---
title: Your first tour of the platform
display: 'Your first *tour* of the platform'
nav_title: First tour of the platform
summary:
  - "After ten minutes of clicking along, you can find every main screen, say what each one is for, and tell which organization and project you are in."
  - "Check the pill at the top left before every run: everything you generate goes into the project shown there."
  - "Browsing costs nothing, and the CU price of any run shows on the Generate button before you click."
description: Every main screen of the Scenario web app, what each one is for, the three ways to use Scenario, how organizations and projects work, and where search, notifications, Scenario Genie and settings live.
section: start
order: 15
type: guide
level: Start
roles: [all]
time: { read: 15, do: 10 }
needs: ["A Scenario account (any plan)"]
last_verified: 2026-11-11
models_checked: ["GPT Image 2.5 Flare", "Seedance 2.5", "Tripo 3.1"]
hero: start/your-first-tour/home-prompt-and-try-chips.webp
video_caption: Welcome to Scenario
about: "A calm tour of the web app for people new to Scenario: Home and Scenario Genie, the three ways to use Scenario, every item in the top menu, the shortcuts on the right, Settings, and how to check and switch your organization and project. Nothing is generated, so it costs nothing. The models and settings in this lesson are as of November 2026."
chapters:
  - { at: 0, title: "Welcome to Scenario", image: "/media/images/start/your-first-tour/ch-01-welcome.webp" }
  - { at: 4, title: "Home", image: "/media/images/start/your-first-tour/ch-02-home.webp" }
  - { at: 65, title: "Three ways to use Scenario", image: "/media/images/start/your-first-tour/ch-03-three-ways.webp" }
  - { at: 99, title: "The top menu", image: "/media/images/start/your-first-tour/ch-04-top-menu.webp" }
  - { at: 109, title: "Create", image: "/media/images/start/your-first-tour/ch-05-create.webp" }
  - { at: 129, title: "Assets", image: "/media/images/start/your-first-tour/ch-06-assets.webp" }
  - { at: 144, title: "Models", image: "/media/images/start/your-first-tour/ch-07-models.webp" }
  - { at: 156, title: "Workflows, Apps and More", image: "/media/images/start/your-first-tour/ch-08-workflows-and-more.webp" }
  - { at: 175, title: "Search and notifications", image: "/media/images/start/your-first-tour/ch-09-search-and-notifications.webp" }
  - { at: 191, title: "Collections and Scenario Genie", image: "/media/images/start/your-first-tour/ch-10-collections-and-genie.webp" }
  - { at: 212, title: "Your account and Settings", image: "/media/images/start/your-first-tour/ch-11-settings.webp" }
  - { at: 229, title: "Your organization and project", image: "/media/images/start/your-first-tour/ch-12-your-project.webp" }
related: [your-first-image, ask-scenario-genie]
thumb: start/your-first-tour/thumb.webp
video: tutorials/your-first-tour.mp4
steps:
  - title: "Start on Home"
    text: "Click **Home** in the top bar. Type your idea in the box under **What do you want to make?**; sending it hands it to Scenario Genie, which uses the model shown in the box."
    prompt: |-
      A tiny mouse queen with a red cape and a gold crown
  - title: "Try a ready-made idea"
    text: "Under the box, click an idea next to **Try** to load its prompt, or **Shuffle** for others. Scroll down for the showcase and the **Tools** list: **Automate**, **Generate** and **Edit**."
  - title: "Know the three ways to use Scenario"
    text: "The web app in your browser, the API for your own code, and the Scenario MCP for AI agents. All three share the same models, projects and credits."
  - title: "Read the top menu"
    text: "From left to right: the project pill, **Home**, **Create**, **Assets**, **Models**, **Workflows**, **More**, then search, the bell, the folder, the Genie button and your account."
  - title: "Open Create"
    text: "**Create** has four groups: **Automate**, **Train**, **Generate** and **Edit**. Click **Images** to open the playground: **Model**, **Prompt**, **Reference Images** and **Settings** on the left, your **Session** on the right."
  - title: "Open Assets"
    text: "**Assets** › **Images** (or any type) opens the Asset Hub, where everything you make is saved. Filter it with **Type**, **Date**, **Tags**, **Models** and **Collection**, or search."
  - title: "Open Models"
    text: "**Models** › **Images** (or any type) opens the Model Hub. **Platform** holds the models everyone can use, **Project** your team's own; narrow the list with **Search**, **Category**, **Type**, **Capabilities** and **Tags**."
  - title: "Open Workflows"
    text: "**Workflows** › **Workflows** has a **Platform** tab and a **Project** tab, with **Create** and **Import**. **Workflows** › **Apps** holds simple forms that run a whole workflow in one click."
  - title: "Open More"
    text: "**More** holds **Explore** (examples by the Scenario team), the **API** page for your own code, the Scenario MCP page for AI agents, and the **Knowledge Base**."
  - title: "Use search and notifications"
    text: "The magnifying glass (Cmd+F, Ctrl+F on Windows) searches everything you made, by what is in each image. The bell shows **Recent Tasks** and **Pending Reviews**."
  - title: "Open collections and Genie"
    text: "The folder opens your **Collections**, with **New Collection**. The blue button (Cmd+K, Ctrl+K on Windows) opens Genie in a side panel that stays open as you move around."
  - title: "Check your account and Settings"
    text: "Click the circle with your initials for your **Credits**, **Settings**, **Keyboard Shortcuts** and more. **Settings** lists **External Keys**, **Agent**, **API Keys**, **Billing** and the **Project** settings."
  - title: "Check your organization and project"
    text: "Click the project pill at the top left: **Organizations** on the left, **Projects** on the right with your role in each. Click a project to switch; everything you make is saved there."
updated: 2026-11-11
canonical: https://learn.scenario.com/start/your-first-tour
---

Last updated: 2026-11-11

# Your first tour of the platform

> Every main screen of the Scenario web app, what each one is for, the three ways to use Scenario, how organizations and projects work, and where search, notifications, Scenario Genie and settings live.

In short:

- After ten minutes of clicking along, you can find every main screen, say what each one is for, and tell which organization and project you are in.
- Check the pill at the top left before every run: everything you generate goes into the project shown there.
- Browsing costs nothing, and the CU price of any run shows on the Generate button before you click.


This is a calm tour of the Scenario web app for people who are completely new to it. You open every main screen once, see what each part is for, and learn how to check which organization and project you are working in. Nothing is generated, so the tour costs nothing.

:::note As of November 2026
The models, settings and screens in this article are the ones Scenario offered in November 2026. New models and updates arrive often, so check the app for newer options before you choose.
:::

:::steps Quick version
1. Start on **Home**: the box under **What do you want to make?** sends your idea to Scenario Genie.
2. Open each item of the top menu once: **Create**, **Assets**, **Models**, **Workflows** and **More**.
3. Try the shortcuts on the right: search, notifications, collections, Genie and your account.
4. Click the project pill at the top left and check the organization and project you are in.
:::

## Before you start

- **What you need:** a Scenario account on any plan, and a browser. The web app runs in the browser at app.scenario.com, with nothing to install.
- **Where things live:** everything starts from the dark bar along the top of the screen. It is on every page, so you can jump anywhere from anywhere.
- **Two words to know:**
  - An **organization** is your team or company.
  - A **project** is a shared folder for one piece of work inside it. Everything you make is saved into the project shown at the top left.
- **What it costs:** browsing is free. When you run something later, its cost shows on the **Generate** button before you click.

## Step 1: Start on Home

**Home** is the first page you see every time you sign in. Click **Home** in the top bar to come back to it from anywhere.

In the middle is one question, **What do you want to make?** The box under it is where you type your idea, in plain words, the way you would describe it to a friend. The film types this idea, without sending it:

```
A tiny mouse queen with a red cape and a gold crown
```

![Home with an idea typed in the box, the model menu and the Try ideas under it](https://ufgc0c9mhl4ueq76.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/academy/5788534318669acc4ae7a6b6d420b2e87356f987e03ead1dcd42b12107512af3.webp)

When you send it, **Scenario Genie**, Scenario's built-in assistant, reads your idea and gets started for you. Genie uses the model shown in the box, here **Claude Opus 5.5**. Click its name to pick a different one from the menu. [Your studio in Scenario](https://learn.scenario.com/start/your-studio-in-scenario.md) shows Genie at work.

## Step 2: Try a ready-made idea

Not sure what to type? Under the box, next to **Try**, are ready-made ideas, such as **API, MCP, and Automating Scenario**, **Rain Ambience Bed** or **Fashion in Motion**. Click one to load its prompt into the box, or click **Shuffle** to see different ones.

![The empty box with Claude Opus 5.5 and the Try ideas with Shuffle](https://ufgc0c9mhl4ueq76.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/academy/171a97160c23b3c197442d3df3e965212e212a3ef161a0c6a20f202f2e3bec05.webp)

Below the box, a showcase plays examples of what people make with Scenario: videos, 3D models, images and more. Scroll down for the **Tools** list, a shortcut to every tool grouped as **Automate**, **Generate** and **Edit**. It is a good place to find ideas.

## Step 3: Know the three ways to use Scenario

Before you go further, it helps to know there are three ways to use Scenario:

1. **The web app:** what this tour is about. It runs in your browser, with nothing to install.
2. **The API:** for developers who want to connect Scenario to their own code, games or pipelines.
3. **The Scenario MCP:** lets AI agents, like Claude, use Scenario for you.

![The three ways to use Scenario: Web app, API and Scenario MCP](https://ufgc0c9mhl4ueq76.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/academy/c5c0b7b627e45dc289893282fc2eb6a508d81d7c60ca116c70251c23cbc19349.webp)

All three share the same models, the same projects and the same credits, so what you learn in the web app carries over.

## Step 4: Read the top menu

The dark bar along the top is the main menu. From left to right:

- the project pill (Step 13)
- **Home**, **Create**, **Assets**, **Models**, **Workflows** and **More**
- the shortcuts: search, the bell, the folder, the blue Genie button and the circle with your initials

![The top bar on Home, from the project pill to your initials](https://ufgc0c9mhl4ueq76.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/academy/58b7cf34afbe2b600513c26951794b1c280587320e9d5a83ac9f3badec8f57fb.webp)

## Step 5: Open Create

**Create** is where you make things. Its menu has four groups:

| Group | What's in it |
|---|---|
| **Automate** | **Node Editor**, to design node-based pipelines |
| **Train** | **Train** your own models, **Compose** custom models, **Upload** external models |
| **Generate** | **Images**, **Videos**, **3D**, **Audio**, **Text**, **Textures**, **Skyboxes**, **Live** |
| **Edit** | **Edit with Prompts**, **Vectorize**, **Enhance**, **Pixelate**, **Expand**, **Remove Background**, **Retouch** |

Under them, **Featured Apps** shows a few ready-made Apps, with **View All**.

![The Create menu with its Automate, Train, Generate and Edit groups](https://ufgc0c9mhl4ueq76.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/academy/5ab511c783666059fed37a946ee9aadd9b9e7f810e24d752db23d0b0c6c4bf08.webp)

Click **Images** to open the image playground. Your settings are on the left, from top to bottom: **Model**, **Prompt**, **Reference Images**, then **Settings**. Everything you generate appears on the right, in your **Session**.

![The left panel of the image playground: Model, Prompt, Reference Images, Settings and Generate](https://ufgc0c9mhl4ueq76.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/academy/1867ee13dd64eb1f7eb1d0123ec3a23606635015fd92c2ef79519d255e24e86c.webp)

Videos, 3D and audio use the same playground: a model, your inputs and the model's settings. Only the settings change. For a video model, for example, the panel adds **First Frame**, **Last Frame**, **Reference Videos** and **Reference Audio**. [First results](https://learn.scenario.com/start/first-results.md) goes through all of it.

## Step 6: Open Assets

**Assets** is your library. Everything you make is saved here automatically, so nothing gets lost. Its menu lists each kind: **Images**, **Videos**, **3D**, **Audio**, **Text**, **Textures**, **Skyboxes** and **Canvas**.

Each one opens the **Asset Hub**, "All your generated content, in one place." The row of icons switches between types. Under it are the filters: **Type**, **All**, **Date**, **Tags**, **Models** and **Collection**, plus a search box. **Create** and **Upload** at the top right add new assets.

![The Asset Hub header with the type icons and the filter row](https://ufgc0c9mhl4ueq76.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/academy/f658e0331d74081362400f011ef0ea276b1769a0407d7f9f0769e1f32290a7c1.webp)

## Step 7: Open Models

**Models** lists every AI model you can use, grouped by what it makes: **Images**, **Image Editing**, **Videos**, **3D**, **Audio**, **Textures**, **Skyboxes** and **Tools**.

![The Models menu](https://ufgc0c9mhl4ueq76.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/academy/d74ecfe351bc4cfd2d98346ac98ca1dab93a3caed7403648da2bd3d945be0178.webp)

Each one opens the **Model Hub**, "Access every AI model, from frontier to custom-trained." Each card is one model. **Platform** shows the models everyone can use, and **Project** the ones your team trained or uploaded. Narrow the list with **Search**, **Category**, **Type**, **Capabilities**, **Tags** and **Enterprise Status**, or ask Genie which model fits your job.

![The Model Hub with its tabs, filters and the first model cards](https://ufgc0c9mhl4ueq76.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/academy/0487ca23a1f9614b3670cee4c799fce5ba61ea5871527efe13235a50a5e84094.webp)

## Step 8: Open Workflows

**Workflows** has two items: **Apps** and **Workflows**.

![The Workflows menu with Apps and Workflows](https://ufgc0c9mhl4ueq76.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/academy/37f033dd63250a222bf09158c540c1cd0bd194174943027fa46bcc060c4d8b8e.webp)

- **Workflows** chain several steps together, so you can run them again whenever you like. The page has a **Platform** tab with workflows Scenario built, and a **Project** tab with your team's own. **Create** starts a new one and **Import** loads one from a file.
- **Apps** are simple forms that run a whole workflow in one click.

![The Workflows page header with Platform and Project](https://ufgc0c9mhl4ueq76.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/academy/1ff3aeb9e9c8d06143b95333f88aae6ec9942840beff9ae85bde5c92441eaaca.webp)

## Step 9: Open More

**More** holds the rest:

- **Explore:** examples made by the Scenario team. Scroll through it whenever you need ideas.
- **API** and **MCP:** connect Scenario to your own code, and to AI agents through the Scenario MCP.
- **Knowledge Base:** the help articles.

![The More menu with Explore, API, the Scenario MCP item and Knowledge Base](https://ufgc0c9mhl4ueq76.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/academy/509ff46fb1604ea0271feae27d8e961928e1c4132f0a0ae70a4d2263ec2439bf.webp)

## Step 10: Use search and notifications

On the right of the bar are a few shortcuts.

**The magnifying glass**, or Cmd+F (Ctrl+F on Windows), searches everything you have made. Type a word, like "mouse", and every image and video that matches comes up. Scenario reads what is in each image, so it finds things even when the prompt didn't use that word. Your **Recent Searches** are listed under the box.

![The search box with Recent Searches](https://ufgc0c9mhl4ueq76.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/academy/e5bdf955c25e73c788e0c1a7df9aeabba2390b745704231cf86e0e42c006c5e4.webp)

**The bell** shows your recent tasks. While something generates, follow it here under **Recent Tasks** and see when it is done. The second tab is **Pending Reviews**, and **View All** opens the full list.

![The notifications panel with Recent Tasks and Pending Reviews](https://ufgc0c9mhl4ueq76.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/academy/232595ea413cf75398baeddc28274adca48268d7007437ef4db2dd1c37a5f3db.webp)

## Step 11: Open collections and Genie

**The folder** opens your **Collections**: groups of assets you put together, like a folder for one project or one character. **New Collection** starts one.

**The blue button** opens Genie, your assistant, in a side panel that stays open as you move around. Chat with it in plain words: ask a question or ask it to make something, and it picks the right tools for you. Under the box, **Or try a ready-made prompt** lists ideas to start from, and the arrows load new ones. Cmd+K (Ctrl+K on Windows) opens it from anywhere.

![Collections with New Collection, and the Genie panel open on the right](https://ufgc0c9mhl4ueq76.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/academy/494c63d3c72ed6274276f562290bb0f6369ab81d4f59ba0f3a736976ca0db722.webp)

![The Genie panel: New chat, the message box with Claude Opus 5.5, and ready-made prompts](https://ufgc0c9mhl4ueq76.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/academy/9a79825d047c32bfbb8b53399a10eb22267ee6393013569cb98771fdcf9a4f8b.webp)

## Step 12: Check your account and Settings

Click the circle with your initials. The menu shows your name and email, your **Credits**, then **Settings**, **Customize Home**, **Chat Support**, **Keyboard Shortcuts**, **What's New**, **Knowledge Center**, **Trust Center**, **Community Hub** and **Logout**.

![The account menu, from Credits to Logout](https://ufgc0c9mhl4ueq76.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/academy/dfcbfb81ab23cadbfc5ea1293b128586126596d3fc01313830a9f6df5ac8581a.webp)

**Settings** opens on your profile. The list on the left has **External Keys**, **Agent**, **API Keys**, **Webhooks**, **Billing**, **Compute planner**, **Support** and **Danger zone**, then a **Project** section with the settings of the project you are in.

![The Settings list](https://ufgc0c9mhl4ueq76.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/academy/e53deef44ec9bfa46e592e1fdcd7a0781feb8ff63184ee308d549251b072d57b.webp)

## Step 13: Check your organization and project

On the far left of the bar is the project pill. It shows two names: your organization, then the project you are working in. Everything you make is saved into the project shown here.

Click the pill to open the switcher:

- **Organizations** on the left lists every organization you belong to.
- **Projects** on the right lists the projects of the selected one: **Recent** first, then **Other projects**. Each shows your role, such as **Owner** or **Contributor**.
- Use **Search** to find a project, the sort button to order them, and **+** to create a new one.

Click a project to switch to it.

![The organization and project switcher open, with Tour Demo selected](https://ufgc0c9mhl4ueq76.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/academy/acaf69bc87e131eb852371c3cf3e45105e28d657f2af52c60281b94b878dfb4b.webp)

:::tip
Glance at the pill before you start creating. If you are in the wrong project, your work is saved where your team won't look for it.
:::

## Projects and roles

A project keeps its assets and models apart from every other project, even inside the same organization. Each project has its own members, and each member has one of three roles:

| Role | What they can do |
|---|---|
| **Owner** | Add or remove members and see the project's dashboard data |
| **Contributor** | Generate content and train models |
| **Viewer** | See content, but not change it |

Members must be invited to the organization first. An owner adds them from the gear next to the project in the switcher, under **Project › Members**.

:::check
**You know your way around when:** you can open each item of the top menu and say what it is for, find an image with search, and name the organization and project you are in without opening the pill.
:::

## Common problems

| What you see | What to do |
|---|---|
| Your work isn't in Assets | Check the project pill. Assets only shows the project you are in; switch to the one you made it in. |
| A project you expect is missing from the switcher | You are not a member of it yet, or it is in another organization. Select the organization on the left first, or ask an owner to add you. |
| Search finds nothing | Check that you are in the right project, then try a simpler word that describes what is in the image. |
| The Genie panel is in the way | Close it with **X**, or press Cmd+K (Ctrl+K) to toggle it. |

## What's next

That is your map of Scenario. In [First results](https://learn.scenario.com/start/first-results.md), you make your first image, edit it and turn it into a short video. To ask for things in plain words, see [Ask Scenario Genie](https://learn.scenario.com/start/ask-scenario-genie.md).

Source: https://learn.scenario.com/start/your-first-tour