Getting started
This guide walks you from zero to a working setup: account creation, organization membership, and the main surfaces inside the app.
1. Create an account
Sign up with a work email you control. You will use this email for login, billing receipts, and team invitations. After signup, Better Auth manages your session via secure cookies scoped to our domain.
2. Organization & trial
docversioncontrol.com is multi-tenant: your content lives under an organization. New subscriptions typically include a 7-day trial (see Billing for current terms). During the trial you can create pages, use the collaborative editor, upload files, use Chat, and invite team members up to your plan limit.
3. Dashboard & navigation
After login you will see:
- Documentation — create blank pages or upload files; either path opens the collaborative editor for rich text, branches, snapshots, and reviews.
- Documents — browse uploaded files, folders, search, and open a file’s detail or linked page.
- Chat — ask questions against your indexed library (see AI chat & search).
- Settings — organization name, members, and invitations.
- Billing — plan status, Stripe customer portal, and payment updates.
4. First page or upload
Go to Documentation and either create a blank page (title + optional description) or upload a supported file. The editor loads with the same toolbar for both: you collaborate in real time, and optional side-panel actions handle snapshots, new branches, and opening a change review. See Uploads & formats for types and limits.
5. First question in Chat
Open Chat, type a concrete question (e.g. “What is the rate limit for the v2 API?”), and review the answer plus any cited sources. If nothing is indexed yet, answers may be empty—finish at least one successful upload first.
6. Invite teammates
Owners can invite editors or viewers from Settings. Your plan caps total members (including pending invites). Roles control who can edit the workspace, upload, and manage billing—see Team & security.