## New installation workflow

For a new knowledge base, start with an empty folder.

Recommended first setup:

Create an empty folder for the new knowledge base.
Start the app.
Open Knowledge Base → Setup / Migration → Initialize New KB.
Select the empty folder.
Add person records and trusted reference images.
Run Knowledge Base → Maintenance / Repair → Rebuild All Encodings.
Run Knowledge Base → Setup / Migration → Check KB Compatibility.
Start with a small recognition test batch.

Do not begin with the full archive. For a first test, create a small folder with 20–50 images, run recognition, inspect the review results, and only then scale up.
