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

# Introduction

> What's RaidZero

**We build observability for the physical world, from audio to video.**

Our first feature is a search engine for media.

You do not need to build your own transcript store, embedding pipeline, or media search layer first.

> [!WARNING]
>
> These docs cover version `0.1.1`. We are iterating quickly, so pin your SDK version and expect breaking changes between versions until the API settles.

Search is where we start.

## What you can build with our media SDKs.

* Search all audio by topic, objection, or feature request as humanly possible **"Where does customers got impatient?"**, or \*\*When did security guard left their work station?".
* Find calls where your AI interrupted the caller, spoke too slowly, or repeated itself.
* Find specifc content within a video even when nobody is talking.
* Build compliance review, QA workflows, or knowledge bases on top of your audio or video archive.

## Lifecycle

**1. Ingest**

Send a URL, authenticate us to your bucket via S3 key, or file upload with your `asset_id` (more details about [asset\_id]() and [asset\_class](#)). The API returns a `task_id` immediately.

**2. Index**

Poll the task until it reaches `ready`. Indexing runs in the background.

**3. Search**

Query with natural language, scoped to an `asset_class` or explicit `asset_ids`. Results include `start_ms` and `end_ms`.

## Data and privacy

We index your media and keep the searchable representation: embeddings, transcripts, and metadata. Source files pass through the processing pipeline and are not retained after indexing completes.

**You keep ownership of your media. We store the indexed data needed for search.**

Regional processing:

* **US customers** — processed in the United States.
* **EU and UK customers** — processed in Europe.

> [card] [Data & Privacy](https://docs.raidzero.icu/data-privacy.md)
>
> Data handling, retention, regional processing, and DPA details.

## SDKs

Six installable SDKs. Open source at [github.com/icelab-research/raidzero](https://github.com/icelab-research/raidzero).

Building in C++? See the [C++ example](https://docs.raidzero.icu/sdks/cpp.md) — a single-header helper you can copy into your project.

## Start here

> [card] [Quickstart](https://docs.raidzero.icu/quickstart.md)
>
> Ingest one recording, wait for indexing, run your first search.


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