---
title: Quickstart
description: Sign in, install the scanner on one laptop, and see your first AI assets in the console.
---

This guide takes about 15 minutes. You will sign in, install the scanner on one laptop, and see what it finds. Fleet-wide rollout comes after, in [Deploy the scanner](/surface/deploy/overview).

## Before you begin

- A work email address. The first person from your company to sign in becomes the organization's owner.
- Administrator rights on the laptop you will install on.
- The laptop can reach `*.superalign.ai` over HTTPS.

1. **Sign in to the console**

    Go to [console.superalign.ai](https://console.superalign.ai) and enter your work email. Surface sends you to your company's sign-in page, or to Google or Microsoft sign-in.

    The first time in, you land on an empty **Insights** page. That is expected.

2. **Install the scanner on one laptop**

    Open a terminal with administrator rights and run the command for the platform.

    **macOS and Linux**

    ```bash
    curl -fsSL https://superalign.ai/surface/releases/install.sh | sudo bash
    ```

    **Windows (PowerShell as Administrator)**

    ```powershell
    irm https://superalign.ai/surface/releases/install.ps1 | iex
    ```

    The script downloads the package, installs the service, and opens your browser to sign in. Sign in with the same work email.

3. **Watch the laptop appear**

    Open **Endpoints** in the console. The laptop appears within a few minutes with its hostname, operating system, and the number of AI tools found.

    If nothing appears after 15 minutes, run `sudo surface status` on the laptop, or see [Troubleshooting](/surface/scanner/troubleshooting).

4. **Look at what was found**

    Open **Inventory**. Each row is one AI tool, with its risk score. Click a row to see why it got that score and which laptops have it.

5. **Make your first decision**

    Open **Remediation**. Everything found is in the **Open** list. Click a tool, then **Allow**, **Warn**, or **Block**. The laptop applies the decision within seconds.

## Next steps

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  <Card title="Deploy to your fleet" href="/surface/deploy/overview" icon="download">
    Roll out silently through your MDM with an enrollment token.
  </Card>
  <Card title="How risk is calculated" href="/surface/risk/scoring" icon="gauge">
    Understand the score before you start making decisions at scale.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>