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

# What Algenta is

Algenta is compiler-driven, self-hosted AI infrastructure — 6,000+ deterministic functions on custom Mojo kernels, reached over the HTTP API, the Python and TypeScript SDKs, or MCP. Start here.

Algenta is compiler-driven AI infrastructure — self-hosted building blocks for AI applications: 6,000+ deterministic functions across 600,000+ lines of custom Mojo kernels, run on your own infrastructure and reached over the HTTP API, the typed SDKs, or MCP. You write the Python and TypeScript you already ship — the kernels carry the speed, and there is no new language to learn. Feed it scenarios and governed data; get results you can audit.

## Start here

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Run your first decision</strong></td><td>Install the engine, mint a key, and make your first call in minutes.</td><td><a href="/getting-started/quickstart.md">Quickstart</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

## Build with Algenta

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Python SDK</strong></td><td>A typed client for the engine, plus the in-process runtime.</td><td><a href="/sdks/python.md">Python SDK</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>TypeScript SDK</strong></td><td>The same engine from Node and the browser, fully typed.</td><td><a href="/sdks/typescript.md">TypeScript SDK</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>MCP / IDE</strong></td><td>Give Cursor or Claude Desktop direct access to the engine.</td><td><a href="/sdks/mcp.md">MCP server</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

## Choose an outcome

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Fix a repository</strong></td><td>Triage a repo, prove a patch, and open a pull request.</td><td><a href="/guides/repository-fix.md">Fix a repository</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Call models &#x26; embeddings</strong></td><td>Chat, responses, embeddings, and live model discovery over BYOK keys.</td><td><a href="/llm-api/models.md">LLM models &amp; providers</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Use every MCP tool</strong></td><td>All 140 engine tools, grouped and documented for your AI client.</td><td><a href="/mcp-tools/overview.md">MCP tools overview</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Authenticate a client</strong></td><td>Mint, scope, rotate, and revoke API keys.</td><td><a href="/getting-started/authentication.md">Authentication &amp; API keys</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

## Deploy and operate

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Self-host the engine</strong></td><td>Run Algenta on your own infrastructure in one command.</td><td><a href="/deploy-and-operate/self-hosting.md">Self-hosting</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Authenticate requests</strong></td><td>Mint, scope, and rotate API keys; bind devices.</td><td><a href="/getting-started/authentication.md">Authentication &amp; API keys</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Licensing</strong></td><td>Offline RS256 licenses, capacity, and product entitlements.</td><td><a href="/deploy-and-operate/licensing.md">Licensing &amp; editions</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

## Understand and explore

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>How Algenta works</strong></td><td>The engine, runtime, decisions, and simulations — and how the surfaces fit.</td><td><a href="/getting-started/concepts.md">Core concepts</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>HTTP API</strong></td><td>Base URL, conventions, the full reference, and a live explorer.</td><td><a href="/http-api/overview.md">API overview</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Troubleshooting</strong></td><td>Recognizable errors and the shortest fix for each.</td><td><a href="/help/troubleshooting.md">Troubleshooting</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

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You run the Algenta engine yourself and reach it over one universal surface — the HTTP API, the Python and TypeScript SDKs, or the MCP server. See **How Algenta works** for the model and **Self-host the engine** to run it.
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