# Build on one data runtime

Connect operational data, query it with DuckDB, and give applications, analytics, and agents the same governed context.

## Run your first query

```bash
curl -fsSL https://install.altertable.ai | sh
altertable login
altertable query "SELECT 42 AS answer"
```

## Choose a path

- [Connect existing data](/docs/lakehouse/external-catalogs.md)
- [Ingest application data](/docs/ingest-data.md)
- [Query with SQL](/docs/query-data.md)
- [Connect an AI agent](/docs/agent-setup.md)

## Resources

- [Examples](/docs/examples.md)
- [API reference](/docs/api-references.md)
- [Altertable CLI](/docs/developer-tooling/cli.md)
- [Limits and pricing](/docs/limits.md)