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

# Quickstart

> Your first session — from raw idea to a validation plan

This guide walks you through your first session. All you need is an installed plugin ([Installation](/installation)) and an idea — even a fuzzy one.

## Your first session

<Steps>
  <Step title="Run /whats-next">
    In your idea's workspace folder, run:

    ```bash theme={null}
    /whats-next
    ```

    This is the plugin's home base. On first run it notices there's no project yet and starts the setup conversation.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Describe your idea">
    Tell the agent what you're building — a sentence or a rambling voice-note-style paragraph, both work. It will ask follow-up questions **one at a time** to pin down the essentials: who it's for, what problem it solves, how it solves it.

    <Tip>
      Use voice mode and think out loud. In the CLI, activate it once via `/voice` and then long-press space to speak. Don't worry about structure — the more you dump, the better the agent can organise it.
    </Tip>

    Already made progress before installing the plugin — notes, interviews, a landing page? Say so: the setup flow has a materials-based onboarding path that ingests what you have instead of starting from zero.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Review what it writes">
    The agent proposes before it writes. When you confirm, it creates the `startup/` folder in your project:

    ```
    startup/
    ├── core.md    # Your project definition — audience, problem, solution
    └── plan.md    # Current focus, next steps, and an assessment log
    ```

    Both are plain markdown — open them, edit them, commit them to git.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Follow the plan">
    `plan.md` now holds your current focus and a checklist of next steps — typically starting with discovering competitors and drafting your first hypotheses. Each step maps to a skill, and the agent will route you to the right one.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## After the first session

Come back to `/whats-next` whenever you want to know where you stand — it re-orients you, surfaces the sharpest next move, and updates the plan as evidence comes in. From there the typical journey runs:

1. [**`/competitors`**](/skills/competitors) — map who else is solving this problem
2. [**`/hypotheses`**](/skills/hypotheses) — write down what you're assuming is true
3. [**`/interviews`**](/skills/interviews) — test those assumptions in real conversations
4. [**`/surveys`**](/skills/surveys) — test signals at larger scale
5. [**`/mvp`**](/skills/mvp) — build the smallest thing that generates honest signal

Validation is rarely a straight line, and every skill also works standalone — see the [Skills overview](/skills/overview) for what each one does and when to reach for it. To understand the files the plugin creates and how they link together, start with [The startup/ workspace](/concepts/workspace).