autogen/dotnet/website/articles/getting-start.md

### Get start with AutoGen for dotnet
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Firstly, add `AutoGen` package to your project.

```bash
dotnet add package AutoGen
```

> [!NOTE]
> For more information about installing packages, please check out the [installation guide](Installation.md).

Then you can start with the following code snippet to create a conversable agent and chat with it.

[!code-csharp[](../../samples/AutoGen.BasicSamples/CodeSnippet/GetStartCodeSnippet.cs?name=snippet_GetStartCodeSnippet)]
[!code-csharp[](../../samples/AutoGen.BasicSamples/CodeSnippet/GetStartCodeSnippet.cs?name=code_snippet_1)]

### Tutorial
Getting started with AutoGen.Net by following the [tutorial](../tutorial/Chat-with-an-agent.md) series.
### Examples
You can find more examples under the [sample project](https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/tree/dotnet/dotnet/samples/AutoGen.BasicSamples).

### Report a bug or request a feature
You can report a bug or request a feature by creating a new issue in the [github issue](https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/issues) and specifying label the label "donet"