# Quickstart

> Connect your agent to Archee and get a cited engineering calculation in five minutes.

Source: https://docs.archee.studio/start/quickstart

## The one-line way

Paste this into your coding agent and it sets everything up, then asks you to sign in:

```text
Set up Archee MCP for me by following https://docs.archee.studio/start/agent-setup.md
```

## By hand

1. **Get an account.** Sign in at [app.archee.studio](https://app.archee.studio). Archee MCP needs a plan that includes it; see [Plans and credits](https://docs.archee.studio/start/plans-and-credits.md).

2. **Add Archee to your agent.** In Claude Code:

   ```bash
   claude mcp add --transport http --scope user archee https://mcp.archee.studio/mcp
   ```

   Other clients are on [Set up Archee MCP](https://docs.archee.studio/mcp/setup.md).

3. **Sign in once.** Run `/mcp` in Claude Code and choose `archee`; your browser opens. Approve the consent page and return to the agent.

4. **Ask for an outcome.** For example:

   > Use Archee to calculate a V-belt drive for 8.15 kW at 1455 rpm with ratio 2.25, section B, and tell me which textbook tables it used.

## What happens

Your agent calls `search` to find the SDK functions it needs, then sends one `execute` program that composes them, roughly:

```python
import archee

belt = archee.calc.run("vbelt", P1_kW=8.152, n1_rpm=1455.0, u=2.252, section="B",
                       d1_mm=180.0, eps_slip=0.01, load_class="light", motor_group="I", shifts=2)
belt
```

The result carries the values, the checks that passed or failed, and the citations behind them. The call is charged to your credits; the result shows how much.

## Next

- [Search and execute](https://docs.archee.studio/mcp/tools.md): how the two tools work.
- [Example programs](https://docs.archee.studio/mcp/examples.md): drawings, checks and deliverables.