> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.slai.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Install Beam

<Tip>This should take less than 5 minutes!</Tip>

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  <Accordion title="Create Your Account" icon="circle-1" defaultOpen="true" iconType="solid">
    * [Create a Slai account](https://www.slai.io/login)
    * Grab your API keys from the [dashboard](https://www.slai.io/beam/apps/settings/api-keys).
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Install Beam CLI" icon="circle-2" iconType="solid">
    In your terminal, run:

    ```bash theme={null}
    curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/slai-labs/get-beam/main/get-beam.sh -sSfL | sh
    ```
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  <Accordion title="Add Your API Keys" icon="circle-3" iconType="solid">
    Run this in your terminal - you'll be prompted to paste in your API keys from Step #1

    ```bash theme={null}
    beam configure
    ```
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  <Accordion title="Setup Virtual Environment" icon="circle-4" iconType="solid">
    Set up a new folder wherever you want and create a virtual env:

    ```curl theme={null}
    python3 -m virtualenv .venv
    ```

    Source it:

    ```curl theme={null}
    source .venv/bin/activate
    ```
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Install Beam SDK" icon="circle-5" iconType="solid">
    Last step! Install Beam SDK.

    ```curl theme={null}
    pip install beam-sdk
    ```

    Now you're ready to start using Beam.
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