> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.traceten.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Quickstart
> Install the Traceten snippet and see your first AI traffic event in under 5 minutes.
## Before you start
* A Traceten account. [Sign up free](https://app.traceten.com/sign-up) if you don't have one.
* Access to your site's HTML `` tag (or equivalent in your platform).
**New account?** Signing up drops you straight into a short setup flow that walks these steps for
you: add your site, copy the snippet, and it detects the first event on its own. Everything below
is available inside that flow, including the per-platform instructions, so you never have to leave
it. This page is the manual version, and the reference if you ever need to add a second site.
## The setup flow
The flow has three steps. Adding your site is the one step you must complete. The install step has
**Finish later**, which takes you to the dashboard and keeps the step waiting for you there, and
connecting revenue has **Skip for now**.
Enter the hostname you want to track (`example.com`, with no `https://` and no trailing slash) and an
optional display name.
Your API key is shown once, here. Save it now; it cannot be retrieved later.
Your snippet tag is shown with the site key already filled in. Below it, a tab for each
platform (**Snippet (HTML)**, **Shopify**, **WordPress**, **Webflow**, **Next.js**, **Node**,
**Python**, **Go**) with the same steps as the [install guides](/install/overview).
This step watches for your first event and moves on by itself, so there is nothing to confirm.
If nothing arrives, it tells you what to check and offers to look again.
For Stripe, paste a **restricted API key**. Create one at [Stripe → Developers → API
keys](https://dashboard.stripe.com/apikeys) with **Write** on Webhook Endpoints and **Read** on
Account, Charges, Invoices, Checkout Sessions, Customers and Subscriptions. There is no
redirect: you stay on this step and it completes in place. See the [Stripe
guide](/integrations/stripe) for the full walkthrough.
For Shopify, create an app on your own store first, then paste its store domain, Client ID and
Client Secret. There is no redirect there either. See the [Shopify
guide](/integrations/shopify).
Traffic attribution works fully without this. It is what adds the revenue half.
### Coming back to it
The **Finish setting up** card on your Overview page picks up where you left off, and each step links
back to the flow at that step. It stays until your first event actually arrives, so an empty
dashboard always has an explanation next to it. Dismissing it with **✕** hides it until your next
visit; **Don't show this again** is the permanent one.
## Manual steps
In the [dashboard](https://app.traceten.com/dashboard), open the site switcher at the top of the page and choose **Add site**. Enter your domain (e.g. `example.com`) and click **Create site**.
After saving, you'll land on the install page. Your site key is shown in the snippet tag. It looks like `ttid_7Rb4TrC1dTbnD8w3s1TS12` (`ttid_` + 22 letters and digits, case-sensitive).
Save your API key now. It is shown only once.
Your snippet tag is unique to your site:
```html theme={null}
```
The `data-site` attribute is your site key. Do not reuse the same key across multiple domains. `data-cookie-domain` is your own domain; it keeps one visitor as one visitor across your subdomains, but it's off by default. The tag you copy won't carry it until you confirm a value under **Sites → Settings → Cookies**. See [Subdomains and cross-domain](/install/subdomains).
Add the tag anywhere inside your `` block, before ``:
```html theme={null}
My site
...
```
The `async` attribute means the snippet never blocks page rendering.
For platform-specific steps (Shopify, WordPress, Webflow, Next.js), see the [install guide](/install/overview), or the matching tab on the site's **Install** page in the dashboard, which shows the same steps with your key already filled in.
Open your site in a new browser tab. Then go back to **Sites → Install** in the [dashboard](https://app.traceten.com/dashboard) and check the **Verify** step.
You should see a green indicator within 30 seconds of the first pageview.
If you don't see it, check the [troubleshooting guide](/install/troubleshooting).
## What happens next
Once the snippet is live, every pageview generates a detection event. Within a few hours of live traffic, you'll start seeing AI source attribution in your dashboard.
Learn what each chart shows and how to read AI source attribution.