> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.overlap.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
> Create your first workflow, run it on a source video, and post the results.
# Quickstart
> Create your first workflow, run it on a video, and move clips toward posting.
Overlap is easiest to learn when you start with one simple workflow and one real video. This guide walks through the fastest path:
1. Create and publish a workflow
2. Drop in your first source video
3. Review the clips and post them
If you want to publish directly from Overlap, connect your social accounts in **Accounts** before you schedule posts.
## 1. Create your first workflow
Open [**Workflows**](/essentials/workflows) from the left sidebar. This is where you manage every workflow in your workspace, review what is already live, and start a new one.
Click **New** to open the workflow builder.
For a first workflow, **Manual Trigger** is the simplest place to start. Begin with the empty builder, then click **Manual Trigger** to drop the trigger node onto the canvas. This is the fastest way to test with one source video before you move on to always-on sources like **New YouTube Video**, **New Dropbox Video**, or **RSS Feed**.
As you build, think in three stages:
* **Trigger** decides how the workflow starts
* **Editing** defines what Overlap does to the content
* **Export** decides what gets produced at the end
When the flow looks right, click **Publish** in the top-right corner to make the workflow ready to run.
## 2. Drop in your first video
After you publish, return to **Workflows** and click your workflow from the list. This opens the workflow's trigger page, which is where you drop in your first source video.
If you started with **Manual Trigger**, you can paste a media URL, upload a file, or select a file from Dropbox. For a first pass, keep it simple: use one recording, webinar, interview, or podcast episode and let the workflow process it end to end.
Once a run starts, Overlap surfaces the results back in **Home** under your projects and outgoing work so you can see new clips as they come in.
If you want a deeper walkthrough of triggers, nodes, and publishing states, continue with the full [**Workflows**](/essentials/workflows) guide.
## 3. Review clips and post
From the finished project, open the clips you want to keep and make any final edits you need. As clips move toward publishing, you can review scheduled posts in **Social Calendar**.
Use this final pass to:
* confirm the right account is selected
* check the post copy
* review the scheduled time
* use **Create Post** when you want to add or schedule something manually
Once that looks good, your first workflow has gone all the way from setup to post-ready output.