> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.alphagate.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.alphagate.io/start-here/quick-start.md).

# Quick start

Five things that get you to useful signals on day one.

Every account starts on the [Free plan](/start-here/free-and-pro.md), which never expires. These five steps get you to real signals fastest.

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### Read Followings with Curated on

[Followings](/find-projects-early/followings.md) is every follow by every key profile, live. Turn on **Curated** to drop the high-volume alpha hunters and set **Followers** to a maximum of a few thousand. What's left are young accounts that founders, funds and developers are following right now. A project that keeps reappearing is the signal.
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### Check what Discover found today

In [Discover](/find-projects-early/discover.md), set **Found** to *Last 24 hours* and sort by **Most Key Followers**: today's new accounts, ranked by how many key profiles already follow them.
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### Watch the key profiles you trust

Everything a watched key profile follows lands on your [Watchlist](/watchlist-and-alerts/watchlist/key-profiles.md) the moment it happens. A dozen well-chosen profiles beat hundreds: mute or drop the ones whose follows you'd never act on.
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### Get alerts where you'll see them (Pro)

* **Telegram**: **Connect Telegram** in Profile & Settings, then **Start** in the bot. [More →](/watchlist-and-alerts/telegram-bot.md)
* **Velocity alerts**: a rule such as *3 key profiles within 30 minutes, account under 2,000 followers* catches accounts while they're still small. [More →](/live-signals/live-feed/velocity-alerts.md)
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### Add the extension

[Alphagate X](/browser-extension/install.md) puts key followers, previous names and posted contracts on every X profile, and on Pro next to tokens in your trading terminal. It has its own sign-in, separate from the website's.
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