# Getting started

Begin with a public product URL and a concrete growth question. A useful
first project has a clear outcome, enough evidence to investigate it, and an
owner who can review proposed work.

## Set up a project

1. Open [TractionScout signup](/signup/tractionscout), or [sign in](/login) if
   you already have an account.
2. Describe your product and what you want to improve. Onboarding accepts a
   public website, App Store, or Google Play URL so Scout can research the
   business context.
3. Review the discovered context. Correct the product description, audience,
   goals, and assumptions before relying on them for recommendations.
4. Create the account that owns the project and review the current plan
   choices shown during setup.
5. Connect useful signals now or return to **Configure → Data Sources**
   later. Follow each connector's authentication and resource-selection
   instructions.
6. Review the launch boundaries and billing information. Choose what the
   project may prepare or execute and which actions require your approval.

## Make the first question answerable

For a product with PostHog and Stripe, a first question might be: “How did
activation and subscription activity change over the same period?” Connect
the relevant project and account, run their initial synchronization, and
check the reported coverage before asking Scout for a readout.

Keep the time window and denominators explicit. Missing data is a limitation
to investigate; it should not be interpreted as zero activity. If two metrics
move together, the report should distinguish that observation from evidence
that one caused the other.

Review any proposed follow-up in the action queue. Confirm the intended
outcome, supporting evidence, scope, and measurement plan before approving
consequential work. After execution, inspect the result and record what was
learned so the next run has that context.

See [Connecting your data sources](/docs/integrations.html) for prerequisites
and readiness checks. Review [pricing and privacy](/docs/managed-service.html)
for the current commercial information and project data controls.