Core concepts

The ideas the rest of the docs build on. If you read nothing else before integrating, read these - most integration mistakes come from skipping them.

Recommended order:

1. Event-driven demand - why real-world events move demand, and the four challenges any integration has to solve
2. What is Beam? - the relevancy engine that calibrates everything downstream
3. What is the Features API? - model-ready signals instead of raw event aggregation
4. Which API should I use? - the right tool per task, including grounding
5. Data Leakage in Backtesting - why forward-looking features evaluate honestly

Guide to protecting PredictHQ data covers the obligations that come with using the data.

For the recommended path by job - training, grounding, managed forecasts, or demand analysis - start with How to use PredictHQ.