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

# First Setup

> From a fresh workspace to your first published warehouse — the guided path.

Use this path to take a new workspace from its first sign-in to a published warehouse.

## The golden path

1. **Choose a plan, verify your account, and subscribe.** Choose Connect ($249/month) or
   Managed (from $499/month), choose a Managed capacity when applicable, accept the current Terms and Privacy Policy, verify your work
   email, and complete Stripe Checkout. Platinur creates no workspace before payment is confirmed.
   If the verification message expires or never arrives, use
   **Resend verification email** on the pending screen; the response stays intentionally generic
   to protect account privacy.
2. **Connect your warehouse when using Connect.** Configuration → Data Warehouse → enter the host, username, and
   password for your customer-owned ClickHouse → **Test connection**. A passing test binds the
   warehouse to the workspace for its lifetime. New
   to ClickHouse Cloud? Follow
   [Bring Your Own ClickHouse Cloud](/get-started/connect-clickhouse-cloud) step by step. Managed
   plans arrive with their dedicated ClickHouse already connected.
3. **Connect GitHub.** Configuration → GitHub → **Install on GitHub**. Installing the
   Platinur GitHub App returns you to the portal connected — no repository setup needed;
   Platinur creates and initializes the governed repository automatically at your first
   apply. See [Connecting GitHub](/configuration/github).
4. **Connect a source.** Integrations → choose a native database, file, spreadsheet, or managed
   SaaS connector → enter the connection → the first passing test saves it and opens the
   source's page. See
   [Source Integrations](/sources/integrations).
5. **Scan and load.** On the source's **Schema** tab, run a scan to discover its tables,
   choose the tables and [refresh mode](/sources/load-modes), then **Run** to load the data
   into your warehouse's `raw_<source>` database.
6. **Build your models.** Models → **Build** → start the first build. The assistant profiles
   your data, then **interviews you** — short business questions with suggested answers —
   and builds your staging, warehouse, and mart layers from what you tell it. See
   [The First Build](/operations/initial-run).
7. **Review Staging.** The assistant validates and commits the files to Staging. Review the
   resulting models, dashboards, and cumulative diff in Promotions.
8. **Prepare and publish a release.** When Staging looks right, press **Prepare release**,
   select the changes to publish, review automatically included dependencies and what stays in
   Staging, edit the pull-request name/description, validate both resulting states, and confirm.
   Platinur opens and merges the exact release PR when repository rules allow, reconstructs
   remaining Staging work, then starts the Production refresh. See
   [Releasing to Production](/promotions/release-flow).

## Readiness checks

* Configuration shows the warehouse **Connected** and GitHub **Connected**.
* The assistant card shows **Ready** (platform-supported AI is included — adding your own
  API key is optional).
* Your source's page shows a successful scan and at least one load with rows.
* Models → Models lists your built layers; Dashboards renders with your data.