# Get started

## Install the CLI

```bash
pip install cortex
```

See [here](/0.30/clients/install.md) for alternative installation options.

## Create a cluster

* [Launch a Cortex cluster on your AWS account](/0.30/clusters/aws/install.md)
* [Launch a Cortex cluster on your GCP account](/0.30/clusters/gcp/install.md)

## Run machine learning workloads

* [Realtime API](/0.30/workloads/realtime-apis/example.md)
* [Batch API](/0.30/workloads/batch-apis/example.md)
* [Task API](/0.30/workloads/task-apis/example.md)


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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://docs.cortexlabs.com/0.30/undefined.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.