> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.dubot.ai/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Guidance > Help a customer complete work in the product interface Guidance operates against the live page with visible controls for the customer. It is useful when the task is easier to complete in context than through conversation alone. The marketing site uses [**Browserbot**](https://www.dubot.ai/browserbot) for the broader live-product experience. In the Dubot app, SDK, and technical docs, its guided on-page runtime is configured under **Guidance**. Governed API operations are documented separately as [Actions](/product/capabilities-actions). ## What the customer sees An active run keeps its job and **Stop** control visible while it works on the page. The action card stays anchored to the target so the customer can see what is happening. Guidance applying a change on an invoice while the job and Stop control remain visible When a step belongs to the customer, Guidance highlights the target and waits instead of taking over. The customer can complete the step or choose the offered handoff. Guidance highlighting the Send test control and waiting for the customer to act The HoneyBook workspace shown in these examples is a demo account. The exact host-product styling can vary, but the visible run, target, and stop controls are the important behavior. ## Two ways to start | Mode | Input | Use when | | ------------------- | -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Reviewed guide | A published guide id | The journey and its expected steps have been authored and reviewed | | Goal-based Guidance | A free-text goal | A controlled evaluation needs the runtime to reason over the current page | Reviewed guides are the more predictable customer-facing path. Goal-based Guidance should be evaluated with clear constraints and a safe stopping condition before broader use. ## Reviewed guide steps | Step | What it does | | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Message | Explains context without acting | | Perform | Executes a reviewed interaction such as a click | | Indicate | Highlights a target and waits for the customer, a Next action, or a timeout | | Ask | Pauses for a choice or free-text response | **Indicate is currently Test-only.** You can author, save, and test an Indicate step, but the current product will not publish a guide that contains one. This is a platform compatibility gate, not something an individual workspace can unlock by upgrading its SDK. Keep the guide as a draft until Production supports the richer guide format. Do not change Indicate to Perform merely to bypass the gate because Perform would take the customer-owned action. A reviewed guide waiting for the customer to complete a highlighted step The browser extension can help author guides from a real workflow. Captured interactions remain review material until the guide is saved and, when its step types are Production-compatible, published. ## Runtime controls * A persistent control lets the customer stop a run. * Indicate steps include a visible target, instruction, and Skip option. * Guidance can pause for customer input rather than guessing. * A run that crosses a hard navigation can resume after the SDK initializes on the next page. * Reduced-motion and screen-reader behavior are part of the SDK surface. * Completion, stop, error, and abandoned outcomes are recorded for activity review. A completed action should show both the changed page state and a bounded result in the panel. In this demo, the updated date is visible in the invoice and Dubot reports that it verified the value on the page. A completed Guidance action with the updated invoice state and a verified result ## Configure and publish The Guidance area contains the reserved Guidance configuration, reviewed guides, and Activity. Production can run only published Guidance configuration and published guides. A Resource Center guide card should not be treated as ready until its guide can be published and its Guidance dependency works in the target environment. A draft guide containing Indicate steps can be tested, but it cannot currently become a Production Resource Center destination. Follow [Enable Guidance](/guides/enable-guidance) to configure the workspace, test a representative walkthrough, and turn Guidance on. Then follow [Turn a Guidance run into a guide](/guides/review-guidance-run) to review a real journey and publish it as reusable help. Developers can start Guidance through `Dubot.triggerGuidance()`. See [SDK surfaces](/sdk/surfaces) for the supported call shapes.