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Create Your Account

First, you need to sign up for a Skylight account. The free plan includes $5 in credit that can be used for instance runtime, built-in agent steps, and file downloads.

Code Quickstart

1

Fetch API key

Sign in to your Dashboard to get your auto-generated API key.
2

Install SDK

Install the Python SDK.
3

Configure Skylight client

Configure the client with your API key.
4

Start a Windows instance

Launch an instance. You can define a timeout to prevent unintended billing. (default is 60 minutes)
This returns:
5

Interact with the Windows desktop

Control the Windows desktop programatically with built-in tools. Available actions are listed in Interactions.
6

Take actions with the built-in agent

Control the Windows desktop programmatically using the agent.
Structured outputs are coming soon!
7

Terminate the instance

Stop the instance when you’re done.