# Quickstart

Set up Limelit and see how ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini and Google's AI answers mention your brand. Your coding agent can do most of the setup, and it asks you before any step that needs you.

Paste this into Claude Code, Cursor, or your coding agent:

`Fetch https://limelit.co/agents.md and follow its instructions to set up Limelit.`

Your agent installs the Limelit plugin, helps you sign in, connects the [Limelit MCP server](https://limelit.co/mcp-docs), and checks that your brand's data comes through. It stops and asks you for anything that needs you: the browser sign-in, an API key, or a run that spends credits.

Then ask it what you want to know:

- How visible are we in AI answers, and who is ahead?
- Which prompts do we lose, and what gets cited instead?
- Which sources should we earn first?
- What should we write next?

Want to see what your agent will follow first? Read [limelit.co/agents.md](https://limelit.co/agents.md).

### 1. Create your account and set up your brand

Sign up free with Google, Microsoft or an email link. Setup asks for your website, then confirms your brand, competitors, topics and the prompts to track. Limelit starts collecting AI answers once you finish.

[Sign up free](https://limelit.co/signup?redirect_to=/setup)

### 2. Connect your AI agent

In Claude Code, the Limelit plugin signs in through your browser, with no key to copy:

1. Add the marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add limelit-co/limelit-plugin`
2. Install the plugin: `/plugin install limelit@limelit`
3. Type `/mcp`, pick the Limelit server, then pick Authenticate.
4. Sign in on limelit.co and click Allow access.

Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code and Windsurf connect with a personal API key. Create one in [Settings](https://limelit.co/settings/api#api-keys), then copy your client's config from the [Connect](https://limelit.co/connect) page.

### 3. Ask your first question

Ask your agent how visible you are in AI answers. Reading your data is free; your agent shows you the cost and asks first before anything that spends credits. Every tool is listed in the [MCP docs](https://limelit.co/mcp-docs).