---
title: "Welcome to Wave docs"
description: "Wave is AI-powered restoration estimating. You describe the loss in chat and Wave builds an insurance-grade estimate alongside you. These docs are how you use it."
group: "get-started"
lane: "tutorial"
status: "published"
publishedAt: 2026-05-15
sidebarOrder: 10
tags: ["overview", "intro"]
relatedSlugs:
  - "get-started/create-account"
  - "estimates/start-an-estimate"
  - "concepts/chat-first-layout"
---

Wave is AI-driven restoration estimating. You describe a loss to Wave through chat, and Wave produces a complete, insurance-grade estimate on the right side of the screen — line items, equipment sizing, PPE, documentation, totals. It's chat-first by design so you can capture a loss the same way you'd describe it to a senior tech.

## Who these docs are for

- **Restoration technicians** — capturing losses in the field on a phone or tablet
- **Estimators** — turning a tech's intake into a deliverable, defensible estimate
- **Office staff** — managing the account, the team, billing, and PDF exports

We also write these docs so LLMs and search engines can answer questions about Wave accurately. If you've landed here from a search, you can [copy any page as raw markdown](/docs) for pasting into ChatGPT or Claude — there's a button on every page.

## How the docs are organized

- **[Get Started](/docs#get-started)** — sign up, sign in, and a quick tour
- **[Estimates](/docs#estimates)** — the day-to-day workflow: starting estimates, editing rooms and line items, photos, export
- **[Account & Team](/docs#account)** — settings, company info, inviting teammates, roles
- **[Billing & Plans](/docs#billing)** — plans and limits, changing plans, billing history
- **[Reference](/docs#reference)** — full anatomy of an estimate, chat commands, filters, search
- **[Concepts](/docs#concepts)** — the *why* behind how Wave estimates and what it does
- **[Troubleshooting & FAQ](/docs#troubleshooting)** — known issues and workarounds

## Where to start

If you don't have an account yet → [Create your account](/docs/get-started/create-account).

If you do → [Make your first estimate](/docs/estimates/start-an-estimate). This walks through a real loss — Jordan Park, 482 Sycamore Lane, Cat 2 toilet supply line failure — end to end.

Already comfortable and want the mental model? → [Chat-first, structure on the right](/docs/concepts/chat-first-layout) is the single page that explains how the interface is shaped.

## Related

- [Make your first estimate](/docs/estimates/start-an-estimate) — canonical walkthrough
- [Chat-first, structure on the right](/docs/concepts/chat-first-layout) — the layout in one page
- [What Wave does and doesn't do (yet)](/docs/concepts/what-wave-does) — capability matrix