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

# Getting Started

This section covers everything you need to stand up the VSS Blueprint for the first
time: verifying your hardware and software prerequisites and running through the
Quickstart deployment.

* [Prerequisites](/getting-started/prerequisites) - Hardware, software, GPU, and API-key requirements for deploying VSS.
* [Quickstart](/getting-started/quickstart) - Deploy a basic video agent and start operating the stack.

## Docs

- [Prerequisites](https://docs.nvidia.com/vss/dev/getting-started/prerequisites.md): 
- [Quickstart](https://docs.nvidia.com/vss/dev/getting-started/quickstart.md):