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

# Introduction

> Start here to understand what Custory is and choose the next docs path.

Custory gives your team one shared map of the customer experience, with evidence, decisions, delivery work, AI, and automations connected to the same journey.

Use this page as a starting point. The detailed model, setup path, and workflows live on the pages below.

## Choose your path

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="How Custory works" icon="book-open" href="/how-custory-works">
    Understand the core hierarchy: Workspace -> Journey -> Stage -> Step -> Item.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Quickstart" icon="rocket" href="/quickstart">
    Create or join a workspace and move into your first useful journey.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Customer journeys" icon="route" href="/journeys">
    Create, manage, share, reuse, and delete journeys in Custory.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Your first journey" icon="pencil" href="/build-your-first-journey">
    Build a focused journey the team can use in a real review.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Items" icon="blocks" href="/items">
    Learn how touchpoints, insights, opportunities, solutions, and metrics connect.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Integrations" icon="plug" href="/integrations">
    Connect the tools your team already uses for evidence, updates, and delivery.
  </Card>

  <Card title="AI and automations" icon="sparkles" href="/automations">
    Reduce repeated follow-up once the journey has enough context.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Security and privacy" icon="shield-check" href="/security-and-privacy">
    Review workspace roles, integration access, MCP keys, and cleanup habits.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## First recommendation

If you are setting up Custory now, start with [Quickstart](/quickstart), then follow [Your first journey](/build-your-first-journey).

If you are trying to understand the product model first, read [How Custory works](/how-custory-works).