# Panes

> Persistent Windows computers for AI agents. Native Excel, Word and PowerPoint. Operated by Renaissance Superintelligence Corporation.

## Start here
- [Quickstart](https://usepanes.com/docs/quickstart.md): Discover, email-code signup, prepay, start a computer, complete an Office task, download and stop.
- [All technical docs](https://usepanes.com/docs.md): The same source as the HTML documentation.
- [Full context](https://usepanes.com/llms-full.txt): Complete technical documentation and endpoint examples.
- [OpenAPI 3.1](https://usepanes.com/openapi.json): Public customer API, request/response schemas and examples.
- [Agent quickstart](https://usepanes.com/AGENTS.md): Public service instructions.
- [Live catalog](https://api.usepanes.com/v1/catalog): Prices, payment methods, template apps and Office readiness.
- [MCP](https://usepanes.com/docs/mcp.md): Agent connection and tool usage.
- [Hosted agent MCP](https://api.usepanes.com/mcp/agent): Streamable HTTP; public discovery/signup, then a Panes bearer API key.
- [Discovery JSON](https://api.usepanes.com/.well-known/panes.json): Supplemental Panes metadata.

## Technical chapters
- [Quickstart](https://usepanes.com/docs/quickstart.md)
- [Authentication](https://usepanes.com/docs/auth.md)
- [Funding](https://usepanes.com/docs/funding.md)
- [SDKs](https://usepanes.com/docs/sdks.md)
- [Connect an agent](https://usepanes.com/docs/mcp.md)
- [Agent frameworks](https://usepanes.com/docs/frameworks.md)
- [Machines](https://usepanes.com/docs/machines.md)
- [Commands](https://usepanes.com/docs/commands.md)
- [Files](https://usepanes.com/docs/files.md)
- [Screen and input](https://usepanes.com/docs/screen.md)
- [Viewer links](https://usepanes.com/docs/viewer.md)
- [Snapshots and forks](https://usepanes.com/docs/snapshots.md)
- [Templates](https://usepanes.com/docs/templates.md)
- [Auto-stop](https://usepanes.com/docs/auto-stop.md)
- [Network](https://usepanes.com/docs/network.md)
- [Backups](https://usepanes.com/docs/backups.md)
- [Usage and credit](https://usepanes.com/docs/usage.md)
- [Errors](https://usepanes.com/docs/errors.md)
- [HTTP API](https://usepanes.com/docs/api.md)

## More from Panes
- [Office research and implementation guides](https://usepanes.com/blog): Twenty source-backed launch guides with native files, measured execution results and reproducible acceptance checks.
- [Excel automation for AI agents](https://usepanes.com/use-cases/excel-automation): Continue existing desktop Excel models, refresh queries and validate saved workbooks.
- [PowerPoint automation for AI agents](https://usepanes.com/use-cases/powerpoint-automation): Update existing management decks and verify editable chart data.
- [Native monthly close with Excel and PowerPoint](https://usepanes.com/blog/ai-agent-monthly-close-excel-powerpoint): A real prepared Office execution over a synthetic multi-year finance history; downloadable files, recording and independent validation.
- [Verify an AI-edited Excel workbook](https://usepanes.com/blog/verify-ai-generated-excel-workbooks): Reconcile source exports to workbook outputs and distinguish file creation from native application validation.
- [Native Word report and PDF export](https://usepanes.com/blog/native-word-report-docx-pdf-agent): Tested native Word script, editable DOCX, exported PDF and unsuccessful attempts disclosed.
- [Panes and Daytona](https://usepanes.com/compare/panes-vs-daytona): Dated comparison of documented execution environments and Office workflow evaluation requirements.
- [Panes and E2B](https://usepanes.com/compare/panes-vs-e2b): Dated documentation-based comparison without an unmeasured performance ranking.

Prepay before compute. For Office, check office_ready in the live catalog before paying. Prices are size-based and billed by the second. Respect payment uncertainty and stop computers when finished.