# Quickstart

> Sign up, connect your AI app and get your first answer in five minutes.

In five minutes you'll have Frames connected to your AI app and an answer that used it.

### Create a Frames account

[Sign up at frames.ag](https://frames.ag/login?mode=signup). Every account starts on the Free plan with monthly credits, and no card is needed.

### Add Frames to your AI app

Pick your app on the [Connect with MCP](https://frames.ag/docs/mcp.md) page and follow its three steps. Most apps need one link and a sign-in.

### Ask a question that needs data

Try this in a new chat:

> Use Frames to compare today's price for the Vitamix E310 on Amazon, Walmart and Target.

Your AI finds the right source through Frames, pulls the data and shows where it came from.

### Check what it cost

Ask your AI "How many Frames credits do I have left?", or open [Settings → Usage](https://frames.ag/settings/usage) in the dashboard.

## Tips

- If your AI answers without using Frames, ask it to use Frames by name.
- In Claude, turn Frames on in each chat under **+ → Connectors**.

## For developers

Building your own app? Create an API key in the dashboard under [Settings → API Access](https://frames.ag/settings/keys), then call Frames F1 with any OpenAI SDK. The [Frames F1](https://frames.ag/docs/f1.md) and [API](https://frames.ag/docs/api.md) pages show how.

## Next steps

- [Connect with MCP](https://frames.ag/docs/mcp.md): Setup steps for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code, Codex and more.
- [MCP tools](https://frames.ag/docs/mcp-tools.md): What your AI can do with Frames once it's connected.