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# Getting started

Pick by what you need to do.

* **Tutorials** (learn): [first-run](tutorials/first-run.md)
* **How-to** (tasks): [multi-repo](how-to/multi-repo.md) ·
  [mcp](how-to/mcp.md) ·
  [llm summarizer](how-to/llm-summarizer.md)
* **Reference** (lookup): [cli](reference/cli.md) ·
  [config](reference/config.md) ·
  [crate api](reference/crate-api.md)
* **Explanation** (why): [architecture](explanation/architecture.md) ·
  [release model](explanation/release-model.md) ·
  [comparison](comparison.md) — vs grep / RAG

Install:

```sh
cargo install --git https://github.com/9aia/kuda kuda
```

First index:

```sh
cd your-repo
kuda init    # detect languages -> kuda.toml + .kuda/
kuda sync    # incremental index -> .kuda/ artifacts
kuda status  # provenance vs HEAD
kuda map     # the L0 card — what agents load first
```