# Getting Started with Backdrop: Setup Guide (/docs/getting-started)



Backdrop is an AI sales coach that lives inside your calls. It listens and surfaces the right discovery question, objection handler, or product answer the moment you need it, so you can stay in the conversation instead of scrambling for notes.

Three short steps and you're ready for your first call.

<DownloadButton href="/get">
  Download for Mac or Windows
</DownloadButton>

<Screenshot src="/images/docs/app/home.png" alt="The Backdrop home screen: upcoming meetings, follow-ups owed, and recent calls" size="full" />

## 1. Install and sign in [#1-install-and-sign-in]

Download from [getbackdrop.ai/get](/get). The page
detects your OS. On macOS, drag Backdrop into Applications; on Windows, run the
installer. Open the app, click **Sign up or sign in**, and authenticate with
Google, Microsoft, or your work email.

<Callout title="Use your work email">
  Backdrop reads the calendar you take meetings on, so sign in with the account
  your meetings live in. There's no invite code to wait for.
</Callout>

Full walkthrough: [Installing Backdrop](/docs/install)

## 2. Run your first call [#2-run-your-first-call]

Backdrop doesn't auto-start with Zoom or Teams. Open it manually, or wait for
the notification when a call begins, then hit record.

<Screenshot src="/images/docs/app/in-call-active.png" alt="The Backdrop panel during a call: a live transcript, a flagged competitor mention, and the MEDDPICC rail filling in" size="lg" float="right" />

The panel sits beside your call and does three things while you talk:

* **Transcribes** the conversation live, so you never lose what was said
* **Flags competitors** the moment a prospect names one
* **Scores MEDDPICC** as the call goes, filling each letter from what the
  prospect actually tells you

The **Ask anything** bar at the bottom answers product questions mid-call.

Full walkthrough: [During a Call](/docs/during-a-call)

<Callout type="info" title="Sharing your screen?">
  We strongly recommend a **dual-monitor setup** and sharing a **specific window** (not your whole screen), so the prospect never sees Backdrop. If you only have one screen, turn on [Hide from Screen](/docs/hide-from-screen).
</Callout>

## 3. Review after the call [#3-review-after-the-call]

When you hit stop, Backdrop generates a call summary, MEDDPICC qualification, and a draft follow-up email tailored to your product. Nothing sends automatically. You review and edit first.

Full walkthrough: [After a Call](/docs/after-a-call)

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## What to expect in week one [#what-to-expect-in-week-one]

Backdrop is a new kind of tool, and like ChatGPT, it takes two or three calls before it clicks. Use the first call to get comfortable with where things are. By call three, most reps stop tab-switching entirely and run deeper discovery without thinking about it.