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

# Getting started

> Try the app, set it up, and find help.

## Try it first

<Card title="r/tradepostplayground" icon="flask" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/tradepostplayground/">
  Trade Post is installed there and nothing in it is a real trade. Open the
  pinned post and use it the way a trader would: add an item, publish a listing,
  make an offer on somebody else's.
</Card>

Nothing you do in the playground touches a live subreddit, and nothing there
carries over to one. Storage is separate per community, so a trade count earned
in the playground stays in the playground.

## Set it up, or use it

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  <Card title="Install it in your subreddit" icon="shield" href="/moderators/install">
    Five setup steps. An unconfigured install works, because every default
    reproduces the bracketed `[Region] [H] … [W] …` format. Then [how settings
    work](/moderators/settings) and the five groups.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Trade in a subreddit that has it" icon="user" href="/traders">
    Open the pinned Trade Post post. There is no account to create and nothing to
    install. [Publishing a listing](/traders/publishing) is the short version.
  </Card>
</Columns>

[What Trade Post is](/what-it-is) covers the feature set and the limits before
either path gets specific.

## Get help

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  <Card title="Ask a question" icon="reddit" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/tradepostdevvit">
    r/tradepostdevvit. Setup questions, "is this supposed to happen", and feature
    requests.
  </Card>

  <Card title="File a bug" icon="github" href="https://github.com/cmakohon/trade-post-issues">
    The issue tracker. Something that fails the same way twice, with steps that
    reproduce it.
  </Card>
</Columns>

Check [troubleshooting for traders](/traders/troubleshooting) or
[troubleshooting for moderators](/moderators/troubleshooting) first. [Getting
help](/support) lists what to put in a report, and what to keep out of one.