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title: "Getting started"
description: "New to Indent? Start here: what it is, who it's for, and how to run your first task."
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> Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.indent.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Getting started

New to Indent? The [overview](/) walks through what Indent does for engineering and for knowledge
work, and how to run your first task. This section goes deeper on the mental model and on setting
Indent up to run your stack.

- **What Indent can do** — Indent for engineering and for knowledge work: what it connects to, the tasks it runs, and where
you work with it.
- **How Indent works** — The mental model behind Indent: a session, the computer it runs on, how it verifies its work,
and what it can access.
- **Setting up environments** — Build a reusable computer setup so a session can start with your application built, its services
running, and its tests ready.

Source: https://docs.indent.com/getting-started/index.mdx