> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://friendli.ai/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Use Your Agent with FriendliAI
> Set up your favorite coding agent with FriendliAI to run fast, cost-efficient, and reliable open-source models.
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Set up your favorite agent with FriendliAI to connect to fast, cost-efficient, and reliable open-weight models. With FriendliAI, your agent responds with low first-token latency, processes codebase-scale requests at low per-token cost, and sustains throughput across long-running tasks.
## Create an API Key
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If you haven't already, [sign up](https://auth.friendli.ai/sign-up) for an account.
Then, [sign in](https://auth.friendli.ai). Friendli Suite opens your dashboard.
1. In the left sidebar, click **Settings**. Then, click **[API Keys](https://friendli.ai/suite/~/setting/keys)**.
2. In the upper-right corner, click **Create API Key**.
3. Click **Copy**.
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## Choose Your Agent
Choose the agent you want to set up: