> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://dataleap-469bb19d-docs-from-request-2026-08-21-templates.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Chapter 1: Introduction

> What Dataleap is, the mental model behind it, and the path through these docs.

Dataleap is built for **background automation**: you create Agents that connect to your tools and complete tasks automatically — triggered by events, schedules, or you. It is not a prompt library or a chatbot builder; the point is agents that act in your systems, on their own.

This chapter gives you the foundation:

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  <Card title="Understand Dataleap" icon="lightbulb" href="/introduction/what-is-dataleap">
    The core concepts and the mental model before you build.
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  <Card title="Get started" icon="rocket" href="/introduction/getting-started">
    Sign in, find your way around, and get to a first success.
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<Card title="Prefer to watch?" icon="clapperboard" href="/video-series/section-1" horizontal>
  Section 1 of the video series covers the same ground in two short videos.
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