Quick Start

A live agent on the SentientOne platform, a saved LLM provider key, your platform API key, and a working terminal command that returns an AI response from your own configured agent.

1. 1

   Create an account

   Sign up at app.sentientone.ai. You land on the dashboard with a 14-day trial of Pro already active — no credit card required.
2. 2

   Save your first LLM provider key

   Open LLM Keys in the sidebar. Click + Add key, pick a provider (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, or Groq), name the key, paste it in, and save. Keys are encrypted at rest and only used when an agent of yours calls that provider.
3. 3

   Create an agent

   Open Agents and click + New Agent. Pick a template (Website Chatbot is a safe first pick), tweak the name, choose your provider + model, and select the saved key from the Use saved key dropdown. Click Create Agent.
4. 4

   Copy the Agent ID

   On the agent detail page, the Agent ID chip sits below the agent name. Click to copy it — you'll send it in every API request as the X-Agent-Id header.
5. 5

   Copy your platform API key

   Open Settings → API Key. Reveal the key (starts with sk-so-) and copy it. Every request to the platform sends this as the X-Api-Key header.
6. 6

   Send your first request

   From any terminal, run the curl below. Replace the two placeholders with the values you just copied.

   bash

   curl -X POST https://api.sentientone.ai/v1/chat \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -H "X-Api-Key: sk-so-YOUR_KEY" \
     -H "X-Agent-Id: YOUR_AGENT_ID" \
     -d '{ "message": "Hello!" }'

7. 7

   See the response

   You get back a JSON payload with a conversation_id and the assistant's reply. Keep the id and pass it back on the next request to continue the conversation.

Stay on the dashboard and learn how each surface works — Agents, Playground, ChatBot. Or jump straight into the REST API if you're wiring an integration.