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

# Quickstart

> Connect your inbox and see Emanate work your email in about 15 minutes

The fastest way to understand Emanate is to point it at your inbox and watch it go to work. In about 15 minutes you'll
connect an email account, give Emanate a little context about your business, and see it surface the emails that need
a reply today, with drafts already written in your voice.

## Prerequisites

* An Emanate account ([sign up here](https://app.emanate.ai/signup))
* An email account you send from (Gmail / Google Workspace or Outlook / Microsoft 365)
* Your company website URL (used to learn your brand automatically)

## Step 1: Connect your inbox

This is the one step that unlocks everything else.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the connect flow">
    During onboarding (or later from **Demand** in the sidebar) choose **Connect inbox**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick your provider">
    Choose **Google** (Gmail / Workspace) or **Microsoft** (Outlook / Microsoft 365) and sign in. Emanate connects securely through your provider; your password is never stored.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose who can see it">
    Decide whether the inbox is **just you** or shared with your team. You can change this any time.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Note>
  Connecting an inbox is read-and-reply access to your own mail. Emanate never sends anything on its own during
  setup. You stay in control of every message until you decide otherwise.
</Note>

## Step 2: Teach Emanate your business

Two quick pieces of context make every AI draft sound like your company instead of a generic bot.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Set up Business DNA">
    Go to **Business DNA** and enter your website URL. Emanate reads your site and fills in your company name, what you sell, your tone, and your brand look automatically. Review it and fix anything that's off. See [Business DNA](/business-dna/overview).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add your product knowledge">
    Go to **Knowledge Base** and upload the documents your team leans on: product catalogs, spec sheets, pricing guides, FAQs. Emanate draws on these when it drafts replies. See [Knowledge Base](/knowledge-base/overview).
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Tip>
  Start with your product catalog and one FAQ. That's usually enough context for Emanate to write useful first drafts.
  You can always add more later.
</Tip>

## Step 3: Let Home triage your inbox

Open **Home**. This is your command center. Emanate reads your recently connected inbox and builds a short,
ranked list of what deserves your attention, newest and most time-sensitive first.

* **Needs attention** shows the threads Emanate thinks you should act on today.
* **Tasks** are the specific things to do: reply to this email, quote this request, follow up on that quiet thread.
* Each item explains *why* it surfaced, so nothing feels like a black box.

The more you use Emanate, the better Home gets at matching how you actually work. See [Home](/home/overview).

## Step 4: Review and send an AI draft

Open a task that needs a reply. Emanate has usually already drafted a response for you.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Read the draft">
    The reply appears in the composer, written in your voice and grounded in the thread, your knowledge base, and past emails.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Edit if needed">
    Tweak anything you like. When you edit an AI draft, Emanate quietly learns your preferences for next time.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Send or stage">
    Send it now, or stage it as a draft in your real inbox to send later. That's a full loop (request in, reply out) without leaving Emanate.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Step 5: Grow from here

Once your inbox is flowing, explore the rest of the engine:

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Turn RFQs into quotes" icon="file-text" href="/demand/quotes">
    Let incoming quote requests become finished quotes, ready to push to your ERP.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Automate your plays" icon="zap" href="/home/tactics">
    Set up Tactics: a morning brief, automatic follow-ups, and check-ins that keep relationships warm.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Run outbound sequences" icon="send" href="/sequences/overview">
    Build multi-step email and LinkedIn cadences for prospects you haven't engaged yet.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Connect your CRM & ERP" icon="plug" href="/integrations/overview">
    Sync accounts and unlock quoting by connecting the systems you already run on.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Troubleshooting

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="I connected my inbox but Home is empty">
    Home builds its first list from a snapshot of your recent mail, which can take a few minutes after you connect. Give it a moment and refresh. If it's still empty, confirm the inbox connected successfully under **Demand**.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="The AI drafts don't sound like us">
    Fill in your **Business DNA** and add a few documents to your **Knowledge Base**. That context shapes tone and content. Drafts also improve as you edit them, because Emanate learns from your changes.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="I don't want anything sent automatically">
    You don't have to. By default every reply waits for you to review and send. Automatic sending is an option you turn on deliberately, per inbox. See [Channels](/channels/overview).
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Next steps

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Key Concepts" icon="book" href="/getting-started/concepts">
    The vocabulary you'll see across Emanate
  </Card>

  <Card title="Home" icon="house" href="/home/overview">
    How your command center works
  </Card>
</CardGroup>