship evidence.
- [Deploy a minimal chat app](https://docs.loreos.app/getting-started/deploy-a-minimal-chat-app.md): A no-brainer server-side tutorial from API key to deployed character chat.
- [Core concepts](https://docs.loreos.app/getting-started/core-concepts.md): The handful of ideas the whole API is built on.