# Getting started with Core (/core/getting-started)



With Core, you build your own analytics experience. This is the shortest path from a new account to your first chat or dashboard in your product.

## The path [#the-path]

1. [Create your account](/core/getting-started/quick-start/subscribe-to-toucan), then take a [tour of the interface](/core/getting-started/first-steps).
2. [Connect your data](/core/build/data-connections/how-to/add-a-database).
3. [Create a chart](/core/build/charts/how-to/create-a-chart) or [a dashboard with AI](/core/build/dashboards-and-layouts/how-to/create-a-dashboard-with-ai).
4. Embed it in your product: [a chat](/core/getting-started/quick-start/embed-a-chat) or [a dashboard](/core/getting-started/quick-start/embed-a-dashboard).

When you are ready for production, [secure access](/core/govern) for your users.

## What this documentation covers [#what-this-documentation-covers]

With Core, this documentation provides the technical and conceptual framework to:

* Understand platform capabilities and limitations.
* Build and embed self-service analytics end-to-end.
* Deploy to production without ongoing Toucan support.

Prefer to have Toucan build and run it for you? See [Crew](/crew).