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title: "Introduction"
description: "Arc is the software factory for small teams of expert engineers"
---

Arc replaces the prompt-wait-review loop with version-controlled workflow graphs that orchestrate AI agents, shell commands, and human decisions into repeatable, long-horizon coding processes.

<img src="/images/runs-board.png" alt="Arc Runs board showing workflows across Working, Pending, Verify, and Merge stages" />
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  <Card
    title="Why Arc?"
    icon="lightbulb"
    href="/getting-started/why-arc"
  >
    The problems Arc solves for AI-assisted software teams.
  </Card>
  <Card
    title="Quick Start"
    icon="rocket"
    href="/getting-started/quick-start"
  >
    Install Arc and run your first workflow in minutes.
  </Card>
  <Card
    title="Workflows"
    icon="diagram-project"
    href="/core-concepts/workflows"
  >
    Learn how workflow graphs orchestrate agents, commands, and human gates.
  </Card>
  <Card
    title="Agents"
    icon="robot"
    href="/core-concepts/agents"
  >
    Understand how Arc configures and runs LLM agents within workflows.
  </Card>
</Columns>