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# Run Your First Exploration

Once your product exists and a target is available, you can start an exploration to discover reachable pages and user flows.

{% stepper %}
{% step %}

#### Open the product and target

Open your product.

Choose the target from the target menu in the top-right navbar, next to the active product.
{% endstep %}

{% step %}

#### Create the target if needed

If no target exists yet, create one from the same target menu.
{% endstep %}

{% step %}

#### Start exploration

Click **Start Exploration**.
{% endstep %}

{% step %}

#### Watch progress

Open the **Exploration** tab.

Scroll to the runs table to follow progress in real time.
{% endstep %}
{% endstepper %}

### What Duku captures

During exploration, Duku:

1. Visits your target URL
2. Finds interactive elements like links, buttons, forms, and menus
3. Executes actions in a real browser
4. Records screenshots and page state at each transition
5. Captures errors, network failures, and broken elements
6. Builds a graph of discovered states and transitions

{% hint style="info" %}
If the app needs login, add credentials on the product and point the target URL at the sign-in page.
{% endhint %}