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

# Introduction

> Start here: how to navigate Materi docs and find canonical specs

Materi is an AI-native content management platform designed for **real-time collaboration** and an **event-driven** backend.

This documentation is organized by audience:

* **Getting Started**: orientation and core concepts
* **Customer Docs**: product workflows
* **Developer Guide**: integration + service architecture
* **API Reference**: canonical REST/WebSocket/SDK reference (generated from specs)
* **Enterprise**: self-hosting, security, scale
* **Internal (Staff)**: operational and engineering docs

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  <Card title="Quickstart" icon="rocket" href="/quickstart">
    Orient yourself and pick the right path.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Architecture overview" icon="diagram-project" href="/architecture-overview">
    Understand the service boundaries and data flow.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Core concepts" icon="cube" href="/concepts">
    Learn the primitives: workspaces, documents, events, collaboration.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Documentation contract" icon="file-check" href="/documentation-contract">
    Standards for maintainable, cross-repo documentation.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Canonical sources

When this site makes a claim about the system, it should be traceable to a canonical source.

* OpenAPI (site-local): `/openapi/openapi.json`
* Event schemas (protobuf): derived from `shared/proto/*.proto` (see Concepts)