> For clean Markdown of any page, append .md to the page URL.
> For a complete documentation index, see https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/get-started/quickstart/llms.txt.
> For AI client integration (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.), connect to the MCP server at https://docs.twelvelabs.io/_mcp/server.

# Quickstart

> Get started with video search, analysis, and embeddings in minutes.

The quickstart guides in this section provide concise, step-by-step instructions to help you quickly integrate the TwelveLabs Video Understanding Platform into your application.

#### [Search](/v1.3/docs/get-started/quickstart/search)

Search for specific content in your videos using text or image queries.

#### [Analyze videos](/v1.3/docs/get-started/quickstart/analyze-videos)

Analyze videos to create different types of text based on their content.

#### [Segment videos](/v1.3/docs/get-started/quickstart/segment-videos)

Detect timestamped segments in your videos and extract custom metadata for each one.

#### [Create embeddings](/v1.3/docs/get-started/quickstart/create-embeddings)

Create embeddings for queries and for your media files: video, audio, images, and documents.

For more in-depth information on each task, see the complete guides below:

* [Search](/v1.3/docs/guides/search)
* [Analyze videos](/v1.3/docs/guides/analyze-videos)
* [Segment videos](/v1.3/docs/guides/segment-videos)
* [Create embeddings](/v1.3/docs/guides/create-embeddings)

# Interactive notebooks

In addition to the quickstart guides, the interactive notebooks below provide complete, executable code for each task. Hosted on Google Colab, they allow you to experiment with the code directly, making them ideal for hands-on learning and customization.

| Capability | Description                                       | Try it                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| ---------- | ------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Search     | Find specific moments in your videos.             | [![Open In Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/assets/colab-badge.svg)](https://colab.research.google.com/github/twelvelabs-io/twelvelabs-developer-experience/blob/main/quickstarts/TwelveLabs_Quickstart_Search.ipynb)     |
| Analyze    | Analyze videos to generate text.                  | [![Open In Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/assets/colab-badge.svg)](https://colab.research.google.com/github/twelvelabs-io/twelvelabs-developer-experience/blob/main/quickstarts/TwelveLabs_Quickstart_Analyze.ipynb)    |
| Segment    | Segment videos into structured, timestamped data. | [![Open In Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/assets/colab-badge.svg)](https://colab.research.google.com/github/twelvelabs-io/twelvelabs-developer-experience/blob/main/quickstarts/TwelveLabs_Quickstart_Segment.ipynb)    |
| Embed      | Create multimodal embeddings.                     | [![Open In Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/assets/colab-badge.svg)](https://colab.research.google.com/github/twelvelabs-io/twelvelabs-developer-experience/blob/main/quickstarts/TwelveLabs_Quickstart_Embeddings.ipynb) |

> Get started with video search, analysis, and embeddings in minutes.

## Docs

- [Search](https://docs.twelvelabs.io/docs/get-started/quickstart/search.md): Quickstart: search video content. Working example with core search parameters.
- [Analyze videos](https://docs.twelvelabs.io/docs/get-started/quickstart/analyze-videos.md): Quickstart: analyze videos to generate text. Working example with core parameters.
- [Segment videos](https://docs.twelvelabs.io/docs/get-started/quickstart/segment-videos.md): Quickstart: segment videos into structured, timestamped data. Working example with core parameters.
- [Create embeddings](https://docs.twelvelabs.io/docs/get-started/quickstart/create-embeddings.md): Quickstart: create multimodal embeddings. Working examples with core parameters.