> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://stedi.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Guides overview

EDI implementation guides define the format for a particular EDI transaction type. Stedi guides are a machine-readable version of the implementation guides your partners would typically provide to you as PDF, Word, or Excel files.

When you attach a guide to a [transaction setting](/edi-platform/configure/trading-partners/transaction-settings), Stedi uses it to validate and translate (inbound) or generate (outbound) the EDI files you exchange with your partner.

## Import pre-built guides

Stedi has thousands of pre-built guides for [X12 HIPAA](https://www.stedi.com/edi/network/hipaa) transactions and [popular retail and logistics partners](https://www.stedi.com/edi/network) that you can use in your integration. Once you find the guides you need, click **Import guide into your account** to add a copy to your Stedi account. Then, you can add the guide to any partnership's [transaction settings](/edi-platform/configure/trading-partners/transaction-settings#using-guides).

## View guides

You can view a list of all your guides on the **Guides** tab in your [Stedi account](https://portal.stedi.com/app).