# Duct

> Duct is the permissioned execution layer for AI agents on your product — scoped actions, consent on side effects, audit trails, and an embeddable shell.

Public marketing site and developer documentation. Docs pages include a "Copy as Markdown" control for LLM-friendly excerpts.

- Canonical site: https://ductai.vercel.app
- Sitemap: /sitemap.xml
- Crawl policy: /robots.txt

## Documentation

- [Start Here](https://ductai.vercel.app/docs): What Duct is and where to go next.
- [Quickstart](https://ductai.vercel.app/docs/quickstart): Create, configure, push, and test a shell.
- [CLI & SDK](https://ductai.vercel.app/docs/cli): login, init, push, scan, rollback — terminal commands for every integration step.
- [Frameworks & Languages](https://ductai.vercel.app/docs/frameworks): TypeScript SDK, JavaScript, Python, curl, and any HTTP backend.
- [Configuration](https://ductai.vercel.app/docs/configuration): The manifest fields that define actions, routes, auth, and UI.
- [Embed The Shell](https://ductai.vercel.app/docs/embed): Add Duct to Next.js, React, or plain JavaScript apps.
- [REST API](https://ductai.vercel.app/docs/api): Use Duct from Python, JavaScript, shell scripts, or agents.
- [Agent Access](https://ductai.vercel.app/docs/agents): How AI agents authenticate, query, and invoke actions.
- [Inter-Shell Protocol](https://ductai.vercel.app/docs/intershell): Open discovery, runtime consent, and scoped delegation between shells.
- [Deeplinks](https://ductai.vercel.app/docs/deeplinks): Signed navigation handoffs back into your product.
- [Reference](https://ductai.vercel.app/docs/reference): Terminology, permissions, and common questions.

## Product

- [Product overview](https://ductai.vercel.app/product): How Duct works for humans, agents, and cross-shell calls.
- [For humans](https://ductai.vercel.app/product/for-humans): Embedded shell UX, consent, and in-chat UI.
- [For agents](https://ductai.vercel.app/product/for-agents): Agent access tokens, invoke API, and scoped permissions.
- [Shell to shell](https://ductai.vercel.app/product/shell-to-shell): Cross-product delegation with runtime consent.
- [Playground](https://ductai.vercel.app/product/playground): Try actions in a sandbox shell.

## Company

- [Home](https://ductai.vercel.app/): What Duct is and who it is for.
- [Pricing](https://ductai.vercel.app/pricing): Plans and early-access pricing.
- [About](https://ductai.vercel.app/about): Company mission and story.
- [Team](https://ductai.vercel.app/team): People building Duct.
- [Changelog](https://ductai.vercel.app/changelog): Platform release notes by service and version.
- [Blog](https://ductai.vercel.app/blog): Product updates and engineering posts.
- [Join waitlist](https://ductai.vercel.app/waitlist): Request early access.

## Legal & trust

- [Security](https://ductai.vercel.app/security): Security practices and responsible disclosure.
- [Privacy](https://ductai.vercel.app/privacy): Privacy policy and data handling.
- [Terms](https://ductai.vercel.app/terms): Terms of service.
- [Cookies](https://ductai.vercel.app/cookies): Cookie and similar technology usage.
- [Subprocessors](https://ductai.vercel.app/subprocessors): Third-party subprocessors.

## Optional

- [Status](https://ductai.vercel.app/status): Live platform health checks.
- [Support](https://ductai.vercel.app/support): How to reach the team.
- [Careers](https://ductai.vercel.app/careers): Open roles.