# Overview

Mechane runs persistent agents over HTTP. Each agent is a **mech**: it has its own files, its own
conversation history, and a fixed model. You send a mech a task; Mechane starts a fresh sandbox, restores
the mech's last checkpoint, runs the task, and saves a new checkpoint when it finishes.

Mechane is in private beta. Workspace owners sign in at [mechane.ai/dashboard](https://mechane.ai/dashboard)
to create API keys and add credits.

## Start here

- [Quickstart](./quickstart.md): create a key, create a mech, and run a task.
- [Mechs](./mechs.md): profiles, settings, files, and checkpoints.
- [Runs](./runs.md): submitting work, following events, and cancelling.
- [Workspaces and keys](./workspaces.md): who owns what, and how keys work.
- [Credits](./credits.md): how compute is paid for.
- [API reference](./api.md): every endpoint in one table.

## For agents

Every page is also available as Markdown: add `.md` to its address. The index at
[/llms.txt](https://mechane.ai/llms.txt) lists them, and [/llms-full.txt](https://mechane.ai/llms-full.txt)
contains all of them in one file.