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title: "Use Pine59 without code"
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# Use Pine59 without code

Browse the catalog, build dashboards, and download samples through Insights and Console. No SDK or API key required.

## Metadata

- Tags: get-started, no-code, insights, console

Pine59 can be used without writing code, along three paths. Pick the one that matches the job.

| If you want to…                                                                              | Use…                |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------- |
| Answer business questions with pre-built analytics, dashboards, and benchmarks               | **Insights**        |
| Browse the catalog, inspect a dataset, preview rows, or download a part of a dataset and import it into your tool or database of choice | **Console**         |
| Ask questions in natural language and have an LLM pull the right data for you                | **AI agents**       |

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## Use Insights

**Best for:** business and analytics users who want answers, not raw data.

[Insights](https://insights.pine59.com/) is a dedicated analytics application built on top of Pine59 data. It comes with ready-made dashboards and workflows for the most common questions our customers ask: foot traffic by brand or site, area-level trends, year-over-year comparisons, audience profiles, trade areas. You do not pick datasets or write queries: you pick a question, narrow it with the built-in filters, and Insights handles the data wiring.

Reach for Insights when:

- You want a polished dashboard, not a CSV.
- The question fits one of the pre-built flows (brand performance, area trends, visitor demographics, competitive benchmarking).
- You want to share a link with a stakeholder rather than a spreadsheet.
- You want to present a report (PDF) internally in your business or externally to clients.

> Insights has its own in-app onboarding when you first sign in. Follow that to set up your locations and pick your starting dashboards. If you do not have access yet, email [support@pine59.com](mailto:support@pine59.com).

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## Use the Console

**Best for:** analysts, data engineers, and admins who want to see what is in the catalog and download samples.

The [Pine59 Console](https://console.pine59.com/) is where you browse and inspect the data layer directly. It exposes the same catalog the API does, but with a UI. No key required to look around.

Reach for the Console when:

- You want to know **what datasets exist** for a country, region, or industry, and what fields they contain.
- You want to **preview a dataset** before deciding whether to integrate it.
- You want to **run a query and export the results** as CSV or JSON for Excel, a BI tool, or your own workflows.

→ To go from browsing to querying via the API, see [Make your first query](/docs/guides/first-query). Steps 1–3 cover the Console side (login, API keys, finding a dataset).

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## Use AI agents

**Best for:** anyone who wants to ask questions in plain English and have an LLM do the lookup.

AI clients like Claude, Cursor, and ChatGPT can browse the catalog, run queries, and explain the results, without you writing the request yourself. These docs are built for that: every page has an LLM-readable Markdown mirror, so pointing your AI client at the docs (start it at [/llms.txt](/llms.txt)) plus your API key is all the setup there is.

Reach for an AI agent when:

- You want **exploratory answers** ("which dataset would tell me how Starbucks is doing in Stockholm?") rather than a fixed report.
- You already use Claude or Cursor for other work and want to keep the conversation in one place.
- You want to **prototype** an analysis before setting it up as a recurring dashboard or automating it via the API.

→ Detailed walk-through: [Build with AI](/docs/guides/build-with-ai)

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## Choosing between them

A quick rule of thumb:

- **Recurring question, polished output** → Insights.
- **One-off lookup, deep inspection, or admin task** → Console.
- **Conversational exploration** → AI agents.

For anything the docs do not cover, email [support@pine59.com](mailto:support@pine59.com).