# Run your first scan

Start a scan from Scans → New scan: pick the project and a level, Standard or Focused for a first look, and preview Quick.

*Where in the portal: Security → Scans → New scan*

*Last updated: 2026-10-21*

Choose **New scan**, pick the project and the level. The scan runs in Kelrova Cloud, so there is nothing to install, and findings appear on the scan as soon as they are confirmed. A scan you start this way runs once.

1. **Open the dialog**

   In **Scans**, choose **New scan**.

2. **Pick the project**

   Choose the project made in [Create a project](https://kelrova.com/docs/getting-started/projects).

3. **Pick the level**

   Keep **Standard**, the default, for a first look: a complete review of every entry point and the files that handle it. During the Basic trial Standard is locked and the Default badge sits on **Focused**, so keep Focused.

4. **Choose models and add guidance**

   The next steps pick a model tier and set the report language, instructions and a threat model, all optional. [The New scan dialog](https://kelrova.com/docs/scans/new-scan) walks through them.

5. **Start the scan**

   Choose **Start scan**.

![The New scan dialog for payments-api on its Coverage step with the Standard level selected.](https://kelrova.com/docs/img/scans/new-dialog.png)

*The New scan dialog with Standard selected.*

## Choosing the level

| Level | What it reviews |
| --- | --- |
| Quick | Files changed since the last completed scan. |
| Focused | High-risk entry points and the files behind them. |
| Standard | Every entry point and the files that handle it. Default. |
| Extended | Every entry point and application file, build pipelines included. |
| Full | Every entry point, application and config file; stops when budget or time runs out. |
| Adversary | The whole project the way an attacker would look at it. Pro and above. |

Deeper levels take longer and use more of your plan's usage. [Scan levels](https://kelrova.com/docs/scans/levels) says when to pick each one.

> **Note: During the Basic trial**
>
> Scans run at Quick and Focused. Quick needs an earlier completed scan, so Focused is the level for the first one.

## The Quick preview

Choosing Quick shows the number of files changed since the last completed scan before you start. The preview creates no scan and no charge.

- Quick needs an earlier completed scan to compare against. Without one, the preview says so and Quick cannot start.
- Above 150 changed files, Standard is recommended. The count is taken after your excluded paths.
- When the changes cannot be counted, or there are too many to compare, Quick cannot start.
- The count is a preview. The scan looks at the current heads again when it starts and works out its scope then.

[When Quick applies](https://kelrova.com/docs/scans/quick-scans) covers the cases in full.

## Next

[Read the run page](https://kelrova.com/docs/getting-started/read-results).

## Related

- [Read the run page](https://kelrova.com/docs/getting-started/read-results)
- [Scan levels](https://kelrova.com/docs/scans/levels)
- [The New scan dialog](https://kelrova.com/docs/scans/new-scan)
- [When Quick applies](https://kelrova.com/docs/scans/quick-scans)