What is MyProduct?
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Good to know: providing a brief overview of your product and its core use cases is a great place to start with product docs. Your product might seem obvious to you – you made it! However, to others, even folks who are trying your product after reading your site or getting a sales demo, it can still be unclear. This is your chance to clarify your product and set the right expectations!
Here are a couple of examples of succinct overviews from products with really great docs:
Loom is a video messaging tool that helps you get your message across through instantly shareable videos.
With Loom, you can record your camera, microphone, and desktop simultaneously. Your video is then instantly available to share through Loom's patented technology.
— From the Loom Docs
The Mailchimp Marketing API provides programmatic access to Mailchimp data and functionality, allowing developers to build custom features to do things like sync email activity and campaign analytics with their database, manage audiences and campaigns, and more.
— From the Mailchimp Marketing API docs
Got 2 minutes? Check out a video overview of our product:
Good to know: A succinct video overview is a great way to introduce folks to your product. Embed a Loom, Vimeo or YouTube video and you're good to go! We love this video from the fine folks at Loom as a perfect example of a succinct feature overview.
Follow our handy guides to get started on the basics as quickly as possible:
Creating your first projectCreating your first taskAdvanced permissionsGood to know: your product docs aren't just a reference of all your features! use them to encourage folks to perform certain actions and discover the value in your product.
Learn the fundamentals of MyProduct to get a deeper understanding of our main features:
ProjectsMembersTask ListsTasksGood to know: Splitting your product into fundamental concepts, objects, or areas can be a great way to let readers deep dive into the concepts that matter most to them. Combine guides with this approach to 'fundamentals' and you're well on your way to great documentation!