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5-minute quickstart

From zero to your first API call in under five minutes. No fluff.

1

Sign up

Create your free Meridian account. No credit card required.
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2

Add credit

Buy $5 of credit — enough for thousands of requests. Stripe handles the rest.
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3

Copy your API key

Grab your key from the dashboard. It starts with mk- and never expires.
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4

Install & call

pip install openai then drop in 4 lines:
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.getnimbus.net/v1",
    api_key="mk-your-key-here",
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="meridian-1",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)
5

Ship

That's it. Same SDK you already know. Drop it into your app and deploy.