Head to [supermemory's Developer Platform](https://console.supermemory.ai) built to help you monitor and manage every aspect of the API.

<Accordion title="Getting an API Key" icon="sparkles">
  <Steps>
    <Step title="Create an account" icon="circle-user">
      An account will automatically be created on your first login.

      ![Dev Platform Login Pn](/images/dev-platform-login.png)
    </Step>
    <Step title="Create an API Key" icon="key">
      <Steps>
        <Step title="Navigate to API Keys">
          ![Dev Platform Api Keys Pn](/images/dev-platform-api-keys.png)

          Click `Create API Key`
        </Step>
        <Step title="Choose Name and Expiry (Optional)">
          ![Dev Platform Create Key Pn](/images/dev-platform-create-key.png)

          Click `Create`
        </Step>
        <Step title="Copy New Key">
          ![Dev Platform Copy Key Pn](/images/dev-platform-copy-key.png)

          Click <Icon icon="clipboard" /> to copy
        </Step>
      </Steps>
    </Step>
  </Steps>
</Accordion>

Done\! You can now use your API key to authenticate requests to the supermemory API.

Next up, let's add your first memory.