# Simulation options

MoCSI is configured through `.ini` files that control how a simulation is assembled from its modules. This section walks through the full user workflow, every available option, and ready-to-run profile examples.

<div class="box-container">
  <a class="box-card" href="user_workflow.html">
    <span class="box-icon">🧭</span>
    <b>User workflow</b>
    <span class="box-sub">Set up your environment and launch a run</span>
  </a>
  <a class="box-card" href="ini_options.html">
    <span class="box-icon">⚙️</span>
    <b>INI options</b>
    <span class="box-sub">Every configuration key and its meaning</span>
  </a>
  <a class="box-card" href="snapshots.html">
    <span class="box-icon">📸</span>
    <b>Snapshots</b>
    <span class="box-sub">Save and restart simulation state</span>
  </a>
  <a class="box-card" href="spice_kernels.html">
    <span class="box-icon">🛰️</span>
    <b>SPICE kernels</b>
    <span class="box-sub">Ephemerides and body-frame geometry</span>
  </a>
  <a class="box-card" href="shapemodels.html">
    <span class="box-icon">🪨</span>
    <b>Shape models</b>
    <span class="box-sub">Run on arbitrary small-body meshes</span>
  </a>
  <a class="box-card" href="config_examples/profiles_overview.html">
    <span class="box-icon">🧪</span>
    <b>Profile examples</b>
    <span class="box-sub">Ready-made <code>.ini</code> profiles to copy</span>
  </a>
</div>

```{toctree}
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:maxdepth: 1

user_workflow
ini_options
snapshots
spice_kernels
shapemodels
config_examples/profiles_overview
```