> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.digcrate.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Introduction

> AI-powered music research for DJs, producers, and crate diggers. 20+ sources. One agent. Zero tabs.

Digcrate is a conversational music research workspace where an AI agent searches across Discogs, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Genius, WhoSampled, Bandcamp, Wikipedia, Ticketmaster, Spotify, and more — returning interactive visual components instead of walls of text.

Ask about any artist, track, sample, or genre. Connect your Spotify, Slack, and Google accounts to act on what you find.

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  <Card title="Quick Start" icon="rocket" href="/quickstart">
    Create your account and run your first research query in minutes
  </Card>

  <Card title="Workspace Overview" icon="layout-panel-left" href="/workspace-overview">
    Learn how the chat panel, Deep Cuts, and audio player work together
  </Card>

  <Card title="Research Commands" icon="terminal" href="/commands/artist">
    Slash commands for artist profiles, track deep dives, influence maps, and more
  </Card>

  <Card title="Connected Services" icon="plug" href="/integrations/overview">
    Connect Spotify, Slack, and Google Docs to act on your research
  </Card>

  <Card title="Plans & Billing" icon="credit-card" href="/billing/plans">
    Free, Pro, and Team plans — or bring your own API key
  </Card>

  <Card title="Custom Skills" icon="wand-magic-sparkles" href="/skills/overview">
    Build reusable slash commands tailored to your workflow
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## What Digcrate does

Digcrate runs a multi-step AI agent that calls across 20+ specialized music databases in parallel, then renders the results as interactive components — artist profiles with playable discographies, influence chains you can tap through, track deep dives with credits and sample trees, and more.

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  <Card title="Artist research" icon="user-music">
    Full artist profiles with discography, influences, similar artists, and media
  </Card>

  <Card title="Track deep dives" icon="music">
    Credits, samples, lyrics, annotations, and vinyl pressing details in one view
  </Card>

  <Card title="Influence mapping" icon="diagram-project">
    Trace an artist's connections through reviews, collaborations, and co-mentions
  </Card>

  <Card title="Show prep" icon="radio">
    Track context, talk breaks, and social copy for radio DJs
  </Card>

  <Card title="Story cards" icon="book-open">
    Narrative deep dives on albums, genres, labels, and movements
  </Card>

  <Card title="Live radio" icon="tower-broadcast">
    Stream any of 30,000+ radio stations directly in the workspace
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## Data sources

Digcrate queries across 20+ specialized sources so you don't have to:

| Source                    | What it provides                                      |
| ------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| Discogs                   | Releases, labels, credits, cover art, vinyl pressings |
| MusicBrainz               | Artist metadata, relationships, recordings            |
| Last.fm                   | Similar artists, tags, listening stats                |
| Genius                    | Lyrics, annotations, song metadata                    |
| WhoSampled                | Sample origins, covers, remixes                       |
| Bandcamp                  | Album search, tag exploration                         |
| Wikipedia                 | Artist bios, discography context                      |
| Ticketmaster              | Concert listings, ticket availability                 |
| Spotify                   | Library, playlists, top artists (via connection)      |
| YouTube                   | Music videos, documentaries                           |
| Perplexity / Exa / Tavily | Web research with citations                           |
| Radio Browser             | 30,000+ live radio stations                           |

## Self-hosting

Digcrate is open source. If you want to run your own instance, see the [self-hosting guides](/self-hosting/prerequisites).