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

# Metal

> Build on Metal, the AI context layer for financial firms.

Metal is the AI context layer for financial firms — the source of truth that takes the messy, fragmented data scattered across your systems and consolidates it into a single, accurate, and complete view. It sits between your systems of record and the AI tools you already use, turning everything your firm knows — deals, documents, and the decisions behind them — into structured, AI-ready context.

The Metal API and [MCP server](/mcp/overview) give your applications and AI agents programmatic access to that context: companies, deals, people, documents, lists, and workflows. Push your firm's data into Metal, enrich and structure it, search across everything you know, and run AI workflows — so your AI reasons with your firm's judgment, not just its files.

<Info>
  Using the Metal app rather than building on the API? Switch to the **User guide** in the product menu at the top of the page.
</Info>

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Quickstart" icon="rocket" href="/quickstart">
    Make your first authenticated request in a few minutes.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Authentication" icon="key" href="/authentication">
    Create API keys and authenticate your requests.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Guides" icon="compass" href="/guides/sync-data">
    Task-oriented walkthroughs for syncing, enriching, and automating.
  </Card>

  <Card title="API reference" icon="code" href="/api-reference/introduction">
    Explore every endpoint with an interactive playground.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Connect via MCP" icon="plug" href="/mcp/overview">
    Use Metal in Cursor, Claude, and ChatGPT over MCP.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Data model" icon="diagram-project" href="/concepts/data-model">
    Understand companies, deals, people, and how they relate.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## What you can build

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  <Card title="Sync your data" icon="arrows-rotate" href="/concepts/data-model">
    Create and update companies, deals, and people from your CRM or internal systems.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Enrich with AI" icon="sparkles" href="/concepts/enrichment">
    Trigger enrichment to fill in firmographics, financials, and signals.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Automate research" icon="robot" href="/concepts/workflows">
    Run AI workflows to screen targets and generate work product.
  </Card>
</Columns>

## Base URL

All API requests are made to the Metal API gateway:

```
https://api.metal.ai
```

<Info>
  Every endpoint is versioned under the `/v1` prefix and returns JSON. Successful responses wrap their payload in a top-level `data` field.
</Info>

## Get help

Need a hand? Reach out at [support@metal.ai](mailto:support@metal.ai) and include the request method, path, and any error response you received.