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.
Last updated 2026-08-06
Summary#
This is the front door to the Metric Vault knowledge base. Everything here assumes you know nothing about the product yet. Follow one of the paths below and you will end up with an account, a first result on screen, and enough vocabulary to read any other article in this library.
Overview#
Metric Vault is a single workspace for search visibility, competitive research, AI answer-engine tracking, and content production. It replaces the usual pile of separate SEO, monitoring, and writing tools with one signed-in application at metricvaultai.com/dashboard.
There are three things worth understanding before anything else, and each has its own page: what the platform actually does (What is Metric Vault AI?), the eight words the rest of the documentation relies on (Key concepts and vocabulary), and what a free account can and cannot run (What you get on Free).
If you would rather learn by doing, skip to Quick start: your first result in five minutes. It takes you from a new account to a rendered report using a tool that costs nothing, so you can finish it on a Free plan without a card.
I am brand new#
Read these in order. Together they take about twenty minutes.
| Step | Article | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | What is Metric Vault AI? | What the platform is and who it is for |
| 2 | Create your account | A working account |
| 3 | Your first login | Past the sign-in gate and into the app |
| 4 | Quick start: your first result in five minutes | Your first real result, at zero credit cost |
| 5 | Dashboard tour | The layout, named part by part |
I have an account and want to get something done#
- I do not know which tool I need. Which tool should I use? routes you from a goal to a specific tool.
- I want to set the account up properly. First-week checklist is an ordered first-week list.
- I want to move faster. The command palette (Ctrl+K) covers the Ctrl+K palette, which is the quickest way to reach any of the tools.
- I keep getting lost. Finding your way around explains routing, breadcrumbs, the Back button, and the hover menus.
I want to understand how it works#
- Key concepts and vocabulary defines workspace, tool, run, credit, result, saved work, plan, and integration.
- Workspaces explained explains what a workspace owns and how teammates fit into it.
- How credits work explains what a credit is and what spends one.
- How to run a tool covers the run mechanics that every tool shares.
I am setting this up for a team#
- Workspaces explained first, then Inviting teammates and Seats and plan limits.
- Plans and pricing for what each plan includes.
- All account settings for the settings each person controls themselves.
Something is not working#
- I cannot sign in for sign-in problems.
- The dashboard is stuck loading if the dashboard never finishes loading.
- Troubleshooting for everything else, organized by what you see on screen.
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