> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://forest-chore-open-api.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Forest documentation

> Operational infrastructure for regulated operations.

Forest is where regulated companies run operations end-to-end across internal teams, AI agents, suppliers, and partners. Same data model, same workflows, same audit trail, regardless of who or what executes.

Use Forest to coordinate humans, AI agents, and systems with full governance. Your data stays in your infrastructure; only the UI and configuration are hosted by Forest.

## Start here

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  <Card title="Quickstart" icon="rocket" href="/get-started/quickstart">
    Connect your data and run your first workflow in under 15 minutes.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Introduction" icon="book-open" href="/get-started/intro-to-forest-admin">
    What Forest is, the architecture, and what you'll build.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Pick your path

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  <Card title="New to Forest" icon="seedling" href="/get-started/intro-to-forest-admin">
    The full onboarding: connect your data, build operations workflows, expose them via MCP to AI agents, deploy, invite your team.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Already running on Forest" icon="wrench" href="/product/overview">
    Browse what the platform does, workflows, actions, governance, MCP server, decision traces, embeds, and dig into the parts you need.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## What you can build with Forest

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  <Card title="Unified operator workflows" icon="users" href="/product/process/workflows/overview">
    KYC reviews, AML alerts, dispute handling, supplier onboarding, orchestrated end-to-end with the data and actions inline.
  </Card>

  <Card title="AI agents under governance" icon="robot" href="/product/embed/mcp-server">
    Expose your data and workflows to AI agents (Claude, Dust, Decagon, internal builds) via MCP, with permissions and audit trails preserved.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Multi-actor orchestration" icon="diagram-project" href="/product/execute/workflows">
    Run the same operation across internal teams, BPOs, partner banks, and AI agents, with one operating model and one audit trail.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Full decision traces" icon="clipboard-list" href="/get-started/control/audit">
    Every action carries its full context: who or what executed, what changed, why, and from where. Audit-ready.
  </Card>
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## Browse by section

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  <Card title="Get started" icon="play" href="/get-started/intro-to-forest-admin">
    Connect a data source, customize your operations UI, build workflows, deploy. Covers Cloud, Self-Hosted, and On-Premise architectures.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Product" icon="layer-group" href="/product/overview">
    Every feature available to operators and developers, collections, actions, workflows, dashboards, approval workflows, embeds.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Reference" icon="code" href="/reference/overview">
    Agent SDK reference (Node.js, Ruby), public API, CLI, and schema format.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Deployment architecture

<Card title="Architecture" icon="server" href="/get-started/connect/architectures/self-hosted">
  Forest hosts the UI; you run the agent in your own infrastructure, so your data never leaves your network. Fully-managed Cloud and on-premise options are also available, [contact us](https://www.forestadmin.com/contact) to find the right fit.
</Card>

## Looking for v1 docs?

If you're maintaining a project on a legacy agent (`forest-express-sequelize`, `forest-express-mongoose`, `forest-rails`, or `django-forestadmin v1`), the v1 reference is preserved here:

<Card title="Legacy documentation" icon="clock-rotate-left" href="/legacy/agents-overview">
  Reference for the v1 generation of agents. Maintained for migration purposes only, do not start new projects here.
</Card>

## Get help

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  <Card title="Community" icon="comments" href="https://community.forestadmin.com">
    Ask questions, share patterns, and learn from other Forest users.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Support" icon="envelope" href="mailto:support@forestadmin.com">
    Reach the Forest support team directly.
  </Card>

  <Card title="GitHub" icon="github" href="https://github.com/ForestAdmin">
    Browse source, examples, and the experimental community packages.
  </Card>
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