Agentic Fungi grows entirely in your accounts — your Google Cloud, your model key. That's what keeps your collection yours. Here's the short list of what to set up first. Most of it is free, and the fiddly parts we automate for you in the setup guide.
Four things. Two quick sign-ups, one card-on-file for the free trial, and your model key.
A regular Gmail / Google account. "Sign in with Google" is how you open your Flow Hood, and it's the identity your approvals run as. If you have Gmail, you're already done.
Your collection grows in your own Google Cloud project. New accounts get $300 in free trial credits — you add a card to unlock the trial, but Google won't charge you unless you choose to upgrade. This is the most important step: it's what makes the farm yours.
Your strains think with a large language model. You bring your own — a Claude plan from around $20/month, or Anthropic API credits. We recommend Claude Opus, but the harness is model-agnostic. You keep the model relationship and the spend.
Your Anthropic (Claude) key you copy once from your Anthropic console — different vendor, their login, so that one's on you. Your Gemini key we handle: since you're already signed in to Google with billing on, the setup guide enables the Vertex AI / Generative Language API and mints the key during install.
Wondering if the Gemini key can be automated? It can — here's the honest split.
Rule of thumb: if it's a new account at another company, that's you. If it's a resource inside your own Google Cloud, the installer grows it — behind your passkey.
With the Starter Collection you can drop into the Publisher, Builder, or Ads strain and just ask. They do the work behind your Autoclave and show you how to do it yourself.
