> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.anchorage.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Quickstart

> From zero to first agent payment.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Sign in">
    Go to [agentic.anchorage.com](https://agentic.anchorage.com) and sign in
    with your org's SSO or the account your admin set up for you.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Connect an MCP client">
    Point any MCP-capable agent at Anchorage Agentic Banking. The MCP endpoint
    and OAuth consent are linked from the **Agents** page in the web UI.

    See [Connect an agent](/agentic-banking/guides/connect-an-agent) for tested clients and
    per-client setup.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Let the agent introduce itself">
    Once connected, your agent introspects its own identity on its first turn:
    name, linked account, and the budgets it can spend against —
    everything it needs to start paying.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Spend">
    Ask the agent to fetch a paid URL. The agent pays the URL using its
    standing budget. Anchorage Agentic Banking checks the budget and the
    merchant allowlist, settles the payment, and returns the merchant's
    response to the agent — which returns it to you.

    For card purchases, the agent requests a purchase and you passkey-approve
    the spend on a browser approval page.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Next steps

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="How budgets work" href="/agentic-banking/concepts/budgets">
    How agents are pre-authorized to spend, and what the spend limit means.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Connect an agent" href="/agentic-banking/guides/connect-an-agent">
    Per-client setup walkthroughs.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Crypto payments" href="/agentic-banking/concepts/payments">
    The mechanics behind the crypto rail.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Linked cards" href="/agentic-banking/concepts/cards">
    Per-purchase passkey approval and one-shot credentials.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Agents" href="/agentic-banking/concepts/agents">
    How an agent is authorized, and how to revoke one instantly.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>