# Iron Octopus

> Documentation for Iron Octopus: proven software delivery practices, built in for AI.

- [Welcome to Iron Octopus](https://docs.ironoctopus.ai/index.md): What Iron Octopus is, who it's for, and where to start.
- [Quickstart](https://docs.ironoctopus.ai/quickstart.md): Go from sign-up to your first released feature.
- [How Iron Octopus works](https://docs.ironoctopus.ai/how-it-works.md): The path from an idea to a released feature, and what Iron Octopus checks along the way.
- [Building blocks](https://docs.ironoctopus.ai/building-blocks/overview.md): The parts of Iron Octopus and how they fit together.
- [Workspaces](https://docs.ironoctopus.ai/building-blocks/workspaces.md): Your company's account in Iron Octopus: its members, projects and billing.
- [Projects](https://docs.ironoctopus.ai/building-blocks/projects.md): One app in Iron Octopus: its code, architecture, rules and work.
- [Initiatives](https://docs.ironoctopus.ai/building-blocks/initiatives.md): A larger goal that Iron Octopus plans as a set of features.
- [Features](https://docs.ironoctopus.ai/building-blocks/features.md): One change to your app, from its plan to its release.
- [Requirements](https://docs.ironoctopus.ai/building-blocks/requirements.md): What done means for a feature, and how Iron Octopus verifies each one.
- [Work items](https://docs.ironoctopus.ai/building-blocks/work-items.md): The individual pieces of work inside a feature.
- [Defect reports](https://docs.ironoctopus.ai/building-blocks/defect-reports.md): A problem you report, and how it becomes a fix.
- [Start with an idea](https://docs.ironoctopus.ai/build/start-with-an-idea.md): Describe what to build or fix, and let Iron Octopus plan it.
- [Plans and approval](https://docs.ironoctopus.ai/build/plans-and-approval.md): Read a feature's plan and decide when Iron Octopus starts building it.
- [Work in progress](https://docs.ironoctopus.ai/build/work-in-progress.md): Follow a feature while Iron Octopus builds it.
- [Review and rework](https://docs.ironoctopus.ai/build/review-and-rework.md): How Iron Octopus reviews every change, sends issues back, and decides when a person should look.
- [Release a feature](https://docs.ironoctopus.ai/build/release-a-feature.md): What releasing does, and how to release a feature.
- [Feature history and export](https://docs.ironoctopus.ai/build/feature-history.md): See everything that happened to a feature, and take its code to your own repository.
- [Home and Needs you](https://docs.ironoctopus.ai/home/needs-you.md): Your starting point: what needs a decision, what's moving, and what Iron Octopus caught.
- [Ask](https://docs.ironoctopus.ai/home/ask.md): Ask Iron Octopus about your work, and use ⌘K to get anywhere fast.
- [Report a defect](https://docs.ironoctopus.ai/fix/report-a-defect.md): Tell Iron Octopus about a problem and turn it into a bug fix.
- [When work fails or gets stuck](https://docs.ironoctopus.ai/fix/when-work-fails.md): What Iron Octopus fixes on its own, and what to do when it needs you.


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