# pay.sh
> Pay-as-you-go APIs for agents and command lines.

## Start Here
- [Docs llms.txt](https://pay.sh/docs/llms.txt): Complete documentation map with section files.
- [Install pay](https://pay.sh/docs/get-started/install/index.md): Install the CLI, verify the binary, and update agent integrations.
- [Agent quickstart](https://pay.sh/docs/get-started/agent-quickstart/index.md): Launch Claude Code or Codex with Pay MCP tools attached.
- [Call paid APIs](https://pay.sh/docs/pay-for-apis/call-paid-apis/index.md): Make pay-as-you-go API calls from curl, fetch, or wget.

## Documentation Sections
- [Get Started](https://pay.sh/docs/get-started/llms.txt): Documentation section.
- [Pay For APIs](https://pay.sh/docs/pay-for-apis/llms.txt): Documentation section.
- [Accept Payments](https://pay.sh/docs/accept-payments/llms.txt): Documentation section.
- [CLI Reference](https://pay.sh/docs/cli/llms.txt): Documentation section.
- [Protocol](https://pay.sh/docs/protocol/llms.txt): Documentation section.

## Agent Workflows
- [Pay for an API](https://pay.sh/docs/get-started/agent-quickstart/index.md): Workflow guide.
- [Discover a provider](https://pay.sh/docs/pay-for-apis/discover-providers/index.md): Workflow guide.
- [Configure Pay MCP](https://pay.sh/docs/pay-for-apis/mcp/index.md): Workflow guide.
- [Accept API payments](https://pay.sh/docs/accept-payments/gateway-overview/index.md): Workflow guide.
- [Publish a provider](https://pay.sh/docs/accept-payments/publish-to-pay-skills/index.md): Workflow guide.

## Machine Discovery
- [API catalog](https://pay.sh/.well-known/api-catalog): Public API and registry discovery metadata.
- [MCP server card](https://pay.sh/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json): Local Pay MCP server metadata.
- [Agent skills index](https://pay.sh/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json): Repeatable pay.sh workflows for agents.
- [Live provider catalog](https://pay.sh/api/catalog): JSON proxy for the live pay-skills registry.
- [Homepage markdown](https://pay.sh/index.md): Markdown summary of the brochure app and catalog.

## Runtime Examples
- `pay skills update`
- `pay curl TODO://replace-with-service-url`