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

# Recipes

> End-to-end walkthroughs that string objects, automations, and AI together.

Recipes are step-by-step builds for common patterns. Each is a top-down narrative. You start at "I want X" and finish with a working configuration in your workspace. Where the rest of the docs explain one feature at a time, a recipe shows how the pieces fit together to solve a real job.

## Pick a recipe

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="Build a sales pipeline" icon="bars-staggered" href="/recipes/sales-pipeline">
    A Deals object with stages, a Board view, an automation that notifies the owner on stage change, and a dashboard tracking pipeline velocity.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Run an outbound sequence" icon="forward" href="/recipes/outbound-sequence">
    A target Contacts list, a Sequence that touches them across email and SMS, and a report tracking reply rate.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Assemble a support inbox" icon="inbox" href="/recipes/support-inbox">
    A shared inbox receiving email and chat, an automation that opens a Ticket on the first message, and an SLA timer.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## What you'll build with

Every recipe composes the same core pieces of Custral. The more recipes you work through, the more these become second nature.

| Piece                               | Role in a recipe                                          |
| ----------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Objects & records](/data/overview) | The data model: Deals, Contacts, Tickets.                 |
| [Views](/data/objects/views)        | How records are displayed: a board, a table, a dashboard. |
| [Channels](/comms/email/overview)   | Email, SMS, and chat the outreach flows through.          |
| [Automations](/automation/overview) | Workflows and sequences that move work forward.           |
| [Reporting](/bi/reporting/overview) | The dashboards and reports that tell you it's working.    |

## How to use these

<Steps>
  <Step title="Work in a sandbox first">
    New to Custral? Build the recipe in a [sandbox](/start/sandboxes/overview) so you can experiment without touching real data.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Follow it top to bottom">
    Each recipe is ordered, later steps assume the objects and channels from earlier ones exist.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Adapt it to your workspace">
    The object names and stages are examples. Swap in your own once you've seen the shape.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Related

* [Data structures](/data/overview): the objects and properties recipes build on.
* [Automations](/automation/overview): [workflows](/automation/workflows/overview), [sequences](/automation/sequences/overview), and [jobs](/automation/jobs/overview).
* [Reporting](/bi/reporting/overview): the dashboards recipes finish with.

<Info>Want a recipe for a pattern that isn't here? [Let us know](mailto:hello@custral.com).</Info>


## Related topics

- [Run an outbound sequence](/recipes/outbound-sequence.md)
- [Build a sales pipeline](/recipes/sales-pipeline.md)
- [Assemble a support inbox](/recipes/support-inbox.md)
- [Sales](/start/use/sales.md)
- [Use Cases](/start/use/overview.md)