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

# Getting started with Spotlight

> Set up your account and start tracking your AI presence in 4 steps

Welcome to Spotlight. This guide walks you through the four things you need to do to get up and running — in order. The whole setup takes about an hour the first time.

<Info>
  **Most time-sensitive:** Spotlight runs your prompts against AI models on a weekly schedule. Complete Step 1 before your first data run so you're tracking the right things from day one.
</Info>

## The four steps

<Steps>
  <Step title="Set up your prompts" icon="sliders">
    Review and configure the prompts Spotlight tracks on your behalf. This is the most critical step — prompts you approve are run every week across all major AI models.

    [Go to Step 1 →](/onboarding/prompts)
  </Step>

  <Step title="Configure your competitors" icon="users">
    Clean up who you're measured against. The system finds all brands appearing in AI responses — not all of them will be real competitors.

    [Go to Step 2 →](/onboarding/competitors)
  </Step>

  <Step title="Connect your content" icon="file-text">
    Import your existing content so Spotlight can track which of your pages are being cited by AI models, and flag any that aren't indexed by Google.

    [Go to Step 3 →](/onboarding/content)
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create your first article" icon="pencil">
    Use Spotlight's content generator to write a GEO-optimised article targeting one of your tracked prompts. Most generated content gets cited within days of publishing.

    [Go to Step 4 →](/onboarding/generate)
  </Step>
</Steps>

## What to watch after setup

Once your prompts are locked in, check the **Overview** tab each week and track two metrics:

* **Brand Presence** — the share of AI responses that mention your brand, across your tracked prompts and models. You want this going up.
* **Citation Share** — the percentage of cited sources that belong to you. You want this going up too.

<Warning>
  Avoid changing your prompts frequently after setup. Each change retroactively shifts your metrics, making it hard to measure progress. If you add new topics over time, monitor them at the topic level rather than the global level so your historical data stays clean.
</Warning>