> For clean Markdown of any page, append .md to the page URL.
> For a complete documentation index, see https://docs.nvidia.com/nim/metadata-api/1.0.0/get-started/llms.txt.
> For AI client integration (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.), connect to the MCP server at https://docs.nvidia.com/nim/metadata-api/_mcp/server.

# Get Started

## Docs

- [About Getting Started with NIM Metadata API](https://docs.nvidia.com/nim/metadata-api/1.0.0/get-started/get-started-overview.md): Choose your path through the NIM Metadata API documentation, whether you are evaluating hardware fit by hand or building an automated integration.
- [NIM Metadata API Prerequisites](https://docs.nvidia.com/nim/metadata-api/1.0.0/get-started/prerequisites.md): Confirm what you need before your first NIM Metadata API request, including the base URL, the identifiers for a NIM microservice, and metadata coverage expectations.
- [Quickstart for NIM Metadata API](https://docs.nvidia.com/nim/metadata-api/1.0.0/get-started/quickstart.md): Make your first NIM Metadata API request, read the response, and understand the two shapes a profile can take.