.. _getting-started:

Getting Started
===============

Welcome to AODN Cloud Optimised! This section will help you get up and running quickly,
whether you're a data user, a developer, or integrating the MCP server.

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2
   :caption: In this section:

   installation
   quickstart

Choose your path:

- **Just want to process data?** → Install the **core** package with ``make core`` and start processing.
- **Building Jupyter notebooks?** → Install the **notebooks** extra and use the DataQuery API.
- **Contributing to the project?** → Go to :ref:`development` for the full development setup.
- **Using the MCP server?** → See :ref:`mcp-server` in How-To Guides for configuration.

Next steps after installation: see :ref:`quickstart` for a simple example.