> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.kiln.tech/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.kiln.tech/readme.md).

# Welcome to Kiln AI

Rapid AI Prototyping and Dataset Collaboration Tool

Kiln AI is the easiest tool for:

* 🎛️ [**Fine Tuning**](/docs/fine-tuning/fine-tuning-guide.md): Zero-code fine-tuning for Llama, GPT-4o, and more. Automatic serverless deployment of models.
* 📊 [**Evals**](/docs/evals-and-specs/evaluations.md): Evaluate the quality of your models/tasks using state of the art evaluators.
* 📈 [**Optimizers**](/docs/optimizers.md): Find the best model, prompt or fine-tune for your task. Improve quality and lower costs.
* 🔍 [**Docs & Search (RAG)**](/docs/documents-and-search-rag.md): Add knowledge to your AI systems with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
* 🤖 [**Agents**](/docs/agents.md): Build agentic systems with multiple actors
* 🛠 [**Tools & MCP**](/docs/tools-and-mcp.md): Connect powerful tools to your Kiln tasks, or write your own in Python with [Code Tools](/docs/tools-and-mcp/code-tools.md)
* 🧩 [**Skills**](/docs/skills.md): Load more instructions, depending on the goal.
* 🪄 [**Synthetic Data Generation**](/docs/synthetic-data-generation.md): Generate training data with our interactive visual tooling.
* 🧠 [**Reasoning Models**](/docs/fine-tuning/guide-train-a-reasoning-model.md): Train or distill your own custom reasoning models.
* 🤝 [**Team Collaboration**](/docs/collaboration.md): Git-based version control for your AI datasets. Intuitive UI makes it easy to collaborate with QA, PM, and subject matter experts on structured data (examples, prompts, ratings, feedback, issues, etc.).

### Jump right in

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MCP</strong></td><td>Connect tools to Kiln</td><td></td><td><a href="/docs/tools-and-mcp.md">Tools &amp; MCP</a></td><td><a href="https://2952104390-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FEJ4b8A4QiEQlOGbYkXDX%2Fuploads%2FuiAcq5orkzq3qqyydLOD%2FMCP.png?alt=media&amp;token=20ff547e-a640-4e17-9864-9b46300fa213">MCP.png</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Code Tools</strong></td><td>Write a Python function that runs as a tool</td><td></td><td><a href="/docs/tools-and-mcp/code-tools.md">Code Tools</a></td><td><a href="https://2952104390-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FEJ4b8A4QiEQlOGbYkXDX%2Fuploads%2FXatRjlRWAUMr3gqzxUIf%2Ftools2.png?alt=media&amp;token=94dd270b-16c6-4497-94ae-c21a96132118">tools2.png</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Search Tools / RAG</strong></td><td>Add documents and create search indexes</td><td></td><td><a href="/docs/documents-and-search-rag.md">Documents &amp; Search (RAG)</a></td><td><a href="https://2952104390-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FEJ4b8A4QiEQlOGbYkXDX%2Fuploads%2FWzcdLSGBR77P8yEgRwVr%2Frag%20icon%202-2.png?alt=media&amp;token=d563208f-dde9-4002-bb33-0a090d4c8cb5">rag icon 2-2.png</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Agents</strong></td><td>Build multi-action agentic systems</td><td></td><td><a href="/docs/agents.md">Agents</a></td><td><a href="https://2952104390-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FEJ4b8A4QiEQlOGbYkXDX%2Fuploads%2FV1nF4kgN52PIBzhifh32%2FAgents-2.png?alt=media&amp;token=12bfbc4d-0aa6-43de-b04d-fdb57b1dcea7">Agents-2.png</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Synthetic Data Generation</strong></td><td>Generate training data for models with AI</td><td></td><td><a href="/docs/synthetic-data-generation.md">Synthetic Data Generation</a></td><td><a href="https://2952104390-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FEJ4b8A4QiEQlOGbYkXDX%2Fuploads%2FNczKKv2hph6GmJvrUomx%2Fsynth.png?alt=media&amp;token=83d006cf-107d-47fb-91d8-c30d85a4c4c9">synth.png</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Skills</strong></td><td>Dynamically load prompts for the current goal.</td><td></td><td><a href="/docs/skills.md">Skills</a></td><td><a href="https://2952104390-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FEJ4b8A4QiEQlOGbYkXDX%2Fuploads%2FLRm42wk4BFDxJ2ygxwQl%2Fskills.png?alt=media&amp;token=c15bf118-b985-4fd8-97fa-93b63e37f5b6">skills.png</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Python Library Setup</strong></td><td>Install and use our python library.</td><td></td><td><a href="/developers/python-library-quickstart.md">Python Library Setup</a></td><td><a href="https://2952104390-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FEJ4b8A4QiEQlOGbYkXDX%2Fuploads%2F7JgstNwNpb15P2Q3dbUA%2Fpython3.png?alt=media&amp;token=c389d409-cf79-4359-aac7-809b9788b93b">python3.png</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Demo Project</strong></td><td>End to end demo video showing how to use Kiln</td><td></td><td><a href="/docs/end-to-end-project-demo.md">End to End Project Demo</a></td><td><a href="https://2952104390-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FEJ4b8A4QiEQlOGbYkXDX%2Fuploads%2FaJTx7q9SskLAOK81ZWvm%2FVideo-2.png?alt=media&amp;token=77fe0d05-ce4f-4673-9e59-4cea57d7c352">Video-2.png</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Build a Reasoning Model</strong></td><td>Create your own reasoning model, like o3 or R1</td><td></td><td><a href="/docs/fine-tuning/guide-train-a-reasoning-model.md">Train a Reasoning Model</a></td><td><a href="https://2952104390-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FEJ4b8A4QiEQlOGbYkXDX%2Fuploads%2FqlcEWrRc9fmvtxsrxId4%2Fdistill.png?alt=media&amp;token=e217949f-d365-4076-ab64-21c1941ad364">distill.png</a></td></tr></tbody></table>
