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title: Turbine User Guide Overview
slug: turbine-user-guide/turbine-user-guide-overview
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createdAt: 2026-02-06T11:18:44.000Z
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This page indexes the **Documentation** section of the Turbine User Guide. Product areas inside Documentation are organized by user role and task.

## Choose Your Path

| I want to…                                   | Go to                                                   |
| -------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| Browse documentation by role or task         | Sections below on this page                             |
| Use Hero AI (chat, Text to Playbook, models) | [Hero AI](docId\:swZ8uETVmVoOJwGm_xNK-) (top-level nav) |
| Get started quickly                          | [Quickstart Overview](docId:9ktJlGdW37rBRTy6hER-J)      |
| See examples and troubleshooting             | Examples and Troubleshooting (top-level nav)            |

## Documentation Sections

### 1. Daily Operations (USER)

**Purpose:** Learn how to use Turbine for daily tasks

**Contents:**

- Workspaces — Organize your workspace
- Dashboards — Create and manage dashboards with charts and visualizations
- Application Records — Work with records, search, filter, and bulk operations
- Reports — Create and share reports
- Library — Access content and solutions

**Best for:** Users who work with data, create dashboards, and manage records daily

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### 2. Orchestration (ADMIN)

**Purpose:** Build automation with playbooks, connectors, and components

**Contents:**

- **Playbooks** — Create, configure, and manage playbooks
  - Getting Started — Create your first playbook
  - Configuring Playbooks — Triggers, inputs/outputs, management
  - Using Actions — Native actions, record actions, flows
  - Testing and Debugging — Test and troubleshoot playbooks
- **Building Blocks** — Connectors, Components, Assets, Webhooks
- **Monitoring** — Orchestration Health, AI Agents
- **Reference** — TEDS Reference, Turbine Solutions Interfaces

**Best for:** Administrators who build automation and integrate systems

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### 3. Applications and Applets (ADMIN)

**Purpose:** Build custom applications and applets

**Contents:**

- Getting Started — Overview and management
- Building Applications — Application builder, layout, permissions
- Building Applets — Applet builder and workflow integration
- Widgets — Create custom widgets
- Workflow — Workflow automation
- Calculations — Calculation builders and operators
- Publishing — Share your applications

**Best for:** Administrators who create custom applications and workflows

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### 4. Administration (ADMIN)

**Purpose:** Manage system configuration and users

**Contents:**

- User Management — Users, Groups, Roles
- System Settings — General, Configuration, Settings
- Security and Authentication — SSO, 2FA, Sessions
- Content Management — Library, Git integration
- Monitoring and Dashboards — System dashboards
- Remote Agents — Installation and management
- Tenants — Multi-tenant configuration
- Audit and Compliance — Audit logging
- Branding — Customization

**Best for:** System administrators who manage Turbine configuration

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### 5. Reference (ALL)

**Purpose:** Look up Turbine Schema data models and interface contracts

**Contents:**

- **Turbine Schema** — Standardized data models used across Turbine solutions
  - [Working with Turbine Schema](docId\:A5ymHnFkMnlLRza5cjL5c) — Concepts, best practices, and troubleshooting
  - [Turbine Schema Reference (Classic SOC)](docId\:AbBcN4v4tRb5C1gqZvd2-) — Alert, Email, Observable, Enrichment, and supporting objects
  - [Turbine Schema Reference (AI SOC)](docId\:XeFTuqkOsig4KR6tnWJTj) — Extended Alert and Email objects for AI SOC
  - [Turbine Schema Reference (VRM)](docId\:zO6hALeEmnspLjyAmh2ad) — Vulnerability Finding, Asset, and Remediation objects
- **Interfaces** — Standard input/output contracts for components
  - [Working with Interfaces](docId\:LdKBcwTtB0SnEnaYR9Yri) — Concepts, best practices, and troubleshooting
  - [SOC Interfaces](docId\:uIUwfCgOFmXzYU0uj7Aih) — 20 Classic SOC interface contracts
  - [AI SOC Interfaces](docId:9DlFwvaOR278W_nDZ8P_K) — 4 AI SOC interface contracts
  - [VRM Interfaces](docId:5A2WtMf7fVGYTML3FNVy8) — 6 VRM interface contracts

**Best for:** Anyone building components, playbooks, or applications that use standardized data formats

## How to Navigate

### By Role

- **Daily User:** Start with [Daily Operations Overview](docId\:YCI1sSn0bTtlE92uVB65A)
- **Automation Builder:** Start with [Orchestration](docId:8fwgLS_Ucpm2A3Sk2lx_f)
- **AI User:** Start with [Hero AI](docId\:swZ8uETVmVoOJwGm_xNK-)
- **Application Builder:** Start with [Applications and Applets](docId\:S5P9OGDnXYUKNVYU0rJ70)
- **Component Developer:** Start with [Working with Turbine Schema](docId\:A5ymHnFkMnlLRza5cjL5c)
- **System Admin:** Start with [Admin Panel Overview](docId\:hpJEWEgInFlarS9Wbl5H5)

### By Task

- **"I want to create a dashboard"** → [Creating a New User Dashboard](docId\:b9eE4903BYLFghh9xDGTs)
- **"I need to build a playbook"** → [How to Create a Playbook](docId:0-KvG5p4LTHw75ItmpUWp)
- **"I want to build a playbook with AI"** → [Create and Modify Playbooks with Hero AI](docId\:TmMNjGlC0e9lIPO37KZPB)
- **"I want to chat with Hero AI"** → [Hero AI Companion](docId\:crQKFVnGpCz_wJ8xtHDs7)
- **"I want to create a custom app"** → [Applications and Applets](docId\:S5P9OGDnXYUKNVYU0rJ70)
- **"I need to manage users"** → [Users](docId\:iUzIdcolLvgz3X8qj4Ywj)

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