> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://akron-cdb9eaf4.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# First run

> Open Akron for the first time, verify the default Celeste setup, and understand the visible attempt status.

Follow this tutorial after installing Akron. Open the overlay, confirm Akron is active, and verify the status shown during play.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Launch Celeste">
    Start Celeste through Everest with Akron enabled.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open Akron">
    Press `Tab`, the default overlay bind. If this bind was changed or conflicts with another mod, configure it in Everest's mod options.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Check the current setup">
    Look at the overlay status area for the current attempt status. Fresh installs should show no attempt classification unless you used a classified feature or imported a setup pack that enables one.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Check the status chip">
    Akron shows the current attempt status: Unclassified, Goldberry/Hardlist clear, Normal clear, or Cheat. Fresh attempts start Unclassified until Akron records classified feature use. The status can escalate during an attempt, but it does not silently downgrade.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Try a harmless surface">
    Open a read-only HUD or label option, such as room labels, then close the overlay and verify that normal gameplay continues.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## First Setup

Use the default setup if you are exploring Akron for the first time. It keeps the normal overlay workflow available without enabling a proof workflow or HUD surface.

Use the overlay to enable only the tools you need. Each use of StartPos restore, warps, frame tools, timescale, and other state-changing tools is a deliberate action that can change the active attempt status.

## What The Status Means

```mermaid theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark"}}
stateDiagram-v2
  [*] --> unclassified: default fresh state
  unclassified: Unclassified
  strict: Goldberry/Hardlist clear
  normal: Normal clear
  cheat: Cheat
  unclassified --> strict: use a strict clean feature
  unclassified --> normal: use a Normal clear feature
  unclassified --> cheat: use a Cheat feature
  strict --> normal: use a Normal clear feature
  strict --> cheat: use a Cheat feature
  normal --> cheat: use a Cheat feature
  cheat --> cheat: remains Cheat for the attempt
```

The status is monotonic for the active attempt. Once a feature escalates the attempt, disabling the feature afterward does not revert the status to its previous level.

## Next Steps

* Configure core behavior in [Configuration](/getting-started/configuration).
* Set or recover binds in [Hotkeys](/getting-started/hotkeys).
* Learn the overlay in [Overlay](/player-guide/overlay).
* Read [Clean vs cheat](/concepts/clean-vs-cheat) before relying on Akron during submitted runs.