Quick Start¶

Audience: Everyone · Tags: signup, snap-studio, first-flow, quick-start

This is the fastest path from "I've never used SnapLink" to "I just watched a real flow succeed." It takes about 10 minutes. You'll create an account, open Snap Studio, describe a flow in plain words, review the plan it drafts, and save & test it for real.

Before you start¶

You just need an email address and a browser. Have an email address handy that you can check — you'll use it as the destination for your first flow.

Step 1 — Create your account¶

Go to your SnapLink sign-up page and enter your email and a password (at least 8 characters), then submit. Behind the scenes this is a call to:

POST https://api.snaplink.cloudsolutionaccelerators.com/api/v1/auth/signup
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "email": "you@example.com",
  "password": "a-strong-password"
}

On success you get back a bearer token:

{
  "ok": true,
  "data": {
    "token": "$TOKEN",
    "user": { "id": "usr_...", "email": "you@example.com" }
  }
}

If you're calling the API directly instead of using the sign-up page, keep that token — every other request needs it in an Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN header. If your email is already registered, taken, or your password is too short, you'll get a plain error instead (EMAIL_TAKEN, INVALID_EMAIL, or WEAK_PASSWORD) with a message explaining what to fix.

Step 2 — See your workspace¶

Everything you build in SnapLink — flows, connections, runs, installed connectors — belongs to a workspace, not to you personally. Signing up doesn't create one by itself: the app creates a starter workspace named "My Workspace" the first time you open a page that needs one (like Snap Studio), and makes you its owner. If you're driving the API directly, create one yourself first with POST /workspaces {"name":"My Workspace"}. Either way, you'll see its name in the app once you're signed in, and you can invite teammates to it later as admins or members.

Step 3 — Open Snap Studio¶

In the app, go to /snap. This opens Snap Studio, SnapLink's guided flow builder. You'll see the first of three stages: Describe it.

Step 4 — Describe your flow¶

Type what you want in plain words. For your first flow, try something like:

"When my link gets a message, email it to me at you@example.com."

You'll see a few example chips near the input if you want inspiration instead of typing from scratch. When you're ready, submit your description.

Studio's drafting assistant turns your sentence into a plan. Depending on how your operator has configured SnapLink, the plan is produced either by a large language model (reported as engine: "llm") or by a deterministic rules-based planner used when no AI model is configured (reported as engine: "rules"). Either way, Studio tells you honestly which one drafted your plan — nothing is hidden.

Remember: SnapLink's assistant drafts flows for you. It never turns anything on, never runs anything, and never sees your credentials. You review and approve every flow before it exists.

Step 5 — Review the plan¶

Studio moves you to Stage 2 — Review & edit. You'll see your plan as step cards: one WHEN card (your trigger — a webhook, in this case) and one or more THEN cards (your actions — here, sending an email). Each card has plain-language fields you can edit directly, with help text explaining what each one does.

Check that the "to" address on the email card is the one you want, then click Check my flow. This runs a validation pass and reads back any problems in plain sentences, pointing you to the exact step and field that needs attention. Fix anything it flags, and check again until it's clean.

Step 6 — Save & test¶

Move to Stage 3 — Save & test. Click Save & test. This does two things at once:

It saves your flow for real.
It runs your flow once, right now, through SnapLink's real execution engine — not a simulation.

You'll watch each step narrated as it happens, for example:

Step 1 — Sending an email: done

Step 7 — See it succeed¶

When the run finishes, Studio shows you the result. If everything worked, you'll see each step marked done, and — for this example — a real email will land in your inbox within moments. Go check it.

If a step fails instead, Studio shows you a plain-language cause and a "How to fix it" suggestion, so you know exactly what to change. That's expected sometimes on a first try (a typo in an address, for instance) — fix it and save & test again.

What you just did¶

You created an account, described a flow in your own words, watched SnapLink turn it into an editable plan, checked it for problems, and ran it for real — all without writing any code or asking anyone to turn anything on for you.

Next steps¶

Your First Success — an even faster way to send one message right now, with no saved flow at all.
Your First Flow, in depth — the full walkthrough of every stage of Snap Studio.
Install your first connector — bring Slack, Teams, or HubSpot into your flows.

If something goes wrong¶

If sign-up fails, your flow won't validate, or your test run fails, see Troubleshooting — it covers the most common causes and how to read the plain-language error SnapLink gives you.

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