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

# Quickstart

> Create your first ThinkEx workspace.

<Note>
  The fastest way to use ThinkEx is [thinkex.app](https://thinkex.app). This guide describes the product flow, not local development.
</Note>

## Create a Workspace

<Steps>
  <Step title="Sign in">
    Open [thinkex.app](https://thinkex.app) and sign in. Local development builds also show **Continue as guest**, so contributors can test the app without Google OAuth.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create a workspace">
    From the home page, create a workspace. A workspace is the container for your items, tabs, chat threads, members, and history.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add source material">
    Drag supported files into the workspace or create documents and folders from the workspace controls. ThinkEx currently accepts PDFs, Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, images, CSV, TSV, Markdown, code, and text files.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open and arrange items">
    Open items in tabs, keep sources side by side, and organize related items into folders.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Ask AI with selected context">
    Select the item or passage you want the AI to use, then ask from the chat panel or contextual ask controls. The point is explicit context, not hidden retrieval.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Next Steps

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Workspace items" icon="blocks" href="/concepts/items">
    See which item types ThinkEx supports.
  </Card>

  <Card title="AI chat" icon="bot" href="/concepts/ai-chat">
    Learn how workspace-aware AI tools work.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Import files" icon="file-up" href="/guides/import-files">
    Review upload limits and conversion behavior.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Local development" icon="terminal" href="/configuration/local-development">
    Run the app from this GitHub repo.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>