> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://anaconda.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Getting started with Anaconda AI Navigator
export const API = () => {
return ;
};
This guide is designed to walk you through the essential steps to begin using Anaconda AI Navigator. It provides guidance on signing in, downloading models, chatting with a model, and loading models into the API server.
For help with installation, see [Installing Anaconda AI Navigator](./install-ai-navigator).
## Signing in
Anaconda AI Navigator requires you to have an Anaconda.com account to sign in. If you do not have an Anaconda.com account, click **Get Started** to register an account for free.
You have several options for account registration:
* Register with a GitHub, Gmail, or Microsoft account
* Sign in manually with an email and password
Once your account is created, or if you already have an account, **Sign In** using the same method you used to register your account.
## Browsing and downloading models
If you do not have a model downloaded, you can download one of Anaconda's recommended models by clicking **Download** on the model tiles shown on the **Home** page, or you can click **Explore Curated Models** to open the **Models** page and view a full list of curated models available for download.
To download a model:
1. Select **Models** from the left-hand navigation.
2. Locate a model you want to download.
3. Open the **Quantization Method** dropdown and select a file quantization level, then click **Download** to download the model locally.
Models are listed alphabetically by name. Verify that you have the available disk space and RAM required before you download a model.
For more information about models and quantization methods, see [Models](/tools/ai-navigator/user-guide/models).
## Chatting with models
Load the model you downloaded into the chat interface to start using it immediately!
To load a model into the chat interface:
1. Select **Chat** from the left-hand navigation.
2. Open the **Specify Model** dropdown and select your model.
3. Open the **Specify File** dropdown and select your model file.
If you only have one file for the model, it is automatically loaded into the chat interface.
4. Enter a prompt to chat with the model!
For more information on using the chat feature, see [Chat](/tools/ai-navigator/user-guide/chat).
## Loading a model into the API server
Make inference requests to the model from other applications by loading it into the API server.
To load a model into the API server:
1. Select **API Server** from the left-hand navigation.
2. Open the **Specify Model** dropdown and select your model.
3. Open the **Specify File** dropdown and select your model file.
If you only have one file for the model, it is automatically selected.
4. Click **Start** to start the server and expose the model to inference requests at the specified server address.
For more information about the API server, see [API server](/tools/ai-navigator/user-guide/api-server).
For step-by-step instructions on how to build a basic chatbot application in Python that makes inference requests to the API server, see our [Developing a chatbot tutorial](/tools/ai-navigator/tutorials/chatbot-tutorial).
You have several options for account registration:
* Register with a GitHub, Gmail, or Microsoft account
* Sign in manually with an email and password
Once your account is created, or if you already have an account, **Sign In** 
To download a model:
1. Select 
For more information on using the chat feature, see [Chat](/tools/ai-navigator/user-guide/chat).
## Loading a model into the API server
Make inference requests to the model from other applications by loading it into the API server.
To load a model into the API server:
1. Select 
3. Open the **Specify File** dropdown and select your model file.