# Build on what you know.

Use Minds through conversation, the workspace, your terminal, or the API.

Source: https://docs.minds.sh/docs



Minds gives your AI a place to keep what matters: what happened, what it learned, and what to do next. Start with Helm, connect an assistant, or build directly on your own Akasha instance.

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## One Mind. Four ways to work. [#one-mind-four-ways-to-work]

Your Mind is the engine. Helm is the conversation. The workspace makes its state visible. The APIs let your applications and agents use the same underlying capabilities.

| Start here                       | What you can do                                                          |
| -------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| [Helm](/docs/helm)               | Ask for help, create a Mind, and work with structured responses in chat. |
| [Workspace](/docs/workspace)     | Inspect memory, relationships, activity, and instance settings.          |
| [Terminal](/docs/developers/cli) | Explore the CLI and TUI, with connection requirements for each command.  |
| [Developers](/docs/developers)   | Connect through HTTP, SDKs, and supported agent transports.              |

## Understand the engine [#understand-the-engine]

<Cards>
  <Card title="Memory that fits the work" href="/docs/concepts/memory">
    Events, routines, sources, secrets, active context, and pattern recall have different jobs.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Knowledge with connections" href="/docs/concepts/knowledge-graphs">
    Connect facts to people, projects, time, and the evidence behind them.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Learn with a review step" href="/docs/concepts/learning-isolation">
    Keep incoming information separate until it is ready to be trusted.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Your dedicated instance" href="/docs/concepts/instances">
    Understand the Free and Pro instance model and the current deployment requirements.
  </Card>
</Cards>

## Two APIs, clearly separated [#two-apis-clearly-separated]

Use the **Minds platform API** to manage your account, organizations, instances, and usage. Use the **Akasha instance API** to work with memory, data, learning, and computation inside a Mind.

[Platform API](/docs/api/platform) · [Instance API](/docs/api/instance) · [Compatibility and known limits](/docs/operations/compatibility)