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

# Welcome

> Welcome to thanks.io

thanks.io provides everything you need for direct mail success: AI realistic handwritten postcards, letters, and notecards, plus QR tracking, delivery notifications, automation, and texting.

The thanks.io API gives you two main ways to integrate direct mail into your product:

* Send individual mailers directly from your application.
* Add recipients to a thanks.io mailing list and let your customers manage automation inside thanks.io.

## Easy Implementation Path

For most integrations, the fastest path is to add recipients to a customer's thanks.io mailing list and let them manage automation in thanks.io. This keeps creatives, billing, scheduling, and campaign logic inside the thanks.io platform.

<Card title="Check Out This Workflow Now" icon="arrow-up-right-from-square" href="/workflows/campaign">
  See the recommended automation workflow
</Card>

## Choose Your Integration Path

Use this decision rule before you start building:

* Choose automation if your users already work inside thanks.io and you want them to control campaign timing, creatives, and business rules there.
* Choose direct API sends if your application needs to create one-off mailers on demand and control the order payload itself.

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  <Card title="Recommended: Automation" icon="list" href="/workflows/campaign">
    Add recipients to a mailing list and let thanks.io handle campaign execution.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Direct API Sends" icon="paper-plane" href="/quickstart">
    Submit postcard, letter, notecard, gift card, or magnacard orders directly from your app.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Setting up

If you're new to thanks.io, start here to learn the essentials, choose the right integration path, and make your first API call.

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  <Card title="Quickstart" icon="bolt-lightning" href="/quickstart">
    Send your first direct API order in minutes
  </Card>

  <Card title="Common Workflows" icon="water" href="workflows/campaign">
    Start with the most common automation-based implementations
  </Card>

  <Card title="FAQs" icon="square-question" href="faqs/quick-implementation">
    Understand the fastest way to integrate and common setup questions
  </Card>

  <Card title="API Reference" icon="code" href="api-reference">
    Explore authentication, concepts, and generated endpoint reference docs
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## thanks.io Features

Explore the rest of the platform

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  <Card title="Schedule API Consult" icon="headset" href="https://calendly.com/thanks-io/">
    Schedule a call with our implementation team to discuss your use case and get help with implementation.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Native Integrations" icon="screwdriver-wrench" href="native-integrations/introduction">
    Integrations available with zero code implementation.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Webhooks" icon="webhook" href="webhooks/introduction">
    Receive notifications about thanks.io events in real time.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Product Info" icon="envelopes-bulk" href="https://help.thanks.io/">
    Learn more about the core thanks.io platform.
  </Card>
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