Unkey | The Developer Platform for Modern APIs

# Unkey > Unkey is the developer platform for modern APIs. Deploy and secure APIs instantly, route traffic through a global gateway, manage API keys and rate limits, and understand usage — all in one place. For AI agents and automation, use the tools below. ## Command line tool Install and use the Unkey CLI from the terminal to manage API keys, rate limits, permissions, and identities, and to deploy applications with `unkey deploy`. - [CLI overview](https://www.unkey.com/docs/cli/overview) - [CLI authentication](https://www.unkey.com/docs/cli/authentication) - [Deploy with the CLI](https://www.unkey.com/docs/build-and-deploy/cli) ## MCP server Connect AI coding assistants to the Unkey API to manage keys, rate limits, and permissions from your IDE. - [Unkey MCP server](https://www.unkey.com/docs/ai-code-gen/unkey-mcp) ## Documentation Full product documentation. The indexes below enumerate every doc page as a flat list of links. Append `.md` to any `unkey.com/docs/*` URL to receive the raw markdown source — this applies to every docs link in this file. - [Docs index (Markdown)](https://www.unkey.com/docs/llms.txt) - [Docs index (HTML)](https://www.unkey.com/docs) - [Full docs (Markdown)](https://www.unkey.com/docs/llms-full.txt) - Example: [https://www.unkey.com/docs/api-reference/overview.md](https://www.unkey.com/docs/api-reference/overview.md) ## API reference Action-oriented (RPC-style) endpoints for keys, identities, permissions, rate limits, audit logs, analytics, and deployments. Authenticate with a root key as a bearer token. Every endpoint page is enumerated in the docs index above. - [API reference overview (Markdown)](https://www.unkey.com/docs/api-reference/overview.md) - [API reference overview (HTML)](https://www.unkey.com/docs/api-reference/overview) Every page below is available as raw markdown — append `.md` to the URL (index pages included). ## Home & company - [Home (Markdown)](https://www.unkey.com/index.md) - [About (Markdo