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

# Runtime

> Alquimia Core and Alquimia Runtime — SDK, service, and where to read the full technical documentation.

**Alquimia Core** is the SDK and runtime framework for building, configuring, and orchestrating assistants. It includes the inference pipeline (shields, generation, tools, empathy rules, and memory), pluggable model connectors, a unified tool layer across MCP, Llama Stack, built-ins, and agent-to-agent calls, a registry for agent definitions with OCI-style distribution, memory strategies for short- and long-term context, an empathy engine for response profiles, OpenTelemetry instrumentation, and FastAPI-oriented security (JWT and API tokens).

**Alquimia Runtime** is the FastAPI service that runs that stack in production: orchestrating inference, serving the agent registry, wiring multi-channel connectors (Slack, WhatsApp, Email), and coordinating work over a CloudEvents-style event model — with Redis, object storage, and Vault in a typical deployment. Current release line: **0.2.0**, **Python 3.12**, **GPL v3**.

## Documentation

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    Full guides, HTTP API reference, CLI, configuration, integrations, and deployment.
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