# Getting started, CADABRA documentation

> Install the CADABRA add-in for SOLIDWORKS, run your first prompt, and understand how the copilot works before you point it at real work.

URL: https://cadabrai.com/docs/getting-started/
Updated: 2026-08-15

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- [Getting started](https://cadabrai.com/docs/getting-started/) [Install](https://cadabrai.com/docs/getting-started/install/)
- [Your First Prompt](https://cadabrai.com/docs/getting-started/first-prompt/)
- [How It Works](https://cadabrai.com/docs/getting-started/how-it-works/)

- [All Five Modes](https://cadabrai.com/docs/modes/all-modes/)
- [Agent Mode](https://cadabrai.com/docs/modes/agent-mode/)
- [Ask Mode](https://cadabrai.com/docs/modes/ask-mode/)
- [Drawings Mode](https://cadabrai.com/docs/modes/drawings-mode/)

- [Writing Prompts](https://cadabrai.com/docs/prompts/writing-prompts/)
- [Prompt Library](https://cadabrai.com/docs/prompts/prompt-library/)

- [Drawing Standards](https://cadabrai.com/docs/standards/drawing-standards/)
- [Components and Fasteners](https://cadabrai.com/docs/standards/libraries-and-plm/)

- [Plans and Limits](https://cadabrai.com/docs/account/plans-and-limits/)
- [Preferences](https://cadabrai.com/docs/account/preferences/)
- [Billing](https://cadabrai.com/docs/account/billing/)

- [Data Handling](https://cadabrai.com/docs/security/data-handling/)

- [CADABRA Issues](https://cadabrai.com/docs/troubleshooting/cadabra-issues/)
- [SOLIDWORKS Errors](https://cadabrai.com/docs/troubleshooting/solidworks-errors/)

# Getting started

Install CADABRA, understand what it does to your model, and get a first real edit working.

## In this section

- [Install Download, enable the add-in, open the panel.](https://cadabrai.com/docs/getting-started/install/)
- [Your First Prompt One question, then one small reversible edit.](https://cadabrai.com/docs/getting-started/first-prompt/)
- [How It Works From instruction to feature operation, and what stays under your control.](https://cadabrai.com/docs/getting-started/how-it-works/)

## Where to start

If nothing is installed yet, start with [installing the add-in](https://cadabrai.com/docs/getting-started/install/). If it is installed and you are wondering what to type, go straight to [your first prompt](https://cadabrai.com/docs/getting-started/first-prompt/).

On this page

- [In this section](#pages)
- [Where to start](#start-here)