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

# Introduction

> Welcome to your project

Starcovery is a creator search and campaign platform for Instagram and TikTok. Describe the creator you need in plain language. You get a ranked shortlist of real people, backed by sample videos.

There is no cut-down tier for machines. Search, campaigns, and credits work the same on the web, over MCP, through the REST API, and from the CLI. An agent has the same capabilities as a signed-in human.

## Pick your path

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  <Card title="Quickstart" icon="rocket" href="/docs/quickstart">
    Run your first creator search in one call. No account required.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Authentication" icon="key" href="/docs/authentication">
    Register an agent identity with no human in the loop, or mint an API key.
  </Card>

  <Card title="MCP" icon="plug" href="/docs/guides/mcp">
    Connect Starcovery to Claude, Cursor, Codex, and other MCP clients.
  </Card>

  <Card title="API reference" icon="code" href="/docs/api-reference/search-creators">
    Every REST endpoint, with an interactive playground.
  </Card>
</Columns>

## Surfaces

| Surface               | Entry point                                              |
| --------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- |
| Web                   | [www.starcovery.com/app](https://www.starcovery.com/app) |
| REST API              | `GET https://www.starcovery.com/api/search?q=coffee`     |
| MCP (Streamable HTTP) | `https://www.starcovery.com/api/mcp`                     |
| CLI                   | `npx starcovery search "coffee"`                         |

## Free usage

* Signed out: 50 searches per UTC day per IP. No credential needed.
* Claimed account, browser session, or Settings API key with an empty prepaid balance: 100 searches per UTC day.
* Pre-claim agent tokens have no free grant. Their searches spend prepaid credits only.

Each identified search past the free grant spends one credit. See [Credits and payments](/docs/guides/credits).

## Machine discovery

* OpenAPI 3.1 for REST and MCP: [openapi.json](https://www.starcovery.com/openapi.json)
* Protected resource metadata: `https://www.starcovery.com/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource`
* Authorization server metadata with the `agent_auth` block: `https://www.starcovery.com/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server`
* Markdown for any Starcovery marketing page: append `.md` to the URL, or send `Accept: text/markdown`