start: reader instructions (in index pages)

content/docs/start/index.md

@@ -12,20 +12,24 @@ running `dvc init` inside a Git project:
 
 <details>
 
-### ⚙️ Expand to prepare the project.
+### ⚙️ Expand to prepare a project.
 
-We'll be building an NLP project from scratch together. The end result is
-published on [GitHub](https://github.com/iterative/example-get-started) -- feel
-free to clone the repo.
-
-Let's start with `git init`:
+Imagine we want to building an ML project from scratch. Let's start by creating
+a Git repository:
 
 ```cli
 $ mkdir example-get-started
 $ cd example-get-started
 $ git init
 ```
 
+<admon type="info">
+
+This directory name is actually used in our
+[example-get-started](https://github.com/iterative/example-get-started) repo.
+
+</admon>
+
 </details>
 
 ```cli
@@ -46,8 +50,8 @@ $ git commit -m "Initialize DVC"
 
 Now you're ready to DVC!
 
-DVC's multiple feature sets are best understood from different angles. Pick a
-trail below to see an overview of all features from that perspective:
+The value of DVC's many feature sets is best understood from different angles.
+Pick a trail below to see an overview of all features from that perspective:
 
 ### Data Management
 
@@ -56,10 +60,10 @@ trail below to see an overview of all features from that perspective:
   without storing large files in the repo. Data is cached by DVC, allowing for
   efficient sharing. Think "Git for data".
 
-- **[Data and model access]** shows how to bring, explore, and access data
-  artifacts from outside the project. This can help download a specific version
-  of an ML model to a deployment server or import a dataset into another
-  project, for example.
+- **[Data and model access]** goes over using data artifacts from outside of the
+  project and importing them from another DVC project. This can help to download
+  a specific version of an ML model to a deployment server or import a dataset
+  into another project.
 
 - **[Data pipelines]** describe how models and other data artifacts are built,
   and provide an efficient way to reproduce them. Think "Makefiles for data and
@@ -74,15 +78,50 @@ trail below to see an overview of all features from that perspective:
 [metrics, parameters, and plots]:
   /doc/start/data-management/metrics-parameters-plots
 
+<admon type="tip">
+
+The steps and results of some of these chapters are captured in our
+[example-get-started] repo. Feel free to `git clone/checkout` any of its [tags].
+
+[example-get-started]: https://github.com/iterative/example-get-started
+[tags]: https://github.com/iterative/example-get-started/tags
+
+</admon>
+
 ### Experiment Management
 
-- **[Experiments]** enable exploration, iteration, and comparison across many ML
-  experiments. Track your experiments with automatic versioning and checkpoint
-  logging. Compare differences in parameters, metrics, code, and data. Apply,
-  drop, roll back, resume, or share any experiment.
+- **[Experiments]** enable exploration, iteration, and comparison across many
+  trials in ML projects. Track your experiments with automatic versioning and
+  checkpoint logging. Compare differences in parameters, metrics, code, and
+  data. Apply, drop, roll back, resume, or share any experiment.
 
 - **[Visualization]** helps you compare experiment results visually, track your
   plots, and generate them with library integrations.
 
 [experiments]: /doc/start/experiment-management/experiments
 [visualization]: /doc/start/experiment-management/visualization
+
+<admon type="tip">
+
+These are captured in our [example-dvc-experiments] repo (see its [tags]).
+
+[example-dvc-experiments]: https://github.com/iterative/example-dvc-experiments
+[tags]: https://github.com/iterative/example-dvc-experiments/tags
+
+</admon>
+
+## Following the Get Started
+
+Each page in the trails above is more or less independent, especially if you're
+only reading them to get a general idea of the features in question. For better
+learning, try each step yourself from the beginning of any trail. Some of the
+preparation steps may be inside collapsed sections you can click on to expand:
+
+<details>
+
+### Click for an example!
+
+Click the header again to collapse this message. Or move on by picking a page
+from the list above, left-side navigation, or just click `NEXT` below!
+
+</details>