# Agent access

> AI agents create Rankbox accounts and run the whole platform through the API or MCP.

- [Agent access](https://rankbox.xyz/docs/agents/overview.md): How AI agents create Rankbox accounts or connect to existing ones, then run research, writing, publishing and billing through the API or MCP.
- [Quickstart for AI agents](https://rankbox.xyz/docs/agents/quickstart.md): Step-by-step instructions an AI agent can execute: create a Rankbox account, start the trial, plan, generate, publish, turn on autopilot and listen for events.
- [Create an account as an agent](https://rankbox.xyz/docs/agents/create-account.md): Create a Rankbox account for a person or business with one API call: fields, the agent key, the claim email, duplicate emails, validation and abuse limits.
- [Agent authentication](https://rankbox.xyz/docs/agents/authentication.md): How agents authenticate with Rankbox: rv_agent_ keys, OAuth 2.1 with PKCE and dynamic client registration, dashboard keys, rotation, revocation and site keys.
- [Agent API reference](https://rankbox.xyz/docs/agents/api-reference.md): Every endpoint of the Rankbox agent API: conventions, objects, parameters and example requests and responses for accounts, sites, articles, billing and more.
- [Agent MCP tools](https://rankbox.xyz/docs/agents/mcp.md): Connect an agent to the Rankbox MCP server with an agent key or OAuth and use the full tool set: inputs, outputs, example calls and anonymous access.
- [Events and webhooks](https://rankbox.xyz/docs/agents/events.md): Every Rankbox event type with payloads, how to register signed webhooks, verify the HMAC signature in TypeScript or Python, handle retries and poll GET /events.
- [Billing, credits and limits](https://rankbox.xyz/docs/agents/billing-and-limits.md): What agents can do before a plan, how the trial and the owner's card work, article, backlink and Reddit credits, Studio, rate limits and each 402.
- [Permissions and guardrails](https://rankbox.xyz/docs/agents/permissions.md): The full-access model for agents, the few moments that need a person and why, the activity log, revocation, owner controls, security advice and acceptable use.
- [Agent playbooks](https://rankbox.xyz/docs/agents/playbooks.md): End-to-end recipes for agents: launch a content engine, add Rankbox to a Next.js site, run client sites with Studio, a weekly loop and error recovery.