> ## 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. # Product > What Forest does, workflows, governance, MCP, decision traces, and the surfaces that build them. Forest is the operational infrastructure where regulated companies run end-to-end workflows across humans, AI agents, suppliers, and partners. The product is organized around six surfaces, what you build, how operators execute work, who collaborates, where the platform shows up, what gets managed, and how developers customize the back-end in code. ## The six surfaces Shape what your operators see. Layout editor, collection settings, fields and widgets, custom Smart Views, workspaces, search, pagination, layout versioning. Operations your team performs daily, browsing records, triggering actions, exporting data, running workflows. See what's happening, dashboards, charts, activity logs, inboxes, and team performance views. Coordinate on records, notes, mentions, and approval workflows. Bring Forest into the tools your team and AI agents already use, MCP server, n8n node, Zendesk app. Customize the back-end in code, fields, actions, relationships, segments, hooks, and plugins. ## Build, shape the interface The Build surface is where you configure what operators see. Most of it is no-code. Visually customize collection views, detail pages, and forms. Display name, summary field, segments, filters, and per-collection action visibility. Map field types to display and edit widgets, from text and numbers to images, JSON, and relationships. Replace the default table with any UI, maps, calendars, galleries, kanban, using JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. Combine data and actions from multiple collections into a single page for an operational workflow. Configure how search behaves and how large collections paginate. ## Execute, get work done Filter, sort, and inspect records across your collections. Trigger custom and built-in actions on single records, bulk selections, or at the collection level. Run multi-step operational processes, KYC reviews, refunds, onboarding, with a no-code editor. Export collection data to CSV. ## Manage, see what's happening Combine charts to monitor KPIs and operational metrics. Single value, repartition, time-based, percentage, objective, and leaderboard charts, with simple or SQL-based configuration. Every action taken in Forest, with full audit context. Distribute work to your team, review queues, escalations, and assigned records. Track team productivity and bottlenecks across operations. ## Collaborate, work as a team Leave contextual notes on records and mention teammates. Require sign-off from another team member before sensitive actions execute. ## Embed, bring Forest into the tools your operators and back-ends use Expose Forest data and workflows to AI agents via the Model Context Protocol, with permissions and audit trails preserved. Trigger Forest actions and access data from n8n workflows. Surface Forest records inside Zendesk tickets. ## Process, customize the back-end in code This is where developers extend Forest's behavior beyond the no-code surface. Computed fields, validation, write behavior, filtering and sorting on any field. Custom actions in code, dynamic forms, multi-step logic, file generation, custom result types. Cross-database relationships, computed foreign keys, external API-backed relationships. No-code and code-based segments to slice your collections. Configure no-code workflow steps that combine data, actions, and AI. Intercept CRUD operations and package reusable customizations. ## Looking for the API or CLI? Configuration happens here. Reference documentation lives in **[Reference](/reference/overview)**, the Node.js and Ruby back-end SDKs, the public API, the Forest CLI, and the `.forestadmin-schema.json` format.