# Quickstart

> Get up and running with Ojin in minutes.

This guide walks you through both paths — using a real-time persona model (e.g. `ojin/oris-portrait`) in your own pipeline, or deploying a full conversational agent with the human-agent app.

## Step 1: Create an API Key

[Get your API key from the Ojin dashboard](/getting-started/authentication.md). This will allow you to use Ojin in your applications through a secure environment.

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Never hardcode your API key directly in your application code or commit it to version control.
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## Step 2: Choose Your Path

Ojin offers two ways to build with real-time AI:

### Models — Build Your Own Pipeline

Use Ojin's real-time models (`ojin/oris-portrait`, `ojin/oris-voice`) for inference in your own conversational pipeline. You control the full stack — STT, LLM, TTS — and use Ojin for the visual avatar layer.

1. [Create a Persona](/models/oris-portrait/creating-persona.md) or use a [Persona Template](/models/oris-portrait/using-persona-template.md)
2. [Integrate with your application](/models/oris-portrait/integrations.md) using Pipecat or WebSocket

### Apps — Deploy a Full Agent

Deploy an end-to-end conversational AI agent with a visual avatar. Ojin handles the entire pipeline — or bring your own speech-to-speech provider. No pipeline assembly required.

1. [Create & configure your agent](/apps/overview/configure.md) in the dashboard (using your API key from Step 1)
2. [Embed the widget](/apps/overview/widget-integration.md) on your site — one HTML tag, done

## Troubleshooting

[Check for common troubleshooting questions](https://github.com/journee-live/ojin/blob/main/docs/public/troubleshooting.md).

## Next Steps

#### Models API Reference

Dive deeper into the real-time model API

[View API Reference →](/models/oris-portrait/api.md)

#### Human Agent

Learn more about the full agent product

[View Human Agent →](/apps/overview.md)


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