# Mintlify Starter Kit

## Documentation

- [Welcome to Tala](https://trytala.documentationai.com/index.md): Tala is a node-based pipeline platform for AI video and image generation. You connect nodes together into workflows — each node does one job, passes its output to the next, and the whole pipeline runs automatically.

Whether you're generating a single polished video or running a hundred variations in a batch, Tala handles the production pipeline so you don't have to..
- [Your First Workflow](https://trytala.documentationai.com/Tala/first-workflow.md): Workflows are the core of Tala. Each workflow is a visual pipeline where you connect nodes together — each node does one thing (generate an image, create a video, add captions, etc.) and passes its output to the next. Once everything is connected, you hit Run and Tala handles the rest automatically.

This guide walks you through building a complete workflow from scratch.
- [Editor](https://trytala.documentationai.com/Tala/editor.md): The Editor is where you assemble your generated clips into a final video. Think of it as a lightweight timeline editor — you arrange media in sequence, layer static elements on top, and control exactly how long each piece lasts.

The Editor node is special: unlike other nodes, its inputs are defined from inside the Editor itself using Placeholders.
- [Animation Editor](https://trytala.documentationai.com/Tala/animation-editor.md): The Animation Editor lets you create animated overlays through a chat interface — no design tools needed. Describe what you want, and the AI generates it as a live animation running in the browser.

Common use cases include lower thirds, animated text cards, callout bubbles, countdown timers, logo animations, and any kind of motion graphic you'd normally overlay on top of a video.

Once created, animations export as transparent WebM files that can be layered directly on top of your video clips in the Editor.
- [Collections](https://trytala.documentationai.com/Tala/collections.md): No description found
- [fal.ai Integration](https://trytala.documentationai.com/Tala/fal-ai-integration.md): Tala uses fal.ai as its core AI engine for image generation, image editing, and video generation. To use any of these nodes, you need to connect your own fal.ai account by adding an API key.

This means your generations run on your fal.ai account — you have full visibility into usage and costs on the fal.ai side.
- [Run History](https://trytala.documentationai.com/Tala/run-history.md): Every time you run a workflow — whether a single node or the full pipeline — Tala saves a record in Run History. This is your central place to monitor results, debug failures, download outputs, and roll back changes.
- [Best Practices](https://trytala.documentationai.com/Tala/best-practices.md): A collection of practical patterns that come up often when building workflows in Tala. Use these as starting points — they're solutions to real problems you'll likely hit as your workflows get more complex.