> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://thegrid.ai/docs/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://thegrid.ai/docs/readme.md).

# Overview - The Grid Docs

The Grid is a spot market for AI inference, where you can both buy tokens and [sell back](/docs/concepts/reselling.md) the ones you won't use. Instead of picking a vendor and accepting their rate card, you pick a Grid instrument: usually a task type (text, code, or agent) and a quality tier (Standard, Prime, or Max), or a lab latest market such as `gpt-sol-latest` or `claude-opus-latest`. We route your request to a qualifying model from competing suppliers at a competitive market price. We're compatible with OpenAI Chat Completions and Anthropic Messages formats. Live pricing for each instrument is in the app at [thegrid.ai/pricing](https://thegrid.ai/pricing).

## Quick Links

| Page                                                                              | Contents                                                                                        |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [**Start here**](/docs/start-here/introduction.md)                                | Introduction to The Grid, plus a 5-minute quickstart from sign-up to first call                 |
| [**Benefits**](/docs/benefits/benefits.md)                                        | Lower, competitive token costs, quality enforced inference delivery, without any vendor lock-in |
| [**Current instruments**](/docs/instrument-specifications/current-instruments.md) | The instruments live on The Grid today, including tiered specs and lab latest markets           |
| [**Reselling tokens**](/docs/concepts/reselling.md)                               | Sell unused tokens from your Trading account back on the order book to control your spend       |
| [**Migrating**](/docs/integrations-and-best-practices/migrating-from-openai.md)   | Switch from your existing provider by changing three lines of code                              |
| [**Integrations**](/docs/integrations-and-best-practices/integrations.md)         | Use The Grid with your favorite AI tools and agent harnesses                                    |

## Machine-readable surfaces for agents and tools

We provide the following surfaces for programmatic discovery and automated setup by agents and agentic tools:

* **Documentation MCP server:** connect an MCP-compatible agent to `https://thegrid.ai/docs/~gitbook/mcp`. It can search the docs, fetch a page as Markdown, answer a question with source links, and send documentation feedback. Use it when an agent needs the current contract instead of copying API details into a prompt.
* **Plain-text documentation:** `https://thegrid.ai/docs/llms.txt` is the full index. Append `.md` to a documentation page URL to fetch that page as Markdown. These require no MCP client.
* **Platform API:** agents can authenticate with the OAuth 2.0 device flow, create and revoke consumption and trading keys, and manage account settings through `https://platform.api.thegrid.ai/v1`. Start with [Programmatic onboarding](/docs/start-here/programmatic-onboarding.md), then use the [Platform API reference](/docs/api-reference/platform-api.md).
* **Instrument discovery:** authenticated agents can call `GET https://api.thegrid.ai/v1/models` to list the Grid instruments available to their account and inspect metadata such as context length, supported parameters, and per-request limits. Use each returned `id` as the model value for inference requests. See the [Consumption API reference](/docs/api-reference/consumption-api.md#models).
* **Integration guides:** see [Integrations](/docs/integrations-and-best-practices/integrations.md) for setup with tools like Cline, Continue, Claude Code, Kilo Code, OpenCode, and harnesses like OpenClaw, CrewAI, Deep Agents, DeerFlow, and Hermes.

## Support and troubleshooting

Questions, integration issues, or feedback: <support@thegrid.ai>. For common questions (account setup, billing, instrument selection, error codes), start with [Migration and best practices → Troubleshooting](/docs/integrations-and-best-practices/troubleshooting.md).


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