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

# Quickstart

> From sign-in to your first result set in under five minutes.

This guide walks you through signing in, creating a project, running your first query, and viewing the results.

## Before you begin

Antlect is available to approved organisations. If you don't have an account yet, [request access](/account/access-requests) from the landing page. An administrator reviews each request and you'll receive an email when your account is activated.

## 1. Sign in

Go to the Antlect app and click **Login**. Antlect uses secure single sign-on, and you'll be redirected to the login page, and back into your workspace once authenticated.

<Note>
  Your session is tied to your organisation's access grant. If your login is rejected, your access request may still be pending review.
</Note>

## 2. Create a project

Everything in Antlect lives inside a **project**: a container for related queries, threads, and reports.

1. From the sidebar, click the **+** button.
2. Give the project a name that describes the investigation, for example `Quantum computing capability: NZ universities`.
3. The project opens in the workspace view.

## 3. Run your first query

1. Inside the project, start a new query from the thread panel.

2. Type a research question in plain language, for example:

   > Who are the leading researchers in photonics across New Zealand universities, and who funds them?

3. Optionally tune the query: choose the **dimension** you care about (people, institutions, funding) and the **metrics** to rank by.

4. Run the query. The thread panel shows each step of the analysis live as it executes.

## 4. Explore the results

When the query completes, the results view opens with three tabs:

* **Summary**: a synthesised answer with the key entities and findings.
* **Publications**: the underlying publication record.
* **Patents**: related patent activity.

Use the **Graph mode** toggle at the right end of the tab bar to switch the same result set into an [interactive network graph](/guides/network-graph).

## 5. Save your findings into a report

Select the artifacts you want to keep and add them to a [report](/guides/reports). The report editor gives you a full rich-text environment (headings, tables, images, and [live charts](/guides/charts)) and exports to PDF when you're ready to share.

## Next steps

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  <Card title="Core concepts" icon="lightbulb" href="/concepts">
    Learn how projects, queries, threads, and reports fit together.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Network graph" icon="circle-nodes" href="/guides/network-graph">
    Explore relationships between researchers and institutions visually.
  </Card>
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