# Documentation

> VidMachine documentation index. Learn how to create AI videos and run hands-free pipelines on YouTube Shorts, TikTok, and Instagram Reels.

Learn how to use VidMachine to create AI videos and run hands-free pipelines. Start with the quick start, configure projects in how to create videos, then connect accounts and schedules in automatic video generation. Manage credits or use the REST API and MCP server for automation.

## Start here

- [Quick start](https://vidmachine.ai/docs/getting-started.md): Five steps from sign-up to your first AI video — with screenshots.
- [How to create videos](https://vidmachine.ai/docs/guides/create-videos.md): Set up project settings, generate ideas, produce videos, and publish manually.
- [AI Influencer avatar overlays](https://vidmachine.ai/docs/guides/talking-avatar-overlays.md): Add a lip-synced circle avatar overlay to UGC-style Shorts and TikTok videos — project modes, requirements, and 1 credit/s pricing.
- [Automatic video generation](https://vidmachine.ai/docs/guides/automatic-video-generation.md): Connect accounts and configure schedule settings for hands-free Auto Mode.
- [Credits & billing](https://vidmachine.ai/docs/guides/credits-and-billing.md): How credits work, what uses them, and where to manage usage and billing.
- [API reference](https://vidmachine.ai/docs/api.md): REST API authentication, endpoints, and examples for automation.
- [MCP server](https://vidmachine.ai/docs/mcp.md): Connect Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and other MCP clients to your account with an API key.

## Overview video

- [VidMachine documentation overview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJaMSHLIkb0): Short walkthrough of the product and docs.

## Machine-readable versions

- This file (`/llms.txt`) is the index for AI agents.
- `/llms-full.txt` contains the complete documentation in a single markdown file.
- Every page above is available as markdown at the same URL with `.md` appended.