# Coral Docs

> Install Coral, connect sources, query them through SQL, and expose the same local runtime over MCP.

## Docs

- [Installation](https://withcoral.com/docs/getting-started/installation.md): Install the Coral CLI
- [Quickstart](https://withcoral.com/docs/getting-started/quickstart.md): Set up Coral in minutes: run the onboarding flow, connect your first sources, and start querying your data.
- [Observe Coral with OpenTelemetry](https://withcoral.com/docs/guides/observe-with-opentelemetry.md): Export Coral traces, logs, and metrics to any OTLP-compatible backend.
- [Use Coral over MCP](https://withcoral.com/docs/guides/use-coral-over-mcp.md): Set up MCP for Claude Code, Cursor, and other agents.
- [Write a custom source spec](https://withcoral.com/docs/guides/write-a-custom-source.md): Extend Coral by adding any API or dataset as a queryable source.
- [Introduction to Coral](https://withcoral.com/docs/index.md): Coral is a single SQL interface for APIs, files, and other data sources.
- [Architecture](https://withcoral.com/docs/project/architecture.md): Crate structure, request flow, and key design choices.
- [Changelog](https://withcoral.com/docs/project/changelog.md): Release notes for the Coral CLI, generated from [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/withcoral/coral/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md).
- [Roadmap](https://withcoral.com/docs/project/roadmap.md): What Coral supports today, what is coming next, and where the project is headed.
- [Security model](https://withcoral.com/docs/project/security.md): Coral's intended threat model for the current release.
- [Bundled sources](https://withcoral.com/docs/reference/bundled-sources.md): Data sources that ship with Coral.
- [CLI reference](https://withcoral.com/docs/reference/cli-reference.md): Reference for Coral CLI commands and options.
- [Community sources](https://withcoral.com/docs/reference/community-sources.md): Discover community-maintained Coral source specs and import them into your workspace.
- [Configuration](https://withcoral.com/docs/reference/configuration.md): Reference for Coral's config.toml file and runtime configuration.
- [Engine configuration](https://withcoral.com/docs/reference/engine-configuration.md): Configure query-engine runtime policy in Coral's local config.toml.
- [Source spec reference](https://withcoral.com/docs/reference/source-spec-reference.md): Schema and fields for Coral source spec YAML files.