# Dome documentation (/introduction)

Production agents need to know which agent acted, what it was allowed to reach, whether sensitive data left the boundary, and how to prove it afterward.

Dome gives each agent an identity, applies rules, escalations, guards, and quotas as needed on every request, protects backend credentials, and records an attributable audit trail.

## Start here [#start-here]

New to Dome? Run the quickstart to connect your first agent and verify a governed call.

* [Run the quickstart](/quickstart): Build and verify your first governed agent, end to end.
* [Install Dome](/install): Install the CLI, authenticate, and select your workspace.

## Learn the platform [#learn-the-platform]

* [What is Dome?](/what-is-dome): How Dome sits between agents and resources.
* [Choose your role](/personas): Find the docs that match your role.
* [Core concepts](/concepts): Architecture, identities, controls, and audit.

## Explore Dome [#explore-dome]

* [Connect agents and resources](/connect): Register agents, attach tools and models, and expose them through gateways.
* [Govern every request](/govern): Author rules, route selected decisions through escalations, inspect content with guards, and cap spend with quotas.
* [Operate governed traffic](/operate): Investigate audit events, stream live activity, and subscribe external systems.
* [Manage Dome](/manage): Administer access, environments, integrations, settings, and exports.
* [Develop governed agents](/develop): Wire your application to authenticate as an agent, call tools and models, and handle denials.

## Elsewhere in the docs [#elsewhere-in-the-docs]

* [Learn](/learn): Understand how agents move from prototypes to production.
* [Hands-on Labs](/tutorials): Work through role-based and production workflows from setup through verification.
* [Reference](/cli): Look up the CLI, API, MCP, and SDK surfaces.
* [Help](/help): Find the right channel for questions, bugs, and account requests.