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# Welcome

Welcome to FastAgent Documentation! Here you'll find examples and guidance on how to use FastAgent.

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FastAgent is **currently under active development** and in alpha stage. It currently lacks SSL and CORS security features, as well as comprehensive testing needed for production deployment.
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### What is the goal of FastAgent?

Through my experience working with agents, I found that sharing and deploying them was often challenging. While existing frameworks make prototyping straightforward, moving projects to production remains difficult for many developers. I created FastAgent to handle essential features such as:

* Authentication and Authorization
* Server setup and configuration
* Reproducibility and sharing of configuration

The main goal of FastAgent is to reduce the time from prototype to deployable application. FastAgent is primarily designed for deployment on cloud providers like Railway, Fly.io, or for self-hosting on your VPS.

### Why should you use FastAgent?

FastAgent enables rapid deployment and testing of AI agents. Built on top of FastAPI and using Granian as a server, it ensures excellent performance while maintaining ease of use.

### Jump right in

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