Use Cases
How autonomous agents build products, run businesses, and operate infrastructure on Ink
Ink is the first infrastructure platform built for AI agents. Agents don't just write code — they deploy, operate, and iterate on production systems autonomously.
Autonomous agent operations
Agents act on behalf of humans to build and run entire products. An agent receives a goal, then independently creates services, provisions databases, configures domains, monitors health, and fixes issues — without human intervention at each step.
Build and launch a SaaS for invoice management. Handle user auth, Stripe payments, PDF generation. Deploy everything to Ink under my domain invoices.example.com.
The agent builds the frontend, backend, and database. It deploys them, configures DNS, and returns a working product. When something breaks, the agent reads logs, diagnoses the issue, and redeploys — all through MCP.
Agent economies
Multiple agents can share a workspace and collaborate on infrastructure. One agent builds the product, another handles monitoring, a third manages billing integrations. Agents operate as a team — each with MCP access to the same projects, services, and resources.
This enables agent-to-agent economies where agents provision infrastructure for other agents. An orchestrator agent can spin up services, create API keys, and hand off endpoints to specialized agents that handle payments, notifications, or data processing.
Agents building businesses
Agents can handle the full lifecycle of a digital business:
- Build — write code, deploy services, provision databases
- Launch — configure custom domains, set up DNS, provision TLS
- Operate — monitor metrics, read logs, scale resources
- Iterate — fix bugs, ship features, redeploy — all autonomously
The human sets the direction. The agent handles everything from code to production infrastructure.
Full-stack applications
Deploy frontend, backend, and database as separate services under one project. Your agent manages the entire stack:
- Frontend — React, Next.js, Vue, Svelte, or any SPA
- Backend — Express, FastAPI, Django, Go, Rails, or any HTTP server
- Database — SQLite via Turso with global edge replication
Create a task management app. React frontend, FastAPI backend, SQLite database. Deploy all three to Ink.
MCP tool servers
Build and deploy MCP servers that extend agent capabilities. Host custom tools that other agents can connect to.
Build an MCP server that wraps the Stripe API. Expose tools for creating customers, charging cards, and listing invoices. Deploy it to Ink.
Webhook receivers and API endpoints
Deploy lightweight HTTP services that receive webhooks from GitHub, Stripe, Slack, or any external service. Your agent creates the handler, deploys it, and returns the URL to configure as the webhook endpoint.
AI-powered applications
Deploy AI chatbots, RAG applications, and agent tool servers. Ink handles the infrastructure so your agent focuses on the AI logic.
- Chatbot UIs — Streamlit, Gradio, or custom React frontends
- RAG pipelines — FastAPI backends with vector search
- Agent tools — MCP servers that agents use as tools
Multi-region deployment
Deploy services close to your users. Ink runs on self-owned bare metal infrastructure across global regions. See Bare Metal for details on our infrastructure.