# Parser Studio

> Beginner-first security log parsing: paste, analyze, review field mappings, troubleshoot and create reviewed parser drafts.

- [Parser Studio | Start with your logs](https://parser.xdr.ooo/index.md): You do not need to know the log format. Copy, analyze, review, and create.
- [Quickstart | Paste logs and create a parser](https://parser.xdr.ooo/quickstart.md): A click-by-click walkthrough for somebody who has never used a log parser.
- [Choose what to do next](https://parser.xdr.ooo/choose-workflow.md): Use the analysis result—not your knowledge of a log format—to pick the next step.
- [Auto Parser | From pasted logs to files](https://parser.xdr.ooo/workflows/auto-parser.md): The exact buttons to click when your logs parse correctly and how to recover if they do not.
- [Review Fields | Are the values correct?](https://parser.xdr.ooo/workflows/review-fields.md): Compare source and extracted event values, then continue or repair the exact problem.
- [Map Fields | Fix output field names](https://parser.xdr.ooo/workflows/map-fields.md): How to accept recommended matches, correct mismatches and avoid changing source values.
- [Create Parser | Final test and file download](https://parser.xdr.ooo/workflows/create-and-download.md): Where to click to generate the parser files, and what to do if generation is blocked.
- [ChatGPT Assisted Parser | When logs are unfamiliar](https://parser.xdr.ooo/workflows/chatgpt-assisted.md): Follow the exact menus to create a safe prompt, bring back JSON and validate it.
- [Check a proposed fix on new logs](https://parser.xdr.ooo/workflows/holdout-validation.md): A beginner-friendly way to confirm ChatGPT did not solve only the example you provided.
- [Scenario Playbooks: choose what happened](https://parser.xdr.ooo/scenarios/index.md): Find the next step based on what Auto Parser or ChatGPT showed, not the input format.
- [Auto Parser: all logs were recognized](https://parser.xdr.ooo/scenarios/auto-success.md): From a successful analysis to checked field mappings and downloadable parser files.
- [One log is only partly parsed | Fix the highlighted section](https://parser.xdr.ooo/scenarios/partial-event.md): What to click when some fields are correct but one portion of an event is not understood.
- [Auto Parser: one product sends several event types](https://parser.xdr.ooo/scenarios/mixed-events.md): Analyze traffic, threat and user events together, review optional fields and correct mappings before creating one combined draft.
- [Auto Parser: source values have no names](https://parser.xdr.ooo/scenarios/unnamed-values.md): Keep all extracted values and enter trustworthy field names when available.
- [The fields were found, but their output names are wrong](https://parser.xdr.ooo/scenarios/normalization.md): How to change just the mapping rather than rewriting a working parser.
- [Auto Parser: one event spans several lines](https://parser.xdr.ooo/scenarios/long-events.md): Confirm where one full event ends when source text spans several lines.
- [Compare two parser attempts without losing your work](https://parser.xdr.ooo/scenarios/revisions.md): Use Local Versions to save and restore mapping experiments in the browser.
- [Create changing test logs from your sample](https://parser.xdr.ooo/scenarios/test-sender.md): Download the standard-library Python generator and learn what happens when you run it.
- [Parser Studio does not understand my log](https://parser.xdr.ooo/scenarios/unknown-log.md): Start in Auto Parser, inspect the warning, then follow the full ChatGPT Assisted menu.
- [Use ChatGPT to fix an unfamiliar field](https://parser.xdr.ooo/scenarios/recipe-ai.md): A complete, privacy-reviewed copy-and-paste example for a missing value.
- [ChatGPT: the suggested result was rejected](https://parser.xdr.ooo/scenarios/ai-invalid-response.md): What to click when Check ChatGPT Result rejects a proposed answer.
- [ChatGPT: test the proposed fix on other logs](https://parser.xdr.ooo/scenarios/ai-test-change.md): Test a suggested rule against different events before approving it.
- [What kinds of logs can I paste?](https://parser.xdr.ooo/reference/supported-formats.md): Recognize common log structures without requiring the user to choose a format before analyzing.
- [Which files can I download?](https://parser.xdr.ooo/reference/output-artifacts.md): Understand the final file generation controls and the difference between a preview and a generated draft.
- [What happens to the logs I paste?](https://parser.xdr.ooo/reference/source-privacy.md): Keep local source examples and manually reviewed ChatGPT prompts separate.
- [Something went wrong—what should I click?](https://parser.xdr.ooo/reference/troubleshooting.md): Find the actual Parser Studio error text and the immediate next action.
- [Plain-language words used by Parser Studio](https://parser.xdr.ooo/reference/glossary.md): Understand only the terms you may see while following the normal steps.
- [Common beginner questions](https://parser.xdr.ooo/reference/faq.md): Short answers about paste, analyze, field mapping, ChatGPT, mixed logs and downloads.


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