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

# Welcome to Runway

> Learn what Runway is, how its building blocks fit together, and where to start.

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Runway is where your business gets modeled, planned, and understood — by everyone, not just the finance team. It connects to the systems you already run on, turns them into a living model of your business, and gives your whole team one place to plan against it.

**New to Runway?** Start here:

<Steps>
  <Step title="Quickstart">
    [Build your first working model](/get-started/quickstart) in about 30 minutes.
  </Step>

  <Step title="How Runway fits together">
    Learn [the five building blocks](/get-started/how-runway-fits-together) (drivers, dimensions, databases, models, pages) and how they relate.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Connect your data">
    [Bring in accounting, HRIS, and revenue data](/integrations/intro-to-integrations).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Share it">
    [Invite your team](/guides/sharing/adding-users) and control what they see.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Learn the concepts

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="Drivers" icon="chart-mixed-up-circle-dollar" href="/concepts/drivers/drivers-basics">
    The metrics and assumptions that power your model
  </Card>

  <Card title="Databases" icon="database" href="/concepts/databases/databases-basics">
    Structured data from your systems, ready to model
  </Card>

  <Card title="Dimensions" icon="list" href="/concepts/dimensions/dimensions-basics">
    Slice anything by department, region, product, and more
  </Card>

  <Card title="Models" icon="table" href="/concepts/models/models-basics">
    Organized workspaces for the drivers behind a part of the business
  </Card>

  <Card title="Pages" icon="file" href="/concepts/pages/pages-basics">
    Where models become charts, tables, and narratives
  </Card>

  <Card title="Scenarios" icon="code-branch" href="/concepts/scenarios">
    Safely explore what-ifs without touching the main model
  </Card>

  <Card title="Plans" icon="timeline-arrow" href="/concepts/plans">
    Tag changes to initiatives and see their impact
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Let AI do the work

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="Explain Mode" icon="sparkles" href="/ai/explain-mode">
    Ask why any number is what it is
  </Card>

  <Card title="Command Mode" icon="wand-magic-sparkles" href="/ai/command-mode">
    Build charts, pages, and databases by describing them
  </Card>

  <Card title="Connecting AI tools" icon="plug" href="/ai/connecting-ai-tools">
    Use Runway from Claude and other AI tools via MCP
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Follow a guide

<Accordion title="Modeling guides">
  * [Lookups](/guides/modeling/lookups)
  * [FX rate](/guides/modeling/fx-rate)
  * [Seasonal forecasting](/guides/modeling/seasonal-forecasting)
  * [Propagating sparse data](/guides/modeling/propagating-sparse-data)
  * [Headcount planning](/guides/modeling/headcount-planning)
  * [Prorated salaries](/guides/modeling/prorated-salaries)
  * [Quota attainment](/guides/modeling/quota-attainment)
  * [Cohorts modeling](/guides/modeling/cohorts)
  * [Budget vs. actuals](/guides/modeling/bva)
  * [Revenue recognition](/guides/modeling/revenue-recognition)
  * [Commissions](/guides/modeling/commissions)
  * [Building a P\&L](/guides/modeling/building-p-and-l)
  * [Ranked Lists](/guides/modeling/ranked-lists)
</Accordion>

<Accordion title="Sharing & collaboration">
  * [Adding users](/guides/sharing/adding-users)
  * [Permissions](/guides/sharing/permissions)
  * [Share links & guest access](/guides/sharing/share-links)
  * [Groups](/guides/sharing/groups)
  * [SSO & authentication](/guides/sharing/sso)
  * [Data anonymization](/guides/sharing/data-anonymization)
  * [Comments](/guides/sharing/comments)
</Accordion>

Questions or feedback? Email [support@runway.com](mailto:support@runway.com). Customers also have a dedicated CXM.