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# Get Started

- [Quick start](https://docs.smaq.io/documentation/get-started/quick-start.md): From signup to your first connected dashboard in under 15 minutes. Most new users land in SMAQ through one of two entry points — read whichever section matches yours.
- [Pre-signup audit](https://docs.smaq.io/documentation/get-started/quick-start/pre-signup-audit.md): Get a free competitive audit of your Google Ads, Meta Ads, or GA4 account without creating a SMAQ account first. The findings stay attached to your email, ready to claim when you sign up.
- [Onboarding wizard](https://docs.smaq.io/documentation/get-started/quick-start/onboarding-wizard.md): Five steps that take you from a brand-new account to a connected project with audit findings — usually in under 10 minutes.
- [Tutorials](https://docs.smaq.io/documentation/get-started/tutorials.md): Step-by-step walkthroughs of the things you'll do most often in SMAQ. Start with the dashboard tutorial if you're brand new.
- [Build your first dashboard](https://docs.smaq.io/documentation/get-started/tutorials/build-your-first-dashboard.md): Create a multi-page dashboard with charts, a data table, and dashboard-level filters in about 10 minutes.
- [Run your first automation](https://docs.smaq.io/documentation/get-started/tutorials/run-your-first-automation.md): Set up a Daily Brief automation that emails you a digest of your ad and ecommerce performance every morning. Takes about 5 minutes.
- [Plan a campaign with Media Plans](https://docs.smaq.io/documentation/get-started/tutorials/plan-a-campaign.md): Use the Media Plan wizard to lay out a new campaign — flight dates, channels, budget split, and KPI targets — in about 8 minutes.
- [Generate your first report](https://docs.smaq.io/documentation/get-started/tutorials/generate-your-first-report.md): Turn an existing dashboard into a polished, presentation-ready report with an AI-written narrative and a .pptx export. Takes about 5 minutes.
- [Chat with SMAQ AI](https://docs.smaq.io/documentation/get-started/tutorials/chat-with-smaq-ai.md): Get answers, build charts, run playbooks, and add results to your dashboard — all from the chat panel.
- [Build your first playbook](https://docs.smaq.io/documentation/get-started/tutorials/build-your-first-playbook.md): Build a reusable analysis recipe so SMAQ AI runs your standard investigations the same way every time.