> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.lightdrift.ai/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Use with agents > Lightdrift is built to be a tool in an agent's hands. Lightdrift is agent-native by design: requests are plain JSON, every answer is fully machine-readable, and the rights question, the thing that usually needs a human, is answered inline. ## Connect your agent Choose the connection for the job, or install both. Each guide follows the dashboard's client setup options and adds verification and troubleshooting steps. Search images, find similar results, and retrieve image details. Sign in with Lightdrift or use an API key. Search documentation and look up API usage. No account or API key needed. ## Patterns that work well * **Grounding generation** — retrieve a real photo of an obscure subject first, then hand it to your image model as a reference. The generator stops guessing. * **Slide and page builders** — describe the subject and the composition you need ("wide shot, open sky on the left") and use `orientation` and `min_width` filters for the slot. * **Answering with real images** — for anything past the canonical middle (a larva, a rare species, an obscure place), retrieval beats recall. * **Rights-aware pipelines** — filter on `rights.commercial` and carry `rights.attribution` through to the final artifact automatically. ## Direct REST use Agents that don't speak MCP can call the [REST API](/api-reference/introduction) directly. Search uses Voyage image-and-caption embeddings and text reranking. Inputs are text, image uploads, public HTTPS image URLs, or an image plus text. Use an indexed asset ID for similar-image lookup. See [multimodal search](/guides/search#search-with-an-image) for the request fields.