> For clean Markdown of any page, append .md to the page URL.
> For a complete documentation index, see https://rivet.chrisboulton.com/getting-started/llms.txt.
> For AI client integration (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.), connect to the MCP server at https://rivet.chrisboulton.com/_mcp/server.

# Getting started

## Docs

- [Install from source](https://rivet.chrisboulton.com/getting-started/installation.md): Build the rivet binary with Cargo.
- [Your first configuration](https://rivet.chrisboulton.com/getting-started/quickstart.md): Create a directory and a file, preview the change, apply it, and repair drift.
- [Manage an application](https://rivet.chrisboulton.com/getting-started/application.md): Ship a systemd unit and a validated config file, and restart the service when the config changes.