# Documentation

Start with the [Windows quickstart](WINDOWS_QUICKSTART.md), then
[your first task](GETTING_STARTED.md). Guides label features that are only in the
current source; the published download may not include them yet.

| What you need | Guide |
| --- | --- |
| Learn with small, checkable tasks | [First text task](../examples/first-task/README.md), [tutorials](TUTORIALS.md), [Python practice](../examples/practice-tasks/README.md) |
| Use chat or the full-screen interface | [Terminal controls and approvals](TERMINAL_GUIDE.md) |
| Configure models and update a catalog | [Configuration](CONFIGURATION.md), [model updates](MODEL_UPDATES.md) |
| Look up a command | [CLI reference](CLI_REFERENCE.md) |
| Work without edits or commands | [Read-only tasks](READ_ONLY.md) |
| Attach images or use local inference | [Images](IMAGES.md), [local models](LOCAL_MODELS.md) |
| Understand privacy and permissions | [Security model](SECURITY_MODEL.md), [privacy](../PRIVACY.md) |
| Audit the implementation | [Architecture](ARCHITECTURE_OVERVIEW.md), [audit map](AUDIT_MAP.md) |
| Measure costs and experiments | [Efficiency](EFFICIENCY.md), [comparison protocol](../examples/efficiency/README.md) |
| Verify a download or installation | [Build provenance](RELEASE_VERIFICATION.md), [installation checks](INSTALLATION_CHECK.md) |
| Observe ease of use | [Newcomer checks](USABILITY_CHECK.md) |
| Understand product decisions | [Why these features](DESIGN_CHOICES.md) |
| Explore advanced preview features | [MCP preview](MCP_PREVIEW.md) |

Source code lives in `crates/`, runnable examples in `examples/`, and development
checks in `scripts/`. See [contributing](../CONTRIBUTING.md) before changing code.
Runtime records and maintainer working notes stay outside the published tree.