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

# Introduction

> Along is an AI-powered knowledge platform that organizes your team's documents, meetings, and CRM data into secure, queryable Safes — accessible directly from Claude, ChatGPT, and other AI assistants.

Along turns your team's scattered knowledge into a structured, AI-queryable knowledge graph. You organize content into **Safes** — isolated knowledge containers — and connect those Safes to your AI assistant via the Along MCP server. Once connected, your assistant can search documents, retrieve meeting transcripts, query CRM data, and traverse entity relationships to answer questions grounded in your team's actual knowledge.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Knowledge Graph" icon="diagram-project" href="/knowledge-graph">
    Understand how Along structures documents into nodes and relationships for AI retrieval.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Safe Context" icon="sliders" href="/safe-context/overview">
    Control how your Safe is built and how the AI answers questions using instruction fields.
  </Card>

  <Card title="MCP Connection" icon="plug" href="/mcp/overview">
    Connect your Along account to Claude or ChatGPT via OAuth and start querying your knowledge.
  </Card>

  <Card title="MCP Tools" icon="wrench" href="/mcp/tools/along">
    Reference for the tools available after connecting: list safes, select a safe, and run queries.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## How Along works

<Steps>
  <Step title="Create a Safe">
    A Safe is a scoped knowledge container for a team, project, or use case. You ingest documents, meeting recordings, and connected integrations (HubSpot, Gmail, Google Calendar) into the Safe.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Configure instructions">
    Set `ingestionInstructions` to guide how Along builds the knowledge graph from your content. Set `instructions` to control how the AI answers questions when querying the Safe.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Connect via MCP">
    Complete the OAuth 2.0 PKCE flow in Claude or ChatGPT to authorize your Along account. Along's MCP server authenticates you and links your session to the selected Safe.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Query your knowledge">
    Ask questions in natural language. The `along` tool retrieves grounded answers from the knowledge graph, with context drawn from documents, meetings, CRM records, and entity relationships.
  </Step>
</Steps>