> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.ruler.nl/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.ruler.nl/getting-started.md).

# Getting started

The basics before you start working in Ruler.

These four pages cover what every Ruler user needs to know before working with the individual modules.

| Page                                                                  | What it covers                                                                |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Your dashboard](/getting-started/dashboard.md)                       | What you see when you log in, and how to build the dashboard around your role |
| [Navigating Ruler](/getting-started/navigating-ruler.md)              | The menu, search, and the action buttons that appear on almost every page     |
| [User roles and access](/getting-started/roles-and-access.md)         | The four user types, and how departments and profiles decide what you see     |
| [The compliance cycle in Ruler](/getting-started/compliance-cycle.md) | How the modules hand over to each other, from alert to monitoring report      |