> For clean Markdown of any page, append .md to the page URL.
> For a complete documentation index, see https://docs.privategpt.dev/getting-started/llms.txt.
> For AI client integration (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.), connect to the MCP server at https://docs.privategpt.dev/_mcp/server.

# Getting started

## Docs

- [Introduction](https://docs.privategpt.dev/introduction.md): PrivateGPT is the open-source Claude API-compatible layer for building private AI applications on top of any local or self-hosted model server.
- [Quickstart](https://docs.privategpt.dev/getting-started/quickstart.md): Get PrivateGPT running in under 5 minutes.
- [How it works](https://docs.privategpt.dev/getting-started/how-it-works.md): Startup flow, model discovery, configuration profiles, and environment variables.