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

# Start from a supported starting point

> Start a Book from a supported starting structure for your trade.

Start a Book from a supported starting point — a set of seeded services and suggested rules for your trade and currency.

## Before you start

* A workspace with an active Test environment (your first Book always starts in Test)
* A trade and currency for which a supported starting point is available

## Steps

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the Book start screen">
    From the Book overview, select **Start your Book** (or **Add pricing** if a draft already exists). The start screen asks: **How would you like to start your pricing?**
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose Start from a supported starting point">
    Selecting this method navigates to a dedicated picker page — it is not an inline text field like Import or Explain.

    The picker shows the services available for your trade and currency.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick your services">
    Select the services you offer from the list. Kordless seeds them as clearly labeled **Suggested** rules for you to review, adjust, and verify.

    Nothing is authorized until you say so.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Submit">
    Submit your selections. Kordless provisions your first Book workspace, seeds the selected services as suggested rules, and prepares the draft.

    You land on the Book overview, which shows the draft with the next legitimate action.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## What Kordless produces

Each selected service becomes a set of suggested Statements — pricing rules written in plain language. These rules carry a **Suggested** provenance chip, which means they come from a supported starting structure, not from your files or your explanation.

## What remains unverified

Every suggested rule is unverified until you explicitly verify it. The **Suggested** chip identifies origin, not authority. A seeded rule is not yet an authorized price — it becomes one only when you verify it through [Verify Statements](/product/book/verify).

## When no starting point is available

If no supported starting point exists for your trade and currency, the picker page tells you and directs you to one of the other starting methods:

* [Import existing pricing](/product/book/import-pricing)
* [Explain how you quote](/product/book/explain-how-you-quote)
* [Design your pricing with guidance](/product/book/guided-pricing-setup)

## Combining with other methods

You can add sources from other starting methods to the same Book later. For example, start from a supported starting point and then import a price list to fill in specific prices.

## If it does not work

<Accordion>
  <AccordionItem title="No starting point for my trade">
    If your trade or currency is not yet supported, use Import, Explain, or Guided setup instead. You can still build a complete Book through any of those methods.
  </AccordionItem>

  <AccordionItem title="Permission-limited member">
    If you are a member without administrator access, you can view the Book but cannot start a new one. Ask a workspace administrator to create the first Book or grant you the necessary role.
  </AccordionItem>
</Accordion>

## Next

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Review the draft" icon="file-text" href="/product/book/review-draft">
    Inspect the seeded Book draft and correct meaning.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Verify Statements" icon="shield-check" href="/product/book/verify">
    Approve material rules through plain-language review.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>