> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.sumvin.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Your first conversation

> What your agent can do right after you connect, and why it asks you to finish setting up first.

export const waitlists = {
  earlyAccess: "",
  payments: "",
  openBanking: "",
  developers: "",
  verifiers: ""
};

<Note>
  **Private preview:** this is rolling out and may not be available on your account yet.{waitlists.earlyAccess ? <> <a href={waitlists.earlyAccess}>Request early access →</a></> : null}
</Note>

Once Sumvin is connected, your agent knows where you are in setting up and what it can do for you now. It tells you the next step instead of guessing.

What happens first depends on where you are:

| You are                     | Your agent can                                                             |
| --------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| New, with no Sumvin account | Give you a link to create one. Nothing else yet.                           |
| Signed up, not yet verified | Show your progress and give you a link to get verified.                    |
| Verified                    | Show your Sigil, ask you for a Stamped Mandate, and run errands within it. |

## If you don't have an account yet

You can connect before you have a Sumvin account. Until you create one, your agent sees a single tool, and that tool gives you a sign-up link.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Ask your agent to get you started">
    It hands you a link. Open it in your browser. Your agent can't fill it in for you.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create your account">
    Use the same sign-in you used when you connected. An account created under a different sign-in won't reach this connection.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Go back to your conversation">
    Tell your agent you're done. It now sees the full set of Sumvin tools.
  </Step>
</Steps>

If your agent says sign-up can't be started from the conversation right now, try again later. There's no separate sign-up page yet.

## Before you're verified

Getting verified means confirming your phone number, then your identity. Until that's done, anything that gives your agent spending authority waits. Ask for it early and your agent answers with the next step, not an error:

* **Verification not started**: your agent asks you to start it.
* **Verification in progress**: nothing has gone wrong. Your agent asks you to check back once it's finished.

This is by design. Only a verified person can give an agent authority to act for them.

### Where you are

Ask your agent where you are. It reads your progress stage by stage. Reading it changes nothing.

| Stage    | Means                                                   |
| -------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| Phone    | Confirm your phone number with a code.                  |
| Identity | Verify your identity with [Sumsub](https://sumsub.com). |
| Complete | Every stage your setup needs is done.                   |

Each stage is **done**, **up next**, **still ahead** or **skipped**. A skipped stage doesn't apply to your account.

Your agent reads something like this:

```json Example progress theme={null}
{
  "current_stage": "kyc_verification",
  "stages": [
    { "stage": "phone_verification", "status": "completed" },
    { "stage": "kyc_verification", "status": "current" }
  ]
}
```

### Getting verified

Your agent can give you one link that covers both stages in a single browser visit. Open it and follow the page. There's nothing for your agent to do afterwards except check your progress again.

The link is yours alone, works once and expires. If it stops working, ask your agent for a new one. If you're already verified, your agent says so and gives you no link.

If verification is busy, your agent will tell you to try again later.

## Once you're verified

Ask your agent to show your Sigil, your verified identity. If it says your Sigil hasn't been issued yet, that's expected while issuance is rolling out. See [Your Sigil](/get-started/first/sigil).

## Things your agent can't do here

Some parts of your account are managed only in the Sumvin app or the Sumvin CLI. If your agent reaches for one, it tells you where to go instead.

<Card title="Get verified" icon="badge-check" href="/get-started/first/verify">
  Confirm your phone and your identity in one browser visit.
</Card>

<Tip>**Try asking your agent:** "Where am I with my Sumvin setup?"</Tip>