# Quickstart

Get your first app running in minutes.

## 1. Create an Account

Sign up at [foundationmvp.com](https://foundationmvp.com).

## 2. Create Your App

You have three options:

### Option A: Talk to the Wizard
Describe what you want to build. The wizard asks questions, configures your app, and gets you to deploy.

### Option B: Use the Dashboard
Create a new app and walk through the settings: branding, users, billing, data, and more.

### Option C: Use Claude Desktop
Copy your MCP connection URL from your account, add it to Claude Desktop, and start building through conversation:

```
"Create a new app called My Project with user accounts and billing."
```

## 3. Configure Your App

Depending on what you're building, you'll set up some combination of:

- **Users** — enable login/registration, choose auth provider
- **Data** — define what your app tracks (entities)
- **Billing** — connect Stripe, define plans and limits
- **AI** — add prompts, chains, and tools
- **Integrations** — connect external services

## 4. Deploy

Hit deploy. Your app is live with a real backend — auth, database, APIs, everything.

## 5. Connect Your Frontend (Optional)

Bring your own UI and connect it using our frontend connector, or use the built-in UI components for login, registration, and settings.

[Next: How an App Fits Together →](/understand/how-an-app-fits-together)