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

# Introduction

> NeuronSearchLab is your engine for fast, flexible, and intelligent recommendations.

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## Welcome to NeuronSearchLab

NeuronSearchLab is a hosted recommendation platform for teams that need personalization, ranking control, and analytics without building the full retrieval stack themselves.

Use the Core API or official SDKs from your backend to send catalog data, track events, and fetch recommendations. Use the console to configure contexts, rules, pipelines, model families, experiments, and analytics for the operators who own recommendation quality.

### Why teams choose NeuronSearchLab

* **Recommendations without the infrastructure rebuild** - Hosted indexing, retrieval, ranking, and analytics in one platform.
* **Control for every surface** - Configure contexts, filters, rules, model families, and experiments for different pages, campaigns, and user journeys.
* **Developer-friendly integration** - Send catalog and event data from your backend, then serve recommendations through the Core API or official SDKs.
* **Operational visibility** - Use the console to inspect items, users, events, ranking behavior, and performance trends.
* **Secure by design** - Keep tenant data isolated and manage access with product authentication and server-side credentials.

### How the platform fits together

<Steps>
  <Step title="Connect your catalog">
    Send the item fields your app already knows, such as names, descriptions, and metadata.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Capture real-world signals">
    Track views, clicks, purchases, and custom events so recommendations can reflect real user behavior.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Serve recommendations">
    Ask for recommendations from your backend using the SDKs or Core API for the surface you are rendering.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Tune quality over time">
    Use contexts, rules, pipelines, model families, experiments, and analytics to improve the experience without changing your app every time.
  </Step>
</Steps>

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## Get started

Start by creating an account and generating your API credentials. Then send in your first items and events.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Connect Your Data" icon="database" href="/connect-your-data">
    Learn how to send item and event data to NeuronSearchLab.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Generate Recommendations" icon="sparkles" href="/generate-recommendations">
    Retrieve personalized results in real time with our simple API.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Orchestrate your rankings

The ranking platform gives non-technical operators full control over what gets recommended, to whom, and when — without writing code.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="User Segments" icon="users" href="/guides/user-segments">
    Define user cohorts by behaviour, demographics, or item interactions.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Rules Engine" icon="scale-balanced" href="/guides/rules-engine">
    Boost, bury, pin, filter, cap, dedupe, reorder, or group results with scheduled business rules.
  </Card>

  <Card title="A/B Testing" icon="flask" href="/guides/ab-testing">
    Split traffic between strategies and measure impact with real metrics.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Scenarios" icon="route" href="/guides/scenarios">
    Step-by-step walkthroughs for campaigns, flash sales, and rollouts.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Make it yours

NeuronSearchLab is built to be flexible. You can adapt it to your domain, business rules, and frontend experience.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Customize Contexts" icon="sliders" href="/contexts">
    Configure retrieval defaults and pre-query filtering for each recommendation surface.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Secure Your Endpoints" icon="shield" href="/authentication">
    Manage access with built-in authentication and OAuth client support.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Core API" icon="book" href="/api-reference/introduction">
    View serving, event, and catalog endpoints for application backends.
  </Card>

  <Card title="MCP Integration" icon="robot" href="/sdk/mcp">
    Connect NeuronSearchLab to AI assistants like Claude via the Model Context Protocol.
  </Card>

  <Card title="PHP SDK" icon="code" href="/sdk/php">
    Install the official Composer package for Laravel and other PHP services.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>