# Example Guide — Beginner to Confident

One short paragraph: what this guide teaches, who it's for and roughly how long it takes.

## How to use this guide

- Work through the stages in order.
- Each stage ends with a checkpoint. Move on once you can do it without help.

## Stage 0 — Set up your tools

Goal: everything installed and working.

1. Install the tool from its official website.
2. Open it once to check it runs.

- [ ] Install the tool.
- [ ] Run it once and see it work.

**Checkpoint:** you can open the tool and use it without help.

## Stage 1 — The basics

Goal: understand the core ideas and use them.

Explain the ideas here in short paragraphs and lists, in plain words.

Practice exercises:

- [ ] A small practical task.
- [ ] Another task that builds on the first.

**Interview readiness:**

- [ ] Explain the core idea out loud in two minutes.

**Checkpoint:** you can use the basics without notes.

## Resources

- Official documentation: https://example.com/docs