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

# Quick Start

## Install & Setup

<Steps>
  <Step title="Install" titleSize="h3">
    **Install from pypi:**

    ```shellscript theme={null}
    pip3 install aser
    ```

    **Clone the repository:**

    ```shellscript theme={null}
    git clone https://github.com/AmeNetwork/aser.git
    cd aser
    pip3 install -r requirements.txt
    ```
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set up environment variables" titleSize="h3">
    Please refer to `.env.example` file, and create a `.env` file with your own settings. You can use two methods to import environment variables.

    **Using python-dotenv:**

    ```shellscript theme={null}
    pip install python-dotenv
    ```

    Then add the following code to your python file.

    ```shellscript theme={null}
    from dotenv import load_dotenv
    load_dotenv()
    ```

    **Exporting all variables in the terminal:**

    ```shellscript theme={null}
    export $(grep -v '^#' .env | xargs)
    ```
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Running your Agent

```python theme={null}
from aser.agent import Agent
agent=Agent(name="aser agent",model="gpt-4.1-mini")
response=agent.chat("what's bitcoin?")
print(response)
```