Getting Started
Create an account, find your way around, and get your first result in under five minutes.
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Introduction
Getting started with Metric Vault
Start here. Pick the path that matches what you are trying to do, whether that is signing up, running a first tool, or learning the layout.
What is Metric Vault AI?
Metric Vault is one signed-in workspace for search visibility, competitor research, AI answer-engine tracking, and content production.
What you get on Free
A Free account keeps the ten zero-credit technical SEO tools forever, plus the browser-based image tools. Everything metered needs a paid plan.
Your First Steps
Create your account
Sign up with an email address and password, or with Google. Both take under a minute and neither needs a payment card.
Your first login
What happens between pressing Sign In and reaching the dashboard, what the empty home screen shows, and what to do if the sign-in gate never clears.
Quick start: your first result in five minutes
From a new account to a rendered report, using a tool that costs zero credits so a Free account can finish it.
Which tool should I use?
A goal-to-tool router. Say what you are trying to achieve and this page names the tool, its credit cost, and the order to run things in.
First-week checklist
Eleven setup steps in the order that makes each one easier than the last, marked free or paid so you know what you can finish today.
Core Concepts
Key concepts and vocabulary
The eight words the rest of this documentation relies on: workspace, tool, run, credit, result, saved work, plan, and integration.
Workspaces explained
A workspace is everything one account owns. You always own one, you can be invited into others, and you switch between them from the Team screen.
Working with multiple websites
Add more than one website to your account and switch between them. The website you have selected decides which saved work, scheduled reports, rank alerts and tool inputs you see.
Navigating the App
Dashboard tour
The app shell named part by part: the icon rail with its thirteen sections, the tool panel, the top bar, and the main area.
Finding your way around
How routing, breadcrumbs, the Back button, hover menus, favorites and notifications work together, so you never lose your place.
The command palette (Ctrl+K)
Press Ctrl+K anywhere in the dashboard, type part of a tool name, and press Enter. It is the fastest way to reach any of the ninety-two entries.
The guided tour
A six-step walkthrough that runs once on your first visit, highlighting the navigation, the command palette, workflows, and the AI Analyst.