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

# Introduction

> Welcome to Croissant — AI-powered product analytics that surfaces what matters

## What is Croissant?

Croissant is a product analytics platform that turns raw events into actionable signals. Instead of building dashboards and writing queries, you just send events and let Croissant tell you what to pay attention to.

<Card title="Get started in 5 minutes" icon="rocket" href="/quickstart" horizontal>
  Create an account, generate an API key, and start sending events.
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## How it works

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  <Card title="Send events" icon="bolt">
    Use any PostHog-compatible SDK or a simple HTTP request. No schema setup needed.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Insights are generated" icon="chart-mixed">
    Croissant automatically discovers your event types and builds analytical queries.
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  <Card title="Signals surface" icon="bell">
    Plain-language alerts tell you what changed and what to do about it.
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## Explore

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  <Card title="Quickstart" icon="play" href="/quickstart">
    Go from zero to signals in under five minutes.
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  <Card title="Development" icon="code" href="/development">
    Set up your local environment for working with the docs.
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