# The build

> Step 5 of setup. Scout puts the workspace together in a few minutes, task by task, and tells you what it learned when it is done.

The last step is Scout's. It takes what the first four steps gave it and builds the workspace: the company profile, the playbook, the search baseline, the first queue of opportunities. The page opens with **Scout is putting your workspace together.** and a lede that tells you the one thing worth knowing: _This usually takes a few minutes. You can leave this page — nothing stops when you do, and Home will tell you when it is done._

![Step 5 of setup, the build in progress](/docs/screens/onboarding-building.png)
_Each task is a line with its own state, counters and note._

## The tasks

Seven tasks run, each shown as a line with a label, live counters where they apply, and a note. In the order they appear:

| Task                                          | What it does                                                                                                                             |
| --------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Reading your website**                      | Crawls your public pages and counts the pages read.                                                                                      |
| **Analyzing your Search Console queries**     | Pulls your search history when Search Console is connected; skipped otherwise.                                                           |
| **Measuring your search market**              | Takes the first ranking snapshot: the keywords you rank for today.                                                                       |
| **Working out what you sell and who buys it** | Writes the company profile, counting products and audiences identified.                                                                  |
| **Sizing up your competitors**                | Analyses the competitor set you confirmed.                                                                                               |
| **Writing down your editorial rules**         | Builds the playbook from the standard rubric and any documents you added.                                                                |
| **Finding what to move forward**              | The first opportunity scan. It waits for the company profile, because a topic judged without one would be scored on search demand alone. |

## What each state means

| State          | Meaning                                                                                     | What to do                                                 |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| Working        | Running now, with progress where Scout can estimate it                                      | Nothing                                                    |
| Done           | Finished, with its counts                                                                   | Nothing                                                    |
| Skipped        | You skipped the step it depends on (for example, Analytics)                                 | Nothing, unless you want it: connect from Settings later   |
| Waiting on you | Scout needs a decision before it can continue, for example which Analytics property to read | Follow the link on the line, such as **Choose a property** |
| Failed         | The task stopped with an error, shown on the line                                           | Press **Run it again**                                     |

A failure never takes the rest down. The other tasks finish, and the failed one waits for its retry.

## Leaving the page

Everything here runs in the background. If you close the tab, Home shows a build panel with the current step, a progress bar, the counters that have landed, **Still coming: …** and **Waiting on you: …** with a link back into setup. The button on Home reads **Finish setting up**, and the page fills itself in as each piece lands.

Anyone who is not an owner or admin sees the same progress with a note: _An owner or admin finishes setup from here._

## When it finishes

The heading changes to **Your workspace is ready.** and the page shows **Here is what Scout learned about {domain}.** with the counters laid out as a grid: pages read, queries pulled, competitors confirmed, rules written, opportunities found.

One button: **Review what Scout found**. It takes you to the [opportunity queue](/opportunities/reading-the-queue). If a task is still going, the button reads **Go to Home anyway**, with the note _Home works while this finishes. It fills itself in as each piece lands._

## What happens next

- Read the [weekly briefing](/home/your-weekly-briefing) on Home.
- Work down the [opportunity queue](/opportunities/reading-the-queue) and make your first decisions.
- Check the [company profile](/playbook/your-company-profile) Scout wrote, and set a [direction](/playbook/direction) if the business is heading somewhere the website does not yet say.
- [Invite your team](/setup/invite-your-team).