---
title: "Onboarding Checklist — Lemwatch Help"
description: "Track your setup progress and make sure you've configured everything."
canonical: "https://lemwatch.com/help/onboarding-checklist"
source: "https://lemwatch.com"
---

# Onboarding Checklist

> Track your setup progress and make sure you've configured everything.

## Onboarding Checklist

 LemWatch tracks your setup progress so you know exactly what's configured and what's remaining.

### The Checklist

 Your onboarding checklist includes:

- ✅ Create account — You're here, so this is done!

- ☐ Add your first site — Start monitoring at least one URL

- ☐ Review first check results — Understand your site's health score

- ☐ Set up notifications — Pick from 11 channels: email, push, Slack, Teams, Discord, Telegram, Google Chat, Mattermost, Rocket.Chat, ntfy, PagerDuty, or webhook ( overview )

- ☐ Create a site group — Organise sites by client, project, or environment

- ☐ Generate a report — Export your first PDF or CSV report

- ☐ Invite a team member — Collaborate with your team (Pro+ plans)

- ☐ Set up a status page — Create a public status page for your users

- ☐ Connect Google Search Console — See organic search data alongside monitoring

### Where to Find It

 The onboarding checklist appears:

- As a progress bar in the dashboard sidebar

- In the welcome modal when you first log in

- Under Settings → Getting Started

### Dismissing the Checklist

 Once you've completed the essential steps (or want to skip them), click **"Dismiss"** on the checklist banner. You can always access it again from Settings.

### Team Member Onboarding

 When you invite team members, they get their own checklist tailored to their role:

- Admins — Full checklist including billing and integrations

- Editors — Site management, alerts, and reports

- Viewers — Dashboard navigation and report access


## Related

- [Help centre](https://lemwatch.com/help)
- [Quick Start Guide](https://lemwatch.com/help/quick-start-guide)
- [Guided Onboarding Tour](https://lemwatch.com/help/guided-tour)
- [Adding Your First Site](https://lemwatch.com/help/adding-your-first-site)
- [Setting Up Alerts](https://lemwatch.com/help/alert-setup)
- [Heartbeat & Cron Job Monitoring](https://lemwatch.com/help/heartbeat-monitoring)
- [Lemwatch pricing](https://lemwatch.com/pricing)
- [Open port scan check](https://lemwatch.com/help/open-port-scan-check)