# Introduction
To get started with Textcord we need to understand how it works. Textcord is like a bridge between your discord chats and your phone's inbox. This documentation presents Textcord in such a way you're in total control of your resources. We'll start from a free tier and if you want you more you could pay using accounts that we help you set up along the way. You'll also be control of hosting and deployment.
# Steps
Instructions to get up and running.
The instructions are divided into three categories that we need to cover one by one:
Generate a Discord token that will be used to interact with Discord on your behalf.
Go live and deploy Textcord to the cloud.
Configure the SMS gateway so we could send SMS texts and receive them.
# Ready to Start?
Ready to start?
Head over to the Generate a Discord Token page or click on the link at the bottom.