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title: "Guides"
description: "Practical guidance on what to instrument, what to query, and how to get value from Sentry after setup."
url: https://docs.sentry.io/get-started/guides/
---

# Guides

You've set up Sentry. Now what?

These guides help you move from "Sentry is configured" to "Sentry is helping me find and fix problems." Each covers what to instrument, what queries to run, and what alerts to create.

Looking for ways to customize based on your specific use case? Explore a [Sentry Cookbook recipe](https://docs.sentry.io/get-started/cookbook.md).

* #### [What Errors to Prioritize](https://docs.sentry.io/get-started/guides/issues-errors.md)

  Practical guidance on what errors to catch, how to search issues in Sentry, and when to set alerts.

* #### [What to Log in Sentry](https://docs.sentry.io/get-started/guides/logs.md)

  Practical guidance on what to log, how to search logs, and when to set alerts.

* #### [What Metrics to Track](https://docs.sentry.io/get-started/guides/metrics.md)

  Practical guidance on what metrics to track, how to explore them, and when to set alerts.

* #### [Querying Traces](https://docs.sentry.io/get-started/guides/querying-traces.md)

  Find performance issues using data Sentry captures automatically and set up alerts.

* #### [Adding Custom Spans](https://docs.sentry.io/get-started/guides/custom-spans.md)

  Add custom instrumentation to Sentry for visibility beyond auto-instrumentation and set up alerts.

* #### [Using Sentry's Session Replay](https://docs.sentry.io/get-started/guides/session-replay.md)

  Practical guidance on debugging errors and finding UX issues with Session Replay.