---
id: setting-up-a-poc
sidebar_label: 003 - Setting up a PoC
title: Setting up a PoC
description: How to set up a proof of concept Backstage instance for your organization
---

If you're non-technical, this section should be completed by your technical partner.

Follow [our golden path for creating an app](../create-app/index.md). Once you have that set up, we recommend adding a few `catalog-info.yaml` files to a few repos/projects you own and setting up [the GitHub catalog provider](../../integrations/github/discovery.md).

At this stage, you likely want to just get the instance running on your local machine. We'll go over preparing your instance for production at the end of chapter 2.

You may be tempted to update the theme or add that one plugin your organization _needs_, but hold strong. We'll get there in chapter 3.