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

# Your first day with Rivet

> Sign up, claim your URL, get your line live, and run your first session — without losing the afternoon to a help site.

This section takes you from `getrivet.ca/start` to a working practice. Each
article is short, in order, and tied to what you actually see on screen. If
you only have ten minutes right now, read the first three.

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  <Card title="Welcome to Rivet" icon="hand-wave" href="/getting-started/welcome">
    What Rivet is, who it's for, and what day one actually looks like.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Signing up" icon="user-plus" href="/getting-started/signup">
    The eight questions at `getrivet.ca/start` — what each one is for and
    what happens after you tap Start my free trial.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Choosing your number" icon="phone" href="/getting-started/choosing-your-number">
    How Rivet finds local numbers inside your province, what the line above
    the list means, and how to ask for a specific area code.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Your Rivet URL" icon="link" href="/getting-started/your-rivet-url">
    `getrivet.ca/your-name` — the one address your clients ever have to
    remember.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Desktop vs. mobile" icon="laptop" href="/getting-started/desktop-vs-mobile">
    Which surface for which job. Your phone takes calls and texts. Your
    laptop runs sessions.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Your first 10 minutes" icon="rocket" href="/getting-started/first-10-minutes">
    The first screen, then the seven-step setup guide, expanded into a
    concrete order of operations.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Your first session" icon="video" href="/getting-started/your-first-session">
    End-to-end — creating a link, sharing it, the pre-join screen, in-session
    controls, ending cleanly.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Testing with a colleague" icon="user-group" href="/getting-started/testing-with-a-colleague">
    The two-minute waiting-room test that doubles as a peer demo.
  </Card>

  <Card title="The 14-day trial" icon="calendar" href="/getting-started/the-14-day-trial">
    No card upfront. What changes on day 15. What stays running for your
    clients either way.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Works alongside your EHR" icon="folder-open" href="/getting-started/works-alongside-your-ehr">
    Rivet sits beside Jane, Owl, Practice Better — it doesn't replace them.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>


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