diff --git a/docs/my-website/docs/guides/index.md b/docs/my-website/docs/guides/index.md
index 294bdf1412b..b39234e4c87 100644
--- a/docs/my-website/docs/guides/index.md
+++ b/docs/my-website/docs/guides/index.md
@@ -5,62 +5,102 @@ sidebar_label: Overview
import NavigationCards from '@site/src/components/NavigationCards';
-**Guides** are focused references for specific LiteLLM SDK features and proxy configuration options. Each guide is self-contained โ jump to any topic without reading the others first.
+**Guides** are focused references organized by the job you are trying to do with LiteLLM: make requests, use tools, handle media, manage context, or operate the gateway safely.
-> Looking for step-by-step integration walkthroughs? See [Tutorials โ](/docs/tutorials)
+> New to LiteLLM or not sure whether you need the SDK or Gateway path first? Start at [Learn โ](/docs/learn)
---
-## Core Features
+## Start Here
---
-## Configuration & Cost
+## Build With LiteLLM
+
+---
+
+## Operate & Extend
+
+
\ No newline at end of file
+/>
diff --git a/docs/my-website/docs/learn/gateway_quickstart.md b/docs/my-website/docs/learn/gateway_quickstart.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f29f6e7d483
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/my-website/docs/learn/gateway_quickstart.md
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+---
+title: Gateway Quickstart
+sidebar_label: Gateway Quickstart
+description: Start LiteLLM Gateway, add models and keys, then connect applications and SDKs to one shared endpoint.
+---
+
+import NavigationCards from '@site/src/components/NavigationCards';
+
+Use this path if you need one shared OpenAI-compatible endpoint for a team or platform.
+
+If you need a Docker or database-first setup, use the [Docker + Database tutorial](/docs/proxy/docker_quick_start). Otherwise, use the steps below to get to a working request fast.
+
+## 1. Install The Gateway
+
+```bash
+pip install 'litellm[proxy]'
+```
+
+## 2. Set One Provider Key
+
+```bash
+export OPENAI_API_KEY="your-api-key"
+```
+
+## 3. Create `config.yaml`
+
+```yaml
+model_list:
+ - model_name: gpt-4o-mini
+ litellm_params:
+ model: openai/gpt-4o-mini
+ api_key: os.environ/OPENAI_API_KEY
+
+general_settings:
+ master_key: sk-1234
+```
+
+## 4. Start The Gateway
+
+```bash
+litellm --config config.yaml
+```
+
+You should see the proxy start on `http://0.0.0.0:4000`.
+
+## 5. Send Your First Request
+
+```bash
+curl -X POST 'http://0.0.0.0:4000/chat/completions' \
+ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+ -H 'Authorization: Bearer sk-1234' \
+ -d '{
+ "model": "gpt-4o-mini",
+ "messages": [
+ {"role": "user", "content": "Hello from LiteLLM Gateway"}
+ ]
+ }'
+```
+
+## 6. Check The Response
+
+If the request succeeds, the proxy returns `200 OK` with the same OpenAI-style response shape LiteLLM uses in the SDK.
+
+The assistant text will be in:
+
+```json
+choices[0].message.content
+```
+
+It looks like this:
+
+```json
+{
+ "id": "chatcmpl-abc123",
+ "object": "chat.completion",
+ "created": 1677858242,
+ "model": "gpt-4o-mini",
+ "choices": [
+ {
+ "index": 0,
+ "message": {
+ "role": "assistant",
+ "content": "Hello! How can I help?"
+ },
+ "finish_reason": "stop"
+ }
+ ],
+ "usage": {
+ "prompt_tokens": 12,
+ "completion_tokens": 9,
+ "total_tokens": 21
+ }
+}
+```
+
+`id`, `created`, token counts, and message text will vary by request.
+
+## 7. Add Keys And The UI
+
+If you need virtual keys, spend tracking, or the admin UI, add a database next.
+
+- Add `database_url` under `general_settings`
+- Use [Virtual keys](/docs/proxy/virtual_keys) for key creation and budgets
+- Use [Admin UI](/docs/proxy/ui) to manage models and keys
+- Use the [Docker + Database tutorial](/docs/proxy/docker_quick_start) if you want a fuller setup
+
+## 8. Pick Your Next Step
+
+
+
+## When To Use The SDK Path Instead
+
+If you only need to call models from one application and do not need centralized auth or shared infrastructure, start with the [SDK Quickstart](/docs/learn/sdk_quickstart) instead.
diff --git a/docs/my-website/docs/learn/index.md b/docs/my-website/docs/learn/index.md
index bb8ffe851e5..e36ec906f32 100644
--- a/docs/my-website/docs/learn/index.md
+++ b/docs/my-website/docs/learn/index.md
@@ -6,106 +6,148 @@ slug: /learn
import NavigationCards from '@site/src/components/NavigationCards';
-LiteLLM gives you a single OpenAI-compatible interface to 100+ LLM providers. Use this page to find the right starting point for where you are.
+LiteLLM gives you one OpenAI-compatible interface for 100+ LLM providers. Start with the path that matches your setup.
---
-## Get Started
+## Start Here
-Set up your environment and make your first LLM call.
+Pick one path first.
+
+
+
+---
+
+## Common Tasks
+
+Jump to a specific task.
+
+---
+
+## Explore
+
+Use these when you want examples or tool-specific walkthroughs.
+
+
-
-[View all getting started tutorials โ](/docs/tutorials/getting_started)
-
----
-
-## Guides
-
-Focused references for SDK features and proxy configuration. Each guide is self-contained.
-
-
-
-[View all guides โ](/docs/guides)
-
----
-
-## Tutorials
-
-Step-by-step walkthroughs for integrating LiteLLM with external tools and services.
-
-
-[View all tutorials โ](/docs/tutorials)
-
---
-## Production
+## Docs Map
-Add observability, access control, and safety to your deployment. See the [Production section](/docs/tutorials#production) in Tutorials for Observability & Safety, Proxy & Gateway, and more.
+Use these when you already know the type of doc you want.
+
+
+
+Not sure where to start? Use [SDK Quickstart](/docs/learn/sdk_quickstart) for app code or [Gateway Quickstart](/docs/learn/gateway_quickstart) for shared infrastructure.
diff --git a/docs/my-website/docs/learn/sdk_quickstart.md b/docs/my-website/docs/learn/sdk_quickstart.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3726f1f22b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/my-website/docs/learn/sdk_quickstart.md
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+---
+title: SDK Quickstart
+sidebar_label: SDK Quickstart
+description: Make your first LiteLLM SDK call, then jump to the right docs for the next feature you need.
+---
+
+import NavigationCards from '@site/src/components/NavigationCards';
+
+Use this path if you are integrating LiteLLM directly into application code.
+
+## 1. Install LiteLLM
+
+```bash
+pip install litellm
+```
+
+## 2. Set Provider Credentials
+
+Start with one provider and set its environment variables.
+
+- OpenAI: `OPENAI_API_KEY`
+- Anthropic: `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`
+- Azure OpenAI: `AZURE_API_KEY`, `AZURE_API_BASE`, `AZURE_API_VERSION`
+- Bedrock: standard AWS credentials
+- Vertex AI: `VERTEXAI_PROJECT`, `VERTEXAI_LOCATION`
+
+If you have not picked a provider yet, browse [all supported providers](/docs/providers).
+
+## 3. Make Your First Call
+
+```python
+from litellm import completion
+import os
+
+os.environ["OPENAI_API_KEY"] = "your-api-key"
+
+response = completion(
+ model="openai/gpt-4o",
+ messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello, how are you?"}],
+)
+
+print(response.choices[0].message.content)
+```
+
+## 4. Check The Response
+
+The line below:
+
+```python
+print(response.choices[0].message.content)
+```
+
+prints the assistant text, for example:
+
+```text
+Hello! I'm doing well, thanks for asking.
+```
+
+The full response is an OpenAI-style `ModelResponse` object. It looks like this:
+
+```json
+{
+ "id": "chatcmpl-abc123",
+ "object": "chat.completion",
+ "created": 1677858242,
+ "model": "gpt-4o",
+ "choices": [
+ {
+ "index": 0,
+ "message": {
+ "role": "assistant",
+ "content": "Hello! I'm doing well, thanks for asking."
+ },
+ "finish_reason": "stop"
+ }
+ ],
+ "usage": {
+ "prompt_tokens": 13,
+ "completion_tokens": 12,
+ "total_tokens": 25
+ }
+}
+```
+
+`id`, `created`, token counts, and message text will vary by request. For the full output reference, see [completion output](/docs/completion/output).
+
+Need more provider examples? See the main [Getting Started](/docs/#quick-start) page.
+
+## 5. Pick Your Next Step
+
+
+
+## When To Use Gateway Instead
+
+Use LiteLLM Gateway if you need centralized auth, virtual keys, spend tracking, shared logging, or one OpenAI-compatible endpoint for multiple apps.
+
+[Go to Gateway Quickstart โ](/docs/learn/gateway_quickstart)
diff --git a/docs/my-website/docs/tutorials/index.md b/docs/my-website/docs/tutorials/index.md
index 1d32ae5a940..9c3fc7a35b6 100644
--- a/docs/my-website/docs/tutorials/index.md
+++ b/docs/my-website/docs/tutorials/index.md
@@ -7,7 +7,35 @@ import NavigationCards from '@site/src/components/NavigationCards';
**Tutorials** are step-by-step walkthroughs for integrating LiteLLM with external tools, frameworks, and services โ or building complete end-to-end workflows.
-> Need help with a specific LiteLLM SDK feature or proxy config? See [Guides โ](/docs/guides)
+> Need help choosing the right path before you start? See [Learn โ](/docs/learn)
+
+---
+
+## Start Here
+
+
---
diff --git a/docs/my-website/sidebars.js b/docs/my-website/sidebars.js
index b64291ac1df..27d7c6b34f3 100644
--- a/docs/my-website/sidebars.js
+++ b/docs/my-website/sidebars.js
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@ const sidebars = {
integrationsSidebar: [
{ type: "doc", id: "integrations/index" },
{ type: "doc", id: "integrations/community" },
- {
- type: "doc",
- id: "integrations/websearch_interception",
- label: "Web Search Integration"
- },
{
type: "category",
label: "Observability",
@@ -1140,6 +1135,16 @@ const learnSidebar = {
learnSidebar: [
// โโ Landing page โโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโ
{ type: "doc", id: "learn/index", label: "Learn" },
+ {
+ type: "category",
+ label: "Start Here",
+ collapsible: true,
+ collapsed: false,
+ items: [
+ "learn/sdk_quickstart",
+ "learn/gateway_quickstart",
+ ],
+ },
// โโ Guides โโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโ
{
@@ -1151,118 +1156,151 @@ const learnSidebar = {
items: [
{
type: "category",
- label: "Completion Basics",
+ label: "Core Requests",
collapsible: true,
collapsed: false,
link: {
type: "generated-index",
- title: "Completion Basics",
- description: "Streaming, function calling, JSON mode, vision, audio, and more",
- slug: "/guides/completion_basics"
+ title: "Core Requests",
+ description: "Streaming, batching, structured outputs, and reasoning behavior",
+ slug: "/guides/core_request_response_patterns"
},
items: [
"completion/stream",
- "completion/function_call",
- "completion/json_mode",
- "completion/vision",
- "completion/audio",
"completion/batching",
- "completion/prefix",
- "completion/predict_outputs",
- "completion/provider_specific_params",
+ "completion/json_mode",
"reasoning_content",
- "completion/drop_params",
- "completion/model_alias",
- "completion/mock_requests",
- "completion/reliable_completions",
],
},
{
type: "category",
- label: "Documents, Images & Messages",
+ label: "Tool Calling",
collapsible: true,
collapsed: true,
link: {
type: "generated-index",
- title: "Documents, Images & Messages",
- description: "Document understanding, image generation, message trimming, and sanitization",
- slug: "/guides/input_output_handling"
+ title: "Tool Calling",
+ description: "Function calling, web tools, interception patterns, computer use, code interpreter, and tool-call hygiene",
+ slug: "/guides/tools_integrations"
},
items: [
- "completion/document_understanding",
- "completion/image_generation_chat",
- "completion/message_trimming",
+ "completion/function_call",
+ "completion/web_search",
+ {
+ type: "doc",
+ id: "integrations/websearch_interception",
+ label: "Web Search Interception",
+ },
+ "completion/web_fetch",
+ "completion/computer_use",
+ "guides/code_interpreter",
"completion/message_sanitization",
],
},
{
type: "category",
- label: "Prompt Optimization",
+ label: "Multimodal I/O",
collapsible: true,
collapsed: true,
link: {
type: "generated-index",
- title: "Prompt Optimization",
- description: "Prompt caching and prompt formatting",
- slug: "/guides/prompt_optimization"
+ title: "Multimodal I/O",
+ description: "Vision, audio, PDFs, image generation, and video generation",
+ slug: "/guides/multimodal_io"
},
items: [
+ "completion/vision",
+ "completion/audio",
+ "completion/document_understanding",
+ "completion/image_generation_chat",
+ "proxy/veo_video_generation",
+ ],
+ },
+ {
+ type: "category",
+ label: "Retrieval & Knowledge",
+ collapsible: true,
+ collapsed: true,
+ link: {
+ type: "generated-index",
+ title: "Retrieval & Knowledge",
+ description: "Vector stores, file search, citations, and knowledge-base routing",
+ slug: "/guides/retrieval_knowledge"
+ },
+ items: [
+ "completion/knowledgebase",
+ ],
+ },
+ {
+ type: "category",
+ label: "Prompts & Context",
+ collapsible: true,
+ collapsed: true,
+ link: {
+ type: "generated-index",
+ title: "Prompts & Context",
+ description: "Prompt caching, trimming, formatting, assistant prefill, and predicted outputs",
+ slug: "/guides/prompts_context"
+ },
+ items: [
+ "completion/prefix",
+ "completion/predict_outputs",
+ "completion/message_trimming",
"completion/prompt_caching",
"completion/prompt_formatting",
],
},
{
type: "category",
- label: "AI Capabilities",
+ label: "Compatibility & Extensibility",
collapsible: true,
collapsed: true,
link: {
type: "generated-index",
- title: "AI Capabilities",
- description: "Web search, code interpreter, knowledge base, and more",
- slug: "/guides/ai_capabilities"
- },
- items: [
- "completion/web_search",
- "completion/web_fetch",
- "completion/computer_use",
- "completion/knowledgebase",
- "guides/code_interpreter",
- "proxy/veo_video_generation",
- ],
- },
- {
- type: "category",
- label: "Models & Configuration",
- collapsible: true,
- collapsed: true,
- link: {
- type: "generated-index",
- title: "Models & Configuration",
- description: "Fine-tuned models, security settings, and adapters",
- slug: "/guides/models_configuration"
+ title: "Compatibility & Extensibility",
+ description: "Provider-specific params, model aliases, fine-tuned models, and adapters",
+ slug: "/guides/compatibility_extensibility"
},
items: [
+ "completion/provider_specific_params",
+ "completion/drop_params",
+ "completion/model_alias",
"guides/finetuned_models",
- "guides/security_settings",
"extras/creating_adapters",
],
},
{
type: "category",
- label: "Budgets & Cost",
+ label: "Reliability, Testing & Spend",
collapsible: true,
collapsed: true,
link: {
type: "generated-index",
- title: "Budgets & Cost",
- description: "Set spend limits and track costs",
- slug: "/guides/budgets_cost"
+ title: "Reliability, Testing & Spend",
+ description: "Retries, fallbacks, mock responses, and budget controls",
+ slug: "/guides/reliability_testing_spend"
},
items: [
+ "completion/mock_requests",
+ "completion/reliable_completions",
"budget_manager",
],
},
+ {
+ type: "category",
+ label: "Security & Network",
+ collapsible: true,
+ collapsed: true,
+ link: {
+ type: "generated-index",
+ title: "Security & Network",
+ description: "SSL, custom CA bundles, HTTP proxy settings, and per-service verification",
+ slug: "/guides/security_network"
+ },
+ items: [
+ "guides/security_settings",
+ ],
+ },
],
},