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

# Quickstart

> Create an organization, add your first project, and see your first rankings.

This walkthrough takes you from a new account to a project collecting ranking, backlink, and audit data. It takes about five minutes of setup; the first full data pull completes in the background afterwards.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Create your account">
    Sign up at [app.surnex.io](https://app.surnex.io). Verify your email address, then sign back in.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create an organization">
    Give your organization a name. Everything in Surnex — projects, team members, billing, API keys — belongs to an organization, and you can belong to more than one.

    You can invite teammates now or later from **Settings → Team**. See [Roles and permissions](/organizations/roles) for what each role can do.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add your first project">
    A project is one domain you want to track. You'll need:

    * **Domain** — the site to track, for example `example.com`
    * **Location** — the country or city whose search results you want to measure
    * **Language** — the language of the search results

    Location and language decide which SERP Surnex measures you in, so pick the market you actually compete in. You can change them later in [Project settings](/projects/settings).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add keywords to track">
    Open **Keywords** to find ideas with volume and difficulty, and bookmark the ones worth pursuing — they collect on [Saved keywords](/keywords/saved) as a shortlist.

    Then add the ones you want checked daily on the **Tracking** page. Saving and tracking are separate steps: a saved keyword isn't monitored until you [add it to tracking](/tracking/add-keywords).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add competitors">
    Add the domains you compete with on **Competitors**. Surnex measures them on the same keywords as you, which powers position comparisons and the [backlink gap](/backlinks/gap).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Wait for the first data pull">
    Creating a project queues the initial collection run — rankings, backlinks, a site audit, domain metrics, web vitals, AI search, and local visibility. Keyword and ranking data usually lands within minutes; a full site audit takes longer on large sites.

    The project dashboard fills in as each job finishes. You don't need to keep the page open.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## What to do next

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Review your audit" icon="magnifying-glass" href="/audits/issues">
    Triage the technical issues from your first crawl.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Watch position changes" icon="arrow-trend-up" href="/tracking/changes">
    See which keywords moved once you have a few days of history.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Build a report" icon="file-lines" href="/reports/add">
    Turn your project data into a shareable report.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Set up alerts" icon="bell" href="/tracking/alerts">
    Get notified when tracked keywords move significantly.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>