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

# Getting started with The Smith

> Learn how The Smith onboards you with outcome-led getting-started cards and transitions to everyday use once you complete them.

The Smith landing page greets new users with three getting-started cards. Each card introduces a concrete, recurring workflow you can delegate to `guildai~the-smith` immediately — no configuration forms required.

## Getting-started cards

When you first open The Smith, the landing page displays the heading **"Welcome to Guild, let's get started."** and three cards arranged below it.

Each card presents an outcome-led starter prompt. Clicking a card submits that prompt directly to `guildai~the-smith`, launches a session, and marks the card as completed. Completion state is persisted per user account so the checkmark survives page reloads and return visits.

The three cards are:

| Card                          | Prompt submitted to The Smith                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| ----------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Track social mentions**     | Every few hours, watch Reddit and the open web for new posts mentioning your product or top competitor, and post each to Slack with a sentiment read and a draft reply when the post asks a question.                                                 |
| **Catch CI slowdowns**        | Every week, compare each GitHub Actions workflow's median run time against the trailing four weeks and open an issue listing any workflow that slowed by more than 25%, naming the jobs that regressed.                                               |
| **Prune stale feature flags** | Every two weeks, find feature flags that have been fully rolled out or fully off for more than 30 days by scanning the flag configuration in the repo, and open an issue proposing each for removal with the code references that still branch on it. |

You can complete the cards in any order. Cards you have already submitted display a checkmark.

## Transitioning to everyday use

After you complete all three cards, the landing page switches to the everyday state:

* The heading changes from **"Welcome to Guild, let's get started."** to **"How can Guild help today?"**
* The getting-started cards are hidden.

The landing page stays in the everyday state on all subsequent visits. You interact with The Smith directly from the prompt input without the cards in view.

<Note>
  Completion state is stored in `localStorage` keyed to your user account. Clearing browser storage resets the cards to their incomplete state.
</Note>