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+import { Link } from "react-router-dom";
+import {
+  Card,
+  CardContent,
+  CardDescription,
+  CardHeader,
+  CardTitle,
+} from "@/components/ui/card";
+import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
+import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
+import {
+  CheckCircle2,
+  ArrowRight,
+  PlugZap,
+  Download,
+  Rocket,
+  Shield,
+  Layers,
+  Code,
+} from "lucide-react";
+
+const prerequisites = [
+  {
+    title: "AeThex Account",
+    description:
+      "You will need an active AeThex account to access the dashboard, API console, and deployment tools.",
+    actionLabel: "Create account",
+    actionHref: "/get-started",
+  },
+  {
+    title: "Node.js 18+ & npm",
+    description:
+      "The AeThex CLI relies on modern Node runtimes. Verify your local toolchain before continuing.",
+    actionLabel: "Verify environment",
+    actionHref: "https://nodejs.org/en/download",
+  },
+  {
+    title: "Project Workspace",
+    description:
+      "Choose an empty directory for your new AeThex project or clone an existing team template.",
+    actionLabel: "Browse templates",
+    actionHref: "/projects/new",
+  },
+];
+
+const setupSteps = [
+  {
+    title: "Install the CLI",
+    description:
+      "The CLI bootstraps local projects, provisions cloud environments, and manages deployments.",
+    command: "npm install -g aethex",
+  },
+  {
+    title: "Authenticate",
+    description:
+      "Log in with your AeThex credentials or paste a personal access token from the dashboard.",
+    command: "aethex login",
+  },
+  {
+    title: "Initialize a Project",
+    description:
+      "Scaffold configuration, environment files, and example services for your team.",
+    command: "aethex init studio-hub",
+  },
+  {
+    title: "Start the Dev Server",
+    description:
+      "Run the local environment with hot reloading, mocked services, and seeded sample data.",
+    command: "npm run dev",
+  },
+];
+
+const deploymentChecklist = [
+  {
+    title: "Configure Environments",
+    description:
+      "Define staging and production targets, secrets, and automated health probes in aethex.config.ts.",
+  },
+  {
+    title: "Provision Resources",
+    description:
+      "Use `aethex deploy --preview` to create sandbox infrastructure before promoting to production.",
+  },
+  {
+    title: "Enable Safeguards",
+    description:
+      "Turn on role-based access controls, audit logging, and automated rollbacks from the dashboard.",
+  },
+];
+
+const explorationLinks = [
+  {
+    title: "Platform Walkthrough",
+    description: "Tour the dashboard, notification center, and collaboration features.",
+    href: "/dashboard",
+  },
+  {
+    title: "API Reference",
+    description: "Review authentication flows, REST endpoints, and webhook schemas.",
+    href: "/docs/api",
+  },
+  {
+    title: "Tutorial Library",
+    description: "Follow guided builds for matchmaking services, player analytics, and live events.",
+    href: "/docs/tutorials",
+  },
+  {
+    title: "Community Support",
+    description: "Ask questions, share templates, and pair up with mentors in the public forums.",
+    href: "/community",
+  },
+];
+
+export default function DocsGettingStarted() {
+  return (
+    <div className="space-y-12">
+      <section className="space-y-4">
+        <Badge className="bg-purple-600/20 text-purple-200 uppercase tracking-wide">
+          <Rocket className="mr-2 h-3 w-3" />
+          Getting Started
+        </Badge>
+        <h2 className="text-3xl font-semibold text-white">
+          Launch your first AeThex project in under 30 minutes
+        </h2>
+        <p className="text-gray-300 max-w-3xl">
+          This guide walks through the minimum setup required to ship a production-ready AeThex application.
+          Complete the prerequisites, initialize a workspace with the CLI, and review the deployment checklist
+          before inviting collaborators.
+        </p>
+      </section>
+
+      <section className="grid gap-6 lg:grid-cols-3">
+        {prerequisites.map((item) => (
+          <Card key={item.title} className="bg-slate-900/60 border-slate-700">
+            <CardHeader>
+              <CardTitle className="text-white flex items-center gap-2 text-lg">
+                <Shield className="h-5 w-5 text-purple-400" />
+                {item.title}
+              </CardTitle>
+            </CardHeader>
+            <CardContent className="space-y-4">
+              <CardDescription className="text-gray-300">
+                {item.description}
+              </CardDescription>
+              <Button asChild variant="outline" className="justify-start">
+                <Link to={item.actionHref} target={item.actionHref.startsWith("http") ? "_blank" : undefined}>
+                  <ArrowRight className="mr-2 h-4 w-4" />
+                  {item.actionLabel}
+                </Link>
+              </Button>
+            </CardContent>
+          </Card>
+        ))}
+      </section>
+
+      <section className="space-y-6">
+        <div className="flex items-center gap-3">
+          <PlugZap className="h-6 w-6 text-purple-400" />
+          <h3 className="text-2xl font-semibold text-white">Setup workflow</h3>
+        </div>
+        <div className="grid gap-6 lg:grid-cols-2">
+          {setupSteps.map((step, index) => (
+            <Card key={step.title} className="bg-slate-900/60 border-slate-700">
+              <CardHeader className="space-y-1">
+                <Badge variant="outline" className="w-fit">
+                  Step {index + 1}
+                </Badge>
+                <CardTitle className="text-white text-lg">{step.title}</CardTitle>
+                <CardDescription className="text-gray-300">
+                  {step.description}
+                </CardDescription>
+              </CardHeader>
+              <CardContent>
+                <pre className="rounded-lg border border-slate-700 bg-slate-950/60 p-4 text-sm text-purple-200">
+                  <code>{step.command}</code>
+                </pre>
+              </CardContent>
+            </Card>
+          ))}
+        </div>
+      </section>
+
+      <section className="grid gap-6 lg:grid-cols-3">
+        {deploymentChecklist.map((item) => (
+          <Card key={item.title} className="bg-slate-900/60 border-slate-700">
+            <CardHeader>
+              <CardTitle className="flex items-center gap-2 text-white text-lg">
+                <CheckCircle2 className="h-5 w-5 text-emerald-400" />
+                {item.title}
+              </CardTitle>
+            </CardHeader>
+            <CardContent>
+              <p className="text-gray-300 text-sm leading-relaxed">
+                {item.description}
+              </p>
+            </CardContent>
+          </Card>
+        ))}
+      </section>
+
+      <section className="space-y-4">
+        <div className="flex items-center gap-3">
+          <Layers className="h-6 w-6 text-purple-400" />
+          <h3 className="text-2xl font-semibold text-white">Next steps</h3>
+        </div>
+        <div className="grid gap-4 md:grid-cols-2 xl:grid-cols-4">
+          {explorationLinks.map((link) => (
+            <Card key={link.title} className="bg-slate-900/60 border-slate-700 hover:border-purple-500/40 transition-colors">
+              <CardHeader>
+                <CardTitle className="flex items-center justify-between text-white text-base">
+                  {link.title}
+                  <ArrowRight className="h-4 w-4 text-purple-300" />
+                </CardTitle>
+                <CardDescription className="text-gray-300 text-sm">
+                  {link.description}
+                </CardDescription>
+              </CardHeader>
+              <CardContent>
+                <Button
+                  asChild
+                  variant="ghost"
+                  className="w-full justify-start text-purple-300 hover:text-purple-200"
+                >
+                  <Link to={link.href}>
+                    Explore
+                    <ArrowRight className="ml-2 h-4 w-4" />
+                  </Link>
+                </Button>
+              </CardContent>
+            </Card>
+          ))}
+        </div>
+      </section>
+
+      <section className="rounded-2xl border border-purple-500/40 bg-purple-900/20 p-8">
+        <div className="flex flex-col gap-6 md:flex-row md:items-center md:justify-between">
+          <div className="space-y-2">
+            <h3 className="text-2xl font-semibold text-white">
+              Ready to automate your first deployment?
+            </h3>
+            <p className="text-gray-300 max-w-2xl">
+              Run <code className="rounded bg-black/40 px-2 py-1 text-purple-200">aethex deploy</code> once you have
+              verified environment variables, migrations, and smoke tests. Ship changes with confidence knowing
+              guardrails are enabled by default.
+            </p>
+          </div>
+          <div className="flex gap-3">
+            <Button asChild size="lg" className="bg-purple-600 hover:bg-purple-500">
+              <Link to="/docs/cli">
+                <Download className="mr-2 h-5 w-5" />
+                Review CLI commands
+              </Link>
+            </Button>
+            <Button asChild variant="outline" size="lg" className="border-purple-400/60 text-purple-200">
+              <Link to="/support">
+                <Code className="mr-2 h-5 w-5" />
+                Talk to an engineer
+              </Link>
+            </Button>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </section>
+    </div>
+  );
+}