Documentation / Quickstart
10-minute quickstart
This flow creates your first run end-to-end: engine, dashboard, and SDK ingest.
1) Start engine
$ cd guardonic-engine
$ cp .env.example .env
$ npm install
$ npm run start:dev
$ cp .env.example .env
$ npm install
$ npm run start:dev
2) Start dashboard
$ cd guardonic-dashboard
$ cp .env.example .env
$ npm install
$ npm run dev
$ cp .env.example .env
$ npm install
$ npm run dev
3) Send first telemetry run
$ cd guardonic-node
$ npm install
$ npm run demo
$ npm install
$ npm run demo
4) Verify in dashboard
- Open `http://localhost:3001`.
- Open your latest run row and confirm timeline events render.
- Check contract version `2026-04-15.v1` in API responses.
Expected activation time
Most developers should reach first signal in 6-10 minutes on a fresh machine with Node 18+ and Mongo running.