Your First Day in CORAS.ai

Before you begin: This section assumes you've completed account setup and have been pointed to a node by your CSM. If you haven't done that yet, start with Welcome to CORAS.ai →

By the end of this section, you'll have asked Gary a real question about your real data and gotten a real answer. Most people get there in under ten minutes.

Why This Matters

• The first Gary conversation is the one that changes how your team thinks about what's possible. Everything that follows builds from it.

• You don't need to understand the full platform to get started. Gary works with whatever data is already in your node. Start there and let the rest follow naturally.

Step 1: Find Your Data

When you log in, you land on the Map. Your data lives in nodes (workspaces for your programs, units, or projects). Nodes group into collections — portfolios, mission areas, or commands.

Navigate to the node your CSM pointed you to. Inside it you'll find a SmartList — the structured data view Gary works from. Click it to open it.

Don't see data yet? Reach out to your CSM before moving on — they'll get you pointed at the right place.

Step 2: Open Gary

Click Ask Gary next to the SmartList search bar. Gary opens already scoped to that list — he's looking at your data from the moment you start.

Step 3: Ask a Real Question

Start anywhere. Try one of these:

• "Summarize this SmartList."

• "What are the major risks in this program?"

• "Which records are missing key fields?"

• "Is anything overdue?"

• "What stands out in this data?"

• "What can you tell me about this data?"

Read what Gary surfaces. Follow up. Ask him to go deeper on something he found. That's a Gary conversation — and every one after this gets better.

Ready to go deeper? Next: Gary AI — Getting Started →