# Mechane

> Persistent agents over HTTP. A mech keeps its files and conversation between runs.

## Documentation

- [Overview](https://mechane.ai/docs/index.md): What a mech is, how runs work, and where to start.
- [Quickstart](https://mechane.ai/docs/quickstart.md): Create an API key, create a mech, run a task, and follow its events.
- [Mechs](https://mechane.ai/docs/mechs.md): Profiles, settings, files, conversation, and checkpoints.
- [Runs](https://mechane.ai/docs/runs.md): Submit work, follow events, retry safely, and cancel.
- [Workspaces and keys](https://mechane.ai/docs/workspaces.md): How workspaces, workspace URLs, and API keys fit together.
- [Credits](https://mechane.ai/docs/credits.md): Prepaid compute per mech, and how runs spend it.
- [API reference](https://mechane.ai/docs/api.md): Every Mechane API endpoint, its request, and its response.

## Optional

- [Pricing](https://mechane.ai/pricing): rates for model tokens and sandbox time.
- [Credit terms](https://mechane.ai/terms): purchases, expiry, and refunds.