# Alchemy Quickstart Guide

> Quickstart guide to Alchemy! Learn how to create an Alchemy key, make your first request, setup up Alchemy as your client, and get to building!

> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](/docs/llms.txt).

# Getting Started

👋 *New to Alchemy? Get access to Alchemy for free* ***[here](https://dashboard.alchemy.com/signup)***.

## 📋 Steps to get started with Alchemy

1. [Create an Alchemy API Key](/docs/create-an-api-key)
2. [Make Your First Request](/docs/make-your-first-request)
3. [Set up Alchemy with Viem](/docs/set-up-alchemy-with-viem)
4. [Use Alchemy with any Library via AI](/docs/alchemy-via-libraries)

## 💻 Start Building!

Don't know where to start? Check out the tutorials below to get more familiar, at a deeper level, with Alchemy and blockchain development:

1. Learn [How to Send Transactions on Ethereum](/docs/how-to-send-transactions-on-ethereum)
2. Try deploying your first [Hello World Smart Contract](/docs/how-to-deploy-a-smart-contract-to-the-sepolia-testnet) and get your hands dirty with some solidity programming!