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.. _chap-quickstart:

Quickstart
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Get up and running with SimBricks in a few minutes.

In this guide we will make use of the `SimBricks Examples Repository <https://github.com/simbricks/simbricks-examples>`_ and guide you through the execution of
your first virtual prototype using the SimBricks CLI and SimBricks Cloud version.

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2

   setup
   first-vp
   execute-first-vp

Next Steps
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* Check out more SimBricks examples from our SimBricks examples repo at :simbricks-examples:`\ `.
* To learn more about the inner workings and details of SimBricks check out the :ref:`chap-learn` chapter.
* To run virtual prototypes on your own machines, check out :ref:`sec-setup-compile`.
* Join the SimBricks community on :slack:`Slack`