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# Creating Your First Customer Dashboard Workflow

> Build a complete model-to-production workflow inside Customer Dashboard Portal

This walkthrough combines model discovery, prompt validation, secure credential creation, production invocation, and post-launch monitoring.

## What You Will Build

A repeatable customer workflow that:

1. Selects a project boundary
2. Validates a model in Playground
3. Creates a project-scoped API key
4. Executes first endpoint requests
5. Monitors reliability and spend

```mermaid theme={null}
graph LR
    A[Project Setup] --> B[Model Selection]
    B --> C[Playground Validation]
    C --> D[API Key Creation]
    D --> E[Application Integration]
    E --> F[Logs Investigation]
    E --> G[Usage and Billing Alerts]
```

## Step 1: Prepare your project

1. Open **Projects**.
2. Create a project with clear naming (for example, `support-assistant-prod`).
3. Add tags to identify environment and owner.

## Step 2: Choose a model

1. Open **Models** and search for your target model.
2. Inspect metadata and endpoint support.
3. Copy the preferred language snippet from **Use Model**.

## Step 3: Validate prompts

1. Open **Playground**.
2. Run representative prompts from your use case.
3. Compare outputs across models if needed.
4. Save final prompt patterns for your app integration.

## Step 4: Generate credentials

1. Open **API Keys**.
2. Create a key bound to your project.
3. Set an expiry aligned with your security policy.
4. Store the key in a managed secret store.

## Step 5: Integrate and smoke test

1. Use copied snippet in your application.
2. Replace placeholders (host, model, key).
3. Run smoke tests for typical and edge-case prompts.

## Step 6: Add guardrails with monitoring

1. Open **Logs** and verify request telemetry appears.
2. Open **Usage** and confirm token/cost tracking.
3. Add billing alerts at practical thresholds.
4. Use **Audit** when reviewing changes or incidents.

## Operational Checklist

* [ ] Project created and tagged
* [ ] Model evaluated in Playground
* [ ] API key generated and stored securely
* [ ] First production call successful
* [ ] Logs and usage checked
* [ ] Billing alerts configured