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title: "Quick Start"
description: "Get your API key, make your first request, and explore what you can automate."
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This guide takes you from a new account to your first API request.

## 1. Get your API key

[Sign up](https://app.invisibleapi.ai/signup) and generate an API key from your dashboard. Keep it secret: the key authorizes publishing on your connected accounts.

## 2. Connect a platform

From the dashboard, connect the social accounts you want to publish to. Each connection grants InvisibleAPI the scopes it needs to publish and read analytics on your behalf.

## 3. Make your first request

Send your first request with your API key in the `Authorization` header. Start with a dry run: it validates the caption, media format, and scopes without publishing anything.

## 4. Automate

Once the dry run passes, you can:

- Publish directly from your own app or script
- Wire InvisibleAPI into n8n, Make, or Zapier flows
- Point an AI agent at the InvisibleAPI MCP server and let it publish autonomously

Browse the [template library](/templates/) for ready-made automation recipes.