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title: "Get started learning path | Grafana Labs"
description: "Hands-on learning path to enable Grafana Assistant and complete your first conversation"
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> For a curated documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). For the complete documentation index, see [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt).

## Learning path: Get started with Grafana Assistant

| Step                   | What you’ll do                             | Outcome                           |
|------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| **1. Why Assistant**   | Review what you’ll practice                | Clear goal for the path           |
| **2. Open and enable** | Open the plugin; enable if required        | Assistant available in your stack |
| **3. First prompt**    | Open Assistant and send a starter question | First conversation complete       |
| **4. Use @ mentions**  | Mention a data source in a prompt          | More targeted answers             |
| **5. Find Learn mode** | Switch to Learn once                       | Know where guided lessons live    |

## Before you start

Have these ready before you open the path:

- A Grafana Cloud account (Free tier is enough)
- Administrator permissions if you still need to enable Assistant from plugin settings
- Data sources configured (recommended)

Learning path

#### Get started with Grafana Assistant

Enable Grafana Assistant in Grafana Cloud, judge your first reply, decide when to use @ mentions, and choose Learn vs Assistant mode.

12 min

Beginner

Docs & blog posts

#### Open in Grafana Cloud

Complete this learning path directly in your Grafana Cloud stack, or in the Grafana Play stack, with an interactive learning experience.

[Open in Grafana Cloud]() [Try in Grafana Play]()

[View on website](/docs/learning-paths/get-started-grafana-assistant/)