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

# Quickstart

> Create your first AI-powered newsletter in 5 minutes

## Create your first newsletter

Follow these steps to go from zero to receiving curated content in your inbox.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Sign up">
    Head to [reduce.sh](https://reduce.sh) and create an account. You can sign up with email/password or Google sign-in.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create a newsletter">
    Click **New Newsletter** and give it a name and optional description. For example: "AI Coding Weekly".
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add sources">
    Paste URLs for content sources to follow. You can add:

    * **YouTube channels** — e.g., @fireship, @anthropic-ai
    * **Subreddits** — e.g., r/ClaudeAI, r/LocalLLaMA
    * **X/Twitter accounts** — e.g., @AnthropicAI

    <Tip>Start with 3-5 sources. You can always add more later.</Tip>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create sections">
    Sections define what content to extract from your sources. Each section has a **name** and a **prompt**.

    For example:

    * **New Tools** → "New AI coding tools and extensions that have been released"
    * **Tips & Techniques** → "Practical tips for using AI assistants in coding workflows"

    Keywords from your prompt are used to match relevant content from your sources, then the AI summarizes the matched content.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set your cadence">
    Choose how often you want to receive your newsletter:

    * **Daily** — every morning
    * **Weekly** — pick a day (e.g., every Monday)
    * **Custom** — specific days of the week, every X days, etc.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Activate">
    Toggle your newsletter to active. You'll start receiving emails at your next scheduled delivery time.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## What happens next

At each scheduled delivery:

1. Reduce fetches all new content from your sources (since your last delivery)
2. Keywords from each section's prompt are matched against content titles and descriptions
3. Matched content is passed to the AI, which generates bullet-point summaries with key highlights
4. A formatted email is sent to your inbox

<Note>
  Every delivery only includes **fresh content** — no duplicates across deliveries.
</Note>

## Free vs Pro

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  <Card title="Free" icon="gift">
    * 1 newsletter, 1 section
    * 20 sources (4 from X/Twitter)
    * YouTube, Reddit & X platforms
    * Weekly delivery only
    * AI-generated bullet-point summaries
  </Card>

  <Card title="Pro — $10/month" icon="crown">
    * 10 newsletters, 10 sections each
    * 100 sources (50 from X/Twitter)
    * All platforms: YouTube, Reddit, X, RSS, Podcasts & Email Inbox
    * Daily, weekly, or custom cadence
    * Custom keyword prompts per section
    * 14-day free trial
  </Card>
</Columns>

## Next steps

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Core concepts" icon="book" href="/concepts">
    Understand the building blocks of Reduce.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Platform guides" icon="plug" href="/platforms/youtube">
    Learn how each content platform works.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>