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# Run Your First Exploration

Start an exploration and understand what Duku captures.

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 choose a target

Open the product and choose a target from the target menu in the top-right navbar, or create one from the same menu if none exists yet.
{% 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 application's 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 a login, add a credential set in the product's settings and set the product's Base URL so Duku reaches the sign-in page.
{% endhint %}