# Verae Time for Zapier — user guide

How to go from **zero account** to **registering SHA-256 hashes**, **looking them up on the central Verae chain**, and **finding hashes that were only sealed as part of a bulk Merkle summary** on external tree-node archives.

This is the customer-facing guide (signup → Zaps). Developers: see [zapier-docs-master](https://git.georgelambert.org/marchon/zapier-docs-master) and the simulator at [verae-zapier-simulator](https://git.georgelambert.org/marchon/verae-zapier-simulator).

**Live catalog:** https://zapier.georgelambert.org/  
**Clone:** `ssh://git@git.georgelambert.org:2223/marchon/zapier-user-docs.git`

## Contents

1. [What you get](01-what-you-get.md)
2. [Sign up for a Verae / zappier account](02-signup-zappier-portal.md)
3. [Connect the Zapier app](03-connect-zapier.md)
4. [Register a SHA-256 (create timestamp)](04-register-a-hash.md)
5. [Wait, async, and completed hooks](05-wait-async-hooks.md)
6. [Look up a hash on the central Verae chain](06-lookup-central-chain.md)
7. [Attachments and metadata (not on chain)](07-attachments-and-metadata.md)
8. [Bulk Merkle summaries](08-bulk-merkle-summaries.md)
9. [Look up a hash on tree-node archives](09-lookup-tree-nodes.md)
10. [Reading receipts](10-reading-receipts.md)
11. [Errors, billing, retries](11-errors-billing-retries.md)
12. [Security: what Zapier never sees](12-security.md)

## Try it without going live

The [interface simulator](https://git.georgelambert.org/marchon/verae-zapier-simulator) is a Zapier-like form plus a trace console. Run **Batch Merkle**, copy a leaf SHA-256, then **Find Timestamp by SHA256** (miss) vs **Find Hash (tree nodes)** (proof).