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

# Core concepts

> The four pillars: Flows, Priorities, Signals, AI Studio.

## Flows

A **Flow** is a graph of steps that Xura walks to accomplish something. Each Flow has:

* A **trigger** — Manual or Scheduled.
* **Data nodes** — query your connected data.
* **Analyse / Agent nodes** — reason over the data.
* An **Approval gate** — pause for human OK before side-effect actions.
* **Action nodes** — invoke tools (Gmail, Jira, HubSpot, MCP, etc.).

Flows are visible, editable, and re-runnable. You can:

* **Author** one from scratch in AI Studio → Flows.
* **Save** an ad-hoc run as a Flow — the exact steps the AI took become the graph.
* **Plan** a Flow from a natural-language description using the built-in planner.

See [What are Flows](/flows/what-are-flows) for the deep dive.

## Priorities

**Priorities** are the personal goals you set during onboarding — things like "track hiring pipeline" or "chase overdue invoices". Each priority has a preference:

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="View" icon="eye">
    You want to see the data. Clicking a View priority runs a dashboard.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Act" icon="workflow">
    You want automation. Clicking an Act priority opens a Flow prefilled from the priority text.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Both" icon="layers">
    See and act. Dashboard first, then Xura offers to save it as a Flow.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

Priorities appear as cards on the home page and drive Xura's recommendation engine.

## Signals

**Signals** is competitor & market intelligence. Xura runs a web-search-backed research pass over your configured competitors and returns findings tagged by category (product, pricing, funding, hiring, GTM, market).

Key knobs:

* **Window** — how far back to look (30 / 90 / 180 / 365 days).
* **Sources** — preferred domains (e.g. `fiercepharma.com` for pharma).
* **24h cooldown** — one run per day per user to keep token costs sane.

See [Signals overview](/signals/overview).

## AI Studio

The control room. Every setup task lives here:

* **Data sources** — files, HubSpot, connectors.
* **Governance** — column classification, entity meanings.
* **Entities & relationships** — the semantic layer over your data.
* **LLM Configuration** — API key, model preferences.
* **Tools / Skills / MCPs** — what actions Xura can take.
* **Flows** — the automation graph editor.
* **Agents** — reusable AI helpers with scoped tools.

If something feels missing in the main app, it's probably a config in AI Studio.

## How they fit together

1. **Set up** your data + priorities in **AI Studio** and onboarding.
2. **Ask questions** on the home page — get **dashboards** back.
3. **Save** useful runs as **Flows** — get automation.
4. **Read** **Signals** every morning for market context.
5. Xura generates **Tasks** from flows + recommendations, sitting in your inbox.