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

# Quickstart: get Thea running on your Discord server

> Create your account, connect a knowledge source, set your confidence threshold, rehearse answers in the Playground, and invite Thea to Discord.

This guide takes you from a new account to a live answering bot. You will connect a docs site or FAQ, pick when Thea should speak, and invite it to a server.

<Note>
  The Pro plan includes a **14-day free trial**. Your card is collected at checkout but is not charged until the trial ends. Cancel from **Billing** before then if you do not want to continue.
</Note>

<Steps>
  <Step title="Create your account">
    Go to [theabot.com/auth/signup](https://www.theabot.com/auth/signup) and select **Continue with Discord**. There is no separate password — the account is your Discord identity.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add your first knowledge source">
    Open **Knowledge** and click **Add source**. Paste one of:

    * A documentation URL
    * A sitemap URL (for example `https://yourdocs.com/sitemap.xml`)
    * A single FAQ or help page
    * A file (Markdown, PDF, or plain text)

    Indexing starts immediately. Small sites finish in a few minutes. You can keep going while the source shows **Building**.

    <Tip>
      Free includes **3** sources, Pro **25**, Business **200**. Notion, Zendesk, and the Content API are Pro and Business. See [Knowledge sources](/answering/knowledge-sources).
    </Tip>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose when Thea answers">
    Open **Settings → Answering**.

    * Set **When to answer** to **In watched channels** (the usual choice).
    * Select those channels under **Watched channels**.

    Then open **Settings → Handoff**:

    * **Confidence threshold** is a number from **0 to 1** (default **0.35**). Higher means more refusals and fewer guesses. Lower means Thea answers more often.
    * **Support role** is pinged when someone uses the get-a-human button or a ticket needs a person.

    After you have reviewed a few Playground answers, raise the threshold if Thea is guessing, or lower it if it refuses questions your docs actually cover.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Try a question in the Playground">
    Open **Playground** in the sidebar. Ask something members actually ask. You will see the reply, the passages cited, and a confidence score. Playground runs use the live knowledge and the same confidence gate — and they count against your AI budget.

    See [Playground](/answering/playground) for diagnostics and common errors.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Invite Thea to Discord">
    Add the bot to the server from the dashboard, then in Discord run:

    ```
    /setup channel:#support support_role:@Support
    ```

    Thea needs permission to read the channels you watch and to send messages (and threads) where it should reply. It does not need Administrator. Full permission list: [Discord setup](/dashboard/discord-setup).
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Check>
  Ask a real question in a watched channel or with `/ask`. If Thea is confident, it replies in a thread with citations. If it is not, it offers a human instead of guessing.
</Check>