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Airbyte README
Airbyte: a pinned README that routes readers through Pick the right Airbyte Platform for the job, Getting Started — Data Movement (ELT).
Our interpretation
Useful when you are building…
Help readers choose the platform mode before showing a first data movement task.
Observed in the source
Patterns and sections
Pick the right Airbyte Platform for the job
The pinned README includes a distinct Pick the right Airbyte Platform for the job route that helps readers choose a product or implementation path.
Getting Started — Data Movement (ELT)
The pinned README includes a distinct Getting Started — Data Movement (ELT) route that helps readers choose a product or implementation path.
Getting Started — AI Agents
The pinned README includes a distinct Getting Started — AI Agents route that helps readers choose a product or implementation path.
Join the Airbyte Community
The pinned README includes a distinct Join the Airbyte Community route that helps readers choose a product or implementation path.
Contributing
The pinned README includes a distinct Contributing route that helps readers choose a product or implementation path.
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Adaptation ideas
What to apply to your own product
- Split onboarding into ELT and AI-agent journeys while retaining community/contributor paths.
- Help readers choose the platform mode before showing a first data movement task.
Tradeoff to consider
The platform-selection step is an explicit tradeoff against a one-size-fits-all quickstart.
Starting route
Pick the platform, then follow Getting Started for Data Movement or AI Agents.
Source and version
- airbyte/README.md at 71ca18c2a9b1c0a1da38ed70e8c19b55a13341e0 · airbytehq/airbyte · GitHub ↗https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/blob/71ca18c2a9b1c0a1da38ed70e8c19b55a13341e0/README.md
Reviewed README at commit 71ca18c2a9b1c0a1da38ed70e8c19b55a13341e0. The linked file is pinned to that revision; the live repository may change.
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