# AI Agents (/docs/agents)



Connect an AI coding agent to SimpliGen and it can generate images and video on its own: pick a style, write the prompt, run the job, and hand back the file. Everything runs through SimpliGen on your machine, so the agent never needs your cloud key or your account.

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Want to see a full session? Here GPT-6 Astra, running in OpenAI Codex, helps write a MiniMax H3 prompt and then renders it on a local GPU, start to finish.

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  <Card title="Connect an agent" href="/docs/agents/connect-an-agent">
    Install SimpliGen into your AI client in one click.
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  <Card title="Using an agent" href="/docs/agents/using-an-agent">
    What an agent can do, and how to keep it in bounds.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Remote access" href="/docs/agents/remote-tunnel">
    Reach SimpliGen from an agent on a VPS or another machine.
  </Card>
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## How it works [#how-it-works]

While the app is open, SimpliGen runs a small control service on your machine. A lightweight connector, `@simpligen/mcp`, lets any MCP-compatible agent talk to it. You create a pairing token in the app, drop it into your agent's config, and the agent can list what SimpliGen can make, start generations, track them, and collect the results.

It stays local-first. Generations run on your own engine. Cloud is used only if you have SimpliGen Cloud connected and you allow it, and even then the agent goes through the app, never your account directly. You are always in control: you can set a spend cap and revoke an agent's access at any time.