---
title: "Getting started with Bridge to Brands"
description: "Connect your first brand dealer portal, create an API key and make your first availability call to the Bridge to Brands REST API in a few minutes."
canonical: https://brdg2b.ai/docs/getting-started
updated: 2026-10-16
---

# Getting started with Bridge to Brands

Bridge to Brands is a product of RunOps Inc.

Bridge to Brands enables your agents to buy from every brand portal. You connect the dealer (B2B) portals you already have logins for once; then your agents (over MCP), your code (over REST) and your team (in the Browser) reach all of them the same way. Every order is built in the brand's portal and, where the brand is verified and you have turned it on, placed within your caps and confirmation settings; otherwise you review it and place it in Bridge, in a signed-in portal window — never a portal login.

## 1. Sign in and connect a brand

Sign in at [app.brdg2b.ai](https://app.brdg2b.ai) with Google. On **Brands**, choose a brand and enter your existing dealer-portal username and password. They are encrypted and used only by the worker that talks to that portal; API keys and MCP tokens can never read them.

## 2. Create an API key

On **Keys**, create a key. Choose scopes (`read`, or `read` + `orders`), optionally restrict it to some brands, and set an expiry. Keys look like `b2b_live_<prefix>_<secret>`; test keys start with `b2b_test_` (see [Test mode](/docs/test-mode)).

## 3. Make your first call

```bash
curl https://api.brdg2b.ai/v1/brands \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BRDG2B_KEY"
```

Each brand comes back with its `capabilities` and this account's `connection` status.

## 4. Read availability

```bash
curl "https://api.brdg2b.ai/v1/brands/brooks/products/120443/availability?color_id=120443189" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BRDG2B_KEY"
```

## 5. Connect an AI agent

Point Claude, ChatGPT or any MCP client at `https://mcp.brdg2b.ai/mcp`. See [MCP](/docs/mcp).