> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.manifest.build/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Quickstart
> Add the Manifest SDK to your app and see your first requests in the dashboard.
Your app needs Python 3.10 or later, Node 22 or later, or PHP 8.2 or later.
The SDK runs in your server code, not in the browser.
Open [dashboard.manifest.build](https://dashboard.manifest.build). On a new
account, the project form opens by itself. On an existing account, click
**New project**. Enter a project name, then click **Continue** on your first
project, or **Create project** on the next ones.
The setup screen shows your project key only once. Copy it now.
**Copy prompt**, under Set up with a prompt, gives your coding agent the
install steps.
Pick your runtime. Each tab installs Manifest, starts it before your first API
request, and gives it your project key.
Install the SDK:
```bash theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark"}}
pip install mnfst
```
Add these lines at the top of the file that starts your app:
```python theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark"}}
from mnfst import manifest
manifest()
```
Set your key in the environment of your app:
```bash theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark"}}
export MNFST_KEY=your-project-key
```
A `.env` file works only if you call `load_dotenv()` before `manifest()`.
Install the SDK:
```bash theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark"}}
npm install manifest
```
Add these lines as the first import of the file that starts your server:
```js theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark"}}
import { manifest } from 'manifest';
manifest();
```
Set your key in the environment of your app:
```bash theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark"}}
export MNFST_KEY=your-project-key
```
A `.env` file works only if you start your app with `node --env-file=.env`.
Install the `opentelemetry` extension and the SDK. Without the extension, the
SDK sees none of your API requests.
```bash theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark"}}
pecl install opentelemetry
composer require mnfst/manifest-php
```
Add this line to `php.ini` or to your php-fpm pool configuration, then
restart php-fpm:
```ini theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark"}}
auto_prepend_file = vendor/mnfst/manifest-php/prepend.php
```
Set `MNFST_KEY` in the environment of your server. `auto_prepend_file` runs
before Laravel or Symfony load `.env`, so a `.env` file does not work here.
The [Laravel setup](/install#laravel) reads the key from `.env` instead.
Manifest runs only in a self-hosted n8n with Docker Compose. Run the steps
in this order:
1. Install the SDK from the folder of your `docker-compose.yml`:
```bash theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark"}}
docker compose exec n8n npm install --prefix /home/node/.n8n/manifest manifest
```
2. Add these two lines to the `environment` of your n8n service, and of every
worker service in queue mode:
```yaml theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark"}}
MNFST_KEY: your-project-key
NODE_OPTIONS: --require /home/node/.n8n/manifest/node_modules/manifest/dist/register.cjs
```
3. Restart n8n:
```bash theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark"}}
docker compose up -d
```
Update Hermes, install and enable the Manifest plugin, and store your project
key:
```bash theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark"}}
hermes update
hermes plugins install mnfst/manifest-hermes
hermes plugins enable manifest
hermes config set MNFST_KEY your-project-key
```
Then start a new Hermes session. If you run the Hermes gateway, restart it
with `hermes gateway restart`.
[Install](/install) covers the other ways to start Manifest: before any of
your code, in Next.js and in Laravel.
Restart your app. The setup screen shows "Connected. Waiting for a failing request". With Hermes, the setup screen stays on "Waiting for your first request".
At the first [recoverable request](/glossary#recoverable-request), the setup
screen turns into the [Overview](/dashboard#overview).
If the screen does not change, see [Check your install](/install#check-your-install).