# AI Power Grid Documentation

> AI Power Grid provides OpenAI-compatible text inference and decentralized
> image, video, and audio generation through independent workers.

For an operational API task, read the Grid agent skill before general product
documentation. It is the canonical source for the current API origin,
authentication handoff, endpoint shapes, tested examples, and known limits.

## Agent Skill

- [Grid agent skill](https://aipowergrid.io/.well-known/skills/grid/SKILL.md): Machine-readable instructions for using the live API.
- [Grid skill source](https://github.com/AIPowerGrid/grid-skill): Version-controlled skill and installation notes.

## Start Here

- [Grid overview](https://aipowergrid.io/docs/grid-overview): What the network provides and how requests flow.
- [Quick start](https://aipowergrid.io/docs/quick-start): Account setup and first request.
- [Generate](https://aipowergrid.io/docs/generate): Text, image, video, and audio usage.
- [Developer API](https://aipowergrid.io/docs/developers): Compatibility and integration reference.
- [Use AIPG in 60 seconds](https://aipowergrid.io/docs/integrations): Copy-paste client configurations and native-provider publication status.
- [Pricing and comparisons](https://aipowergrid.io/docs/pricing): Exact Grid rates plus expiring, same-model reference workloads.
- [Web3 starter projects](https://aipowergrid.io/docs/web3-starters): Runnable game, DAO, Telegram, NFT, and wallet-funded agent examples with quote and key boundaries.
- [Builder credits](https://aipowergrid.io/docs/builder-credits): Manually reviewed $5-$20 service-credit pilot for public integrations and demos.
- [Streaming API](https://aipowergrid.io/docs/streaming-api): Streaming text responses.

## Network Operators

- [Run a node](https://aipowergrid.io/docs/run-a-node): Choose an operator role.
- [Text worker](https://aipowergrid.io/docs/worker-llm): Text inference worker quick start.
- [Media worker](https://aipowergrid.io/docs/worker-media): Image and video worker quick start.
- [Validator node](https://aipowergrid.io/docs/validator-node): Validator architecture, assignments, and current limitations.
- [Proof of quality](https://aipowergrid.io/docs/proof-of-quality): Quality evidence and trust model.

## Architecture

- [Why crypto needs an AI provider layer](https://aipowergrid.io/docs/why-crypto-needs-ai): Product thesis and trust boundaries.
- [Autonomous network](https://aipowergrid.io/docs/autonomous-network): Decentralization roadmap.
- [Confidential computing](https://aipowergrid.io/docs/confidential-computing): Privacy and attestation direction.