# Tanso

## Docs

- [Authentication](https://tanso.mintlify.app/authentication.md): API keys for machines, JWTs for humans
- [Billing lifecycle](https://tanso.mintlify.app/billing-lifecycle.md): From empty database to attributed revenue — every call verified
- [Credits](https://tanso.mintlify.app/credits.md): Prepaid balances with grants, FIFO draw-down, and a full ledger
- [Introduction](https://tanso.mintlify.app/introduction.md): What Tanso is and who it's for
- [MCP server](https://tanso.mintlify.app/mcp.md): Operate your billing with an AI agent — same auth, same scoping, no separate path
- [Metering & entitlements](https://tanso.mintlify.app/metering-and-entitlements.md): Idempotent events in, real-time allow/deny out
- [Quickstart](https://tanso.mintlify.app/quickstart.md): Clone to a running, seeded instance in about five minutes
- [TypeScript SDK](https://tanso.mintlify.app/sdk.md): @tansohq/sdk against your self-hosted instance
- [Self-hosting](https://tanso.mintlify.app/self-hosting.md): Configuration, environments, and production notes