> For clean Markdown of any page, append .md to the page URL. > For a complete documentation index, see https://docs.apologist.ai/llms.txt. > For AI client integration (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.), connect to the MCP server at https://docs.apologist.ai/_mcp/server. # Overview > Task-oriented guides for configuring and managing Apologist AI Console Apologist AI Console (formerly known internally as Apologist Ignite) is the control plane for configuring Agents, managing trusted content, and preparing the experiences your audiences use across the Apologist AI ecosystem. ## Prerequisites * Your team has been provisioned with access to Apologist AI Console. ## How the Pieces Fit Together Diagram showing Console as the control plane for two paths. Console configures the Agent, which runs at its own live URL and exposes an optional Agent API that powers your product. Console also curates Sources and Collections such as web pages, video, podcasts, books, and documents, which ground and cite the Agent's answers. Diagram showing Console as the control plane for two paths. Console configures the Agent, which runs at its own live URL and exposes an optional Agent API that powers your product. Console also curates Sources and Collections such as web pages, video, podcasts, books, and documents, which ground and cite the Agent's answers. Console drives two connected paths. On one, you **configure an Agent**: its branding, language, scripture behavior, and instructions. You then publish it to its own live URL, optionally exposing an Agent API for your own products to call. On the other, you **build the knowledge the Agent draws on**. You bring in Sources such as web pages, YouTube videos, podcast episodes, books, articles, and documents. You organize them into Collections and attribute them to Contributors. Console imports and indexes that material so the Agent can retrieve it and cite it in its answers. The two paths meet at the Agent: configuration controls *how* it responds, and your curated Sources determine *what* it responds from. The Apologist AI Console Dashboard, with Agents, Content, and Attribution groups in the left-hand navigation and shortcuts for adding Contributors and content. The Apologist AI Console Dashboard, with Agents, Content, and Attribution groups in the left-hand navigation and shortcuts for adding Contributors and content. ## What Console Unlocks Once your team is provisioned with Console access, you can: * **Build and manage Agents.** Create standalone, branded AI apologists, each published to their own URL, and configure their language, scripture, instructions, and knowledge sources. * **Curate the content Agents draw on.** Add Sources from the material your ministry already publishes: web pages, YouTube videos, podcast episodes, books, articles, and uploaded documents. Organize them into Collections and credit them to Contributors. Console handles importing and indexing each Source so the Agent can retrieve and cite it. * **Control how sources are used.** Choose which Sources and Collections a given Agent can draw on, and shape citation and ranking behavior so answers stay grounded in the material you trust. * **Use the Agent API.** Every Agent can be issued API keys for programmatic access to chat completions, semantic search, and evaluations, so you can embed the Agent's capabilities in your own products. API access is enabled per plan, so availability depends on your team's subscription. The fastest complete journey is to create a polished Agent, configure language and scripture behavior, customize instructions, and ground responses in trusted sources. Start with [Quickstart](/console/get-started/quickstart), then continue through the Console User Guide pages in the left-hand navigation.