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

# Quickstart

> Go from signing in to your first edited page in about ten minutes.

This is the short path through Quarkle. Follow it once and you will know how the whole app fits together. It takes about ten minutes. Each step links to a fuller guide if you want more.

<Tip>
  The first time you sign in, Quarkle runs a short guided tour of the app. You can follow these same steps any time.
</Tip>

## 1. Create a manuscript

Open [the Studio](/getting-started/the-studio) and click **new manuscript**. A blank editor opens. Click the title at the top to name it.

<Frame caption="A fresh manuscript. Name it, then start writing where it says 'Let your ideas flow.'">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/quarkle/5WUUaYl-dgOEAFoM/images/app/new-manuscript.jpg?fit=max&auto=format&n=5WUUaYl-dgOEAFoM&q=85&s=e3262f17f3bdc93f865fc15e8c817c8d" alt="A new, empty Quarkle manuscript" width="1512" height="794" data-path="images/app/new-manuscript.jpg" />
</Frame>

## 2. Write, or bring in a draft

Type into the page like any editor. Already have a draft? Click **Import** in the left rail to bring in a PDF, Markdown, or text file. See [import & export](/getting-started/import-and-export).

<Frame caption="The editor: your chapters on the left, your manuscript in the middle, and Quarkle's AI on the right.">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/quarkle/5WUUaYl-dgOEAFoM/images/app/editor-overview.jpg?fit=max&auto=format&n=5WUUaYl-dgOEAFoM&q=85&s=875303bf06d7efb790316bcd112c71ce" alt="The three-panel Quarkle editor" width="1512" height="794" data-path="images/app/editor-overview.jpg" />
</Frame>

## 3. Ask Quarkle a question

Open the **Chat** tab on the right and ask something about your story. Quarkle reads the relevant pages before it answers. See [Quarkle Chat](/ai/quarkle-chat).

<Frame caption="Quarkle Chat answers from your manuscript, and shows what it read.">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/quarkle/5WUUaYl-dgOEAFoM/images/app/chat-response.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=5WUUaYl-dgOEAFoM&q=85&s=f0a68a739c655528778f5a1d3d7b8486" alt="A Quarkle Chat answer with a tool trail" width="1066" height="850" data-path="images/app/chat-response.png" />
</Frame>

## 4. Get feedback

Open the **Review** tab and click **Run review**. AI editors read your chapter and leave comments in the margin, each with a suggested rewrite you can accept in one click. See [the Review Room](/ai/review-room).

<Frame caption="Run a review and comments appear in the margin, each with a rewrite.">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/quarkle/pvbq7pupzmmMGYpd/images/app/review-room.jpg?fit=max&auto=format&n=pvbq7pupzmmMGYpd&q=85&s=c2acd167c559273a8311034adb137c10" alt="The Review Room with reviewers and comments" width="1568" height="721" data-path="images/app/review-room.jpg" />
</Frame>

## 5. Let Quarkle learn your world

As you write, the **Story Atlas** builds a record of your characters and world on its own. You do not have to set anything up. See [the Story Atlas](/ai/story-atlas).

<Frame caption="The Story Atlas fills in as you write.">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/quarkle/HrAp7UTT41GKfNkT/images/app/atlas-files.jpg?fit=max&auto=format&n=HrAp7UTT41GKfNkT&q=85&s=de4dd6d1c615703a2c614ef65783f531" alt="The Story Atlas file tree" width="1568" height="721" data-path="images/app/atlas-files.jpg" />
</Frame>

## That is the whole loop

Write, ask, get feedback, keep going. Everything else in these docs is detail on top of this. Follow the **Next** link at the bottom of each page to move through them in order.

<Card title="Next: The Studio" icon="arrow-right" horizontal href="/getting-started/the-studio">
  Your home base for every manuscript.
</Card>