> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.qxlabs.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Quickstart

This guide takes you from a fresh account to your first working agent, flow, and grid.

## 1. Create your account

Sign up at [platform.qxlabs.com](https://platform.qxlabs.com) with your email, or use Google or Microsoft single sign-on. If a teammate invited you, use the invite link in your email to join their organization.

The onboarding wizard walks you through your company profile, preferences, plan selection, and connecting your first apps.

## 2. Start a chat

The home screen is a chat with **QX**, the default agent. It is connected to all available tools and knowledge by default.

Try asking it something real:

> Research the top 5 competitors of acme.com and summarize their pricing.

Watch the tool cards as the agent works - each one shows what the agent is doing (web search, reading pages, querying knowledge) and can be clicked for full inputs and outputs. See [Chat](/agents/chat).

## 3. Connect your apps

Go to **Connected Apps** in the sidebar and connect the tools your team uses - Gmail, Outlook, Google Drive, Notion, Salesforce, Slack, and more. Once connected, agents, flows, and grids can all use them.

## 4. Create your first agent

Go to **Agents** → **New Agent**. Give it a name, pick a model, write instructions, and choose its capabilities, apps, and knowledge. Then click **Start chat** to talk to it. See [Create an agent](/agents/create-an-agent).

## 5. Build a flow

Go to **Flows** → create a new flow. Use the **Chat** mode and describe what you want:

> Every Monday at 9am, read new rows from my Google Sheet, research each company, and email me a summary.

The AI builder drafts the workflow for you. Switch to **Nodes** mode to fine-tune it manually. See [Build with AI](/flows/build-with-ai).

## 6. Create a grid

Go to **Grids** → **New Grid**. Import a CSV of companies or contacts, then add AI columns - research, enrichment, scoring, email drafting - and click **Run**. See [Create a grid](/grids/create-a-grid).

## Next steps

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    Ground your agents in your company's documents.
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  <Card title="Node catalog" icon="workflow" href="/flows/nodes/overview">
    Browse every building block available in the flow builder.
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