> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.agentruntime.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# What is AgentRuntime?

> An API-first runtime for production AI agent workflows — orchestration, MCP tools, human approvals, and observability.

AgentRuntime is an orchestration platform for **production AI agents**. You design multi-step workflows in the Console, connect third-party tools through MCP (Model Context Protocol), run workloads with retries and tracing, and govern access across tenants and projects.

Think of it as **Airflow for AI**: event-driven workflow execution with native tool integration, not a generic chat UI.

## What you can do

* **Design workflows** in Workflow Studio — directed graphs of MCP calls, LLM steps, Lua scripts, loops, and human approvals
* **Connect tools** via 40+ MCP connectors (Google Workspace, databases, Shopify, GitHub, and more)
* **Run reliably** with dry-run validation, versioning, pause/resume, retries, and live event streams
* **Approve in the loop** — human tasks surface in Command Center for review before a run continues
* **Observe usage** — live runs, success rates, step traces, and credit consumption in Analytics
* **Automate via API** — REST endpoints and personal access tokens for CI, scripts, and IDE integrations

## Core components

| Component            | What it does                                                                                                                              |
| -------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Console**          | Web UI at [console.agentruntime.io](https://console.agentruntime.io) — Workflow Studio, Command Center, Connections, MCP, Providers, Chat |
| **BFF API**          | Public API at [api.agentruntime.io](https://api.agentruntime.io) — auth, workflows, runs, billing, integrations                           |
| **Workflow runtime** | Executes workflow graphs, manages parallelism, retries, and human-in-the-loop pauses                                                      |
| **MCP layer**        | Catalog of tool servers; tenant **instances** with config profiles and connection bindings                                                |
| **Platform agents**  | Reusable agent definitions that run multi-turn conversations in chat and channel rooms                                                    |
| **Platform MCP**     | Exposes Console APIs as MCP tools for IDEs at [mcp.agentruntime.io](https://mcp.agentruntime.io/mcp)                                      |

## How it fits together

```mermaid theme={null}
flowchart LR
  subgraph you [You]
    Console[Console UI]
    API[API / PAT]
    IDE[IDE via Platform MCP]
  end
  subgraph platform [AgentRuntime]
    BFF[BFF API]
    RT[Workflow runtime]
    MCP[MCP connectors]
  end
  Console --> BFF
  API --> BFF
  IDE --> BFF
  BFF --> RT
  RT --> MCP
```

## Key concepts

* **Workspace (tenant)** — Your organization. Holds projects, members, billing, and integrations.
* **Project** — Where workflows, runs, and MCP instances live. Roles are scoped per project.
* **Workflow** — A versioned DAG of steps. Authored in Workflow Studio, validated before publish.
* **Run** — One execution of a published workflow snapshot. Streams events over WebSocket.
* **Connection** — Saved credentials (Google OAuth, WhatsApp, API keys) bound to MCP instances.
* **MCP instance** — A deployed tool server in your project with configuration and connection wiring.

See [Key concepts](/platform/key-concepts) for the full model, or jump to the [Quickstart](/platform/quickstart) to create your first workflow.

## Who AgentRuntime is for

AgentRuntime is built for teams moving from AI experiments to **production workloads**:

* Engineering teams automating ops, data, and integration tasks with agent workflows
* Product teams that need human approval gates before agents take action
* Organizations that require multi-tenant access control, usage metering, and audit trails

<Note>
  AgentRuntime is API-first. The Console is the primary operator interface, but every workflow capability is also available through the REST API and Platform MCP for programmatic use.
</Note>