---
title: Get started · Cloudflare Style Guide
description: The purpose of Get started content is to help users go from not using a product to successfully configuring and setting up.
lastUpdated: 2025-03-13T19:10:10.000Z
source_url:
  html: https://29ff08e0.preview.developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/get-started/index.md
  md: https://29ff08e0.preview.developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/get-started/
---

## Purpose

The purpose of Get started content is to help users go from not using a product to successfully configuring and setting up.

## content\_type

```yaml
pcx_content_type: get-started
```

For more details, refer to [`pcx_content_type`](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/frontmatter/custom-properties/#pcx_content_type).

## Structure

### Required components

[**Title**](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/titles/): Should be "Get started"

[**Prerequisites**](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/prerequisites/): Which may include:

* An active zone
* Certain subscription / enabled product / plan
* Other tasks you might need to do to set up other things (your origin) outside of CF
* Do you need to make certain decisions before you start?

[**Steps**](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/steps-tasks-procedures/): Steps that lead someone to whatever would be considered Product Adoption.

* Often, these can be partialized files from your How-to pages.
* This is usually the bare minimum (a single Bot Management FW rule) + the most general use case for a product.
* This may at times contradict the flow in the Cloudflare dashboard at times. If it does, consider raising it up to the Product team.

### Optional components

**Next steps**: Point someone towards additional configuration options.

## Template

```plaintext
---
weight: xx
pcx_content_type: get-started
---


# Get started


Description


## Before you begin


All the things you need to do before you start configuring your product, both within Cloudflare and outside.


## 1. Step description


## 2. Steps until you get to activation


---


## Next steps


Point to more complex setup options.
```

## Example

[Waiting Room: Get started](https://developers.cloudflare.com/waiting-room/get-started/)
