Octen Docs | The Search infrastructure for AI

For AI agents: docs.octen.ai/overview/quickstart.md

Start with the path that matches what you are building.

Call the API

Install Agent Skills

Connect an MCP client

Use Octen CLI

Get Your API Key

Create an account in the Octen API Platform.

Make Your First Search Request

curl -X POST https://api.octen.ai/search \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "query": "latest AI developments"
  }'

Example response:

{
  "code": 0,
  "msg": "success",
  "data": {
    "query": "latest AI developments",
    "results": [
      {
        "title": "Example AI news result",
        "url": "https://example.com/ai-news",
        "highlight": "Recent developments in artificial intelligence...",
        "time_published": "2026-06-20T00:00:00Z",
        "time_last_crawled": "2026-06-23T08:30:05Z"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Install Agent Skills

Use Octen Skills when your agent supports SKILL.md-based Agent Skills. Requires Node.js.

npx skills add Octen-Team/octen-skills

Connect an MCP Client

Use Octen MCP when your client supports MCP tools. Requires Node.js.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "octen": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "octen-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "OCTEN_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Install the CLI

Use the Octen CLI to work with Octen from the terminal. Requires Node.js 18+.

npm i -g @octen.ai/cli

Use the Python SDK

Install the SDK. Requires Python 3.8+.

pip install octen

Next Steps

Build with Coding Agent

Everything a coding agent needs to integrate Octen

Capabilities

Explore every API with scenarios

API Platform

Manage your API keys

API Reference

View all API parameters and options

Introduction Build with Coding Agent

Call the API

Install Agent Skills

Connect an MCP client

Use Octen CLI

​Get Your API Key

​Make Your First Search Request

​Install Agent Skills

​Connect an MCP Client

​Install the CLI

​Use the Python SDK

​Next Steps

Build with Coding Agent

Capabilities

API Platform

API Reference

Get Your API Key

Make Your First Search Request

Install Agent Skills

Connect an MCP Client

Install the CLI

Use the Python SDK

Next Steps