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

# Quickstart

> Accept your invite, sign in and upload your first document.

Get from your invite link to your first approved document in about ten minutes. Access is invite-only: your workspace admin invites you, and Mercora emails you the link. No email yet? Check your spam folder, or ask your admin.

## Set up your account

**1. Open your invite link**

The **Welcome to Mercora** page opens. Click **Continue**.

**2. Set a password**

Enter a password of at least 8 characters under **New password** and **Confirm password**, then click **Set password & continue**. Mercora opens the app.

**3. Turn on two-factor authentication (optional)**

Go to **Settings → Account**. Next to **Authenticator app**, click **Enable**, scan the QR code with an authenticator app, enter the 6-digit code and click **Verify & Enable**. From then on, Mercora asks for a code after your password. To turn it off, click **Disable** in the same place.

> [!WARNING]
>
> An invite link works once and expires after 24 hours. If it says the link is invalid, expired or already used, ask your admin for a new one.

Next time, sign in with your email and password. To change your password, use **Settings → Account**.

## Upload and approve your first document

**1. Upload**

Click **Upload** in the sidebar and drop in your files, for example a shipment's contract, B/L and invoices. Leave **Document Type** on **Auto-detect** and leave the trade empty: Mercora works out both. Click the upload button, which counts your files (for example **Upload 3 Documents**). See [Uploading documents](https://docs.mercora.io/documents/uploading.md) for file types and limits.

**2. Open the Inbox**

Click **Inbox**. Documents show under **Waiting** while Mercora reads them, then move to **Needs you**.

**3. Review and approve**

Open a document. The original is in the middle; the panel on the right shows its trade, its checks and the fields Mercora read. Correct anything wrong, then click **Approve**. Nothing reaches your trade records until you do.

![A sales contract open for review in the Inbox](https://mintcdn.com/placeholder-f4ffdeec/22McaegbdDRSI41b/images/getting-started/walkthrough-02-review-sales-contract.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=22McaegbdDRSI41b\&q=85\&s=a7bb863ab92fe4b36cfdba72eb644b67)

Reviewing a sales contract: the original in the middle, its trade, checks and fields on the right.

No **Upload** or **Inbox** in your sidebar? Your workspace or your role doesn't include documents yet. Ask your admin.

## Next steps

* [Walk through a trade](https://docs.mercora.io/getting-started/walkthrough.md): follow one trade from its documents to the P\&L.
* [The Inbox](https://docs.mercora.io/documents/inbox.md): everything about reviewing and approving.


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