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

# Guides Overview

> Goal-oriented workflows for process monitoring, analysis, and optimization

Guides help you accomplish specific goals using Atomscale. Each guide addresses a common problem that process engineers face and walks through how to solve it.

## Available Guides

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  <Card title="Detect Anomalies During a Run" icon="bell" href="/platform/guides/detect-anomalies">
    Catch problems in real time while your process is running. Configure alerts, monitor key
    parameters, and respond before issues affect your outcome.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Diagnose Why a Run Differs" icon="code-compare" href="/platform/guides/diagnose-run-differences">
    Understand what changed when a run doesn't match expectations. Compare against references,
    identify deviations, and correlate with outcomes.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Identify Uniformity Issues" icon="chart-area" href="/platform/guides/identify-uniformity-issues">
    Find consistency problems within a single run. Analyze variation across time, layers, or phases
    to pinpoint where uniformity breaks down.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Choosing a Guide

| If you need to...                                 | Start with                                                                |
| ------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Monitor an active growth and catch problems early | [Detect Anomalies During a Run](/platform/guides/detect-anomalies)        |
| Understand why a specific run went wrong          | [Diagnose Why a Run Differs](/platform/guides/diagnose-run-differences)   |
| Find where variation occurs within a growth       | [Identify Uniformity Issues](/platform/guides/identify-uniformity-issues) |

## Prerequisites

These guides assume you have:

* Connected at least one data source to Atomscale (see [Connect](/platform/get-started/connect))
* Growth or characterization data to work with
* Familiarity with your process parameters and typical operating ranges

## Related Documentation

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  <Card title="Getting Started" icon="rocket" href="/platform/get-started/index">
    New to Atomscale? Start here for initial setup and core concepts.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Characterization Workflows" icon="microscope" href="/platform/characterization/index">
    Technical details on analysis workflows and integrations.
  </Card>
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