> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.asteroid.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Getting Started

> Learn how to access and start using Astro

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  Use Astro in the [Asteroid platform](https://platform.asteroid.ai/). Go there first to build and run agents, then open Astro from the Create, Builder, or Execution pages.
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**Astro** is an AI assistant that helps you build, understand, and improve your Asteroid agents through natural language conversations. With deep expertise in Asteroid agent architecture, best practices, and design patterns, Astro can help you build more reliable, maintainable browser automations.

Whether you're building a new agent, optimizing an existing one, or troubleshooting issues encountered during executions, Astro is there to help.

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  <Card title="Build" icon="wand-magic-sparkles" horizontal>
    Create new agents using natural language or documents like PDFs
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  <Card title="Optimize" icon="arrow-trend-up" horizontal>
    Get suggestions for making your agents more reliable and robust
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  <Card title="Understand" icon="brain" horizontal>
    Learn what your agent does and how it operates on the web
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    Examine execution results and understand what happened
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## Accessing Astro

Astro is available in different places depending on what you want to do.

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  Start typing in the chatbox on the **Create** page
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  Click the Astro button in the top left of the **Builder** or **Execution** pages
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Once Astro opens, you'll see a conversation interface with message history and a chat input where you can ask questions or give instructions.

At the top, you'll see several quick-start prompts:

* **"What can you help me with?"** - Learn about Astro's capabilities
* **"What does my agent do?"** - Get an explanation of your current agent
* **"Improve my prompts"** - Get suggestions for better prompts
* **"Examine an execution"** - Analyze a specific execution (use @ to mention executions)
* **"Build agent from PDF"** - Create an agent from a PDF document

You can click any of these to start, or simply type your own question in the chat input.