> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.vampauth.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Quickstart

> Create a project, issue a key, and validate it through the API.

export const CopyPrompt = () => {
  const [copied, setCopied] = useState(false);
  const prompt = "I am integrating a script with the Vampauth validation API. Give me a step list to: create a project, configure checkpoints, obfuscate/save a script, issue a key, and call POST /api/v1/key/check with X-Project-Key auth and { key, hwid, nonce }. Keep it under 12 lines.";
  const copy = async () => {
    try {
      await navigator.clipboard.writeText(prompt);
    } catch {
      const t = document.createElement("textarea");
      t.value = prompt;
      document.body.appendChild(t);
      t.select();
      document.execCommand("copy");
      document.body.removeChild(t);
    }
    setCopied(true);
    setTimeout(() => setCopied(false), 1500);
  };
  return <div className="not-prose my-4 flex items-center justify-between gap-3 rounded-lg border border-zinc-200 px-4 py-2.5 dark:border-zinc-800">
      <span className="text-xs font-semibold uppercase tracking-wider text-zinc-500 dark:text-zinc-400">AI prompt</span>
      <button onClick={copy} className="cursor-pointer rounded border border-zinc-300 px-2.5 py-1 text-xs font-semibold text-zinc-700 hover:bg-zinc-100 dark:border-zinc-700 dark:text-zinc-300 dark:hover:bg-zinc-800">{copied ? "Copied" : "Copy"}</button>
    </div>;
};

# Quickstart

This guide gets a project running and a key validating through the API.

## 1. Create a project

Sign in to the [dashboard](https://vampauth.com/dashboard) and create a project. You only need a name.

Grab three values from the project page:

* **Project ID** — `df7c4445-...`
* **Project Key** — `pk-...` (public API key; ships inside the client script)
* **Public Signing Key** — `MCowBQYD...` (public; the client needs it to verify responses)

## 2. Configure checkpoints

On the project, add one or more checkpoints. Each is a third-party ad/offer link. End users complete all of them before a key is issued.

Set how many checkpoints are required and the key duration under project settings.

## 3. Issue a key

Create a license key manually on the project page, or let the checkpoint flow generate one.

## 4. Validate the key

Call the API from your game client:

```bash theme={null}
curl -X POST https://vampauth.com/api/v1/key/check \
  -H "X-Project-Key: pk-..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"key":"DP3P-YDMA-NJDI-HJJC","hwid":"my-hwid","nonce":"abc123"}'
```

A valid key returns `status: "valid"` with an Ed25519 `signature`. **Verify the signature before trusting the response.** See [Signature verification](/rest-api/signature-verification).

## 5. Protect the script

Obfuscate the script with Prometheus (server-side) or save it pre-obfuscated. The keycheck must be embedded in the script before obfuscation. See [Script protection](/script-protection).

<CopyPrompt id="quickstart" />