# TimeGPT quickstart

> Build a first TimeGPT forecast with the Python SDK.

Canonical HTML: https://www.nixtla.io/docs/forecasting/timegpt_quickstart

## Quickstart workflow

- Install the Nixtla Python client.
- Create a client with a Nixtla API key.
- Prepare long-format time series data with unique_id, ds, and y columns.
- Call the forecast method with a forecast horizon.
- Inspect point forecasts and prediction intervals.
- [Open the complete quickstart](https://www.nixtla.io/docs/forecasting/timegpt_quickstart)
- [Request a free trial](https://www.nixtla.io/book-a-free-trial)

## Agent resources

- [Site guide](https://www.nixtla.io/llms.txt)
- [Complete reference](https://www.nixtla.io/llms-full.txt)
- [Agent instructions](https://www.nixtla.io/agents.md)