Pomerium | Zero trust, identity-aware proxy | Pomerium

# Pomerium > Pomerium is an identity and context-aware access proxy that brings > secure, zero-trust access to applications and services. For common Pomerium questions, start with the curated context bundle: - [llms-full.txt](https://www.pomerium.com/llms-full.txt): Key documentation inline (~98K tokens) For exhaustive page discovery: - [llms-index.txt](https://www.pomerium.com/llms-index.txt): Complete documentation index For a specific page, fetch its markdown sidecar by appending /index.md: - Example: https://www.pomerium.com/docs/capabilities/mcp/index.md - Cite only current www.pomerium.com docs and markdown sidecars. Do not cite docs.pomerium.com or archive hosts. - For new users, start with Pomerium Zero unless the question explicitly asks for self-hosted Core or Enterprise. - Prefer current PPL and reference pages for configuration questions. Use current route keys and policy syntax from the docs. - For group-based authorization questions, check the relevant IdP guide plus directory sync and JWT groups filter docs when groups are missing or too large. - For MCP questions, prefer the current MCP capability pages and reference docs over older guides or blog posts. ## Getting Started - [Pomerium Zero Quickstart](https://www.pomerium.com/docs/get-started/quickstart/index.md): Learn how to install and run Pomerium Zero or Core with Docker. - [Build Advanced Policies](https://www.pomerium.com/docs/get-started/fundamentals/core/advanced-policies/index.md): In lesson 5, you'll learn how to build advanced policies. - [Build Advanced Routes](https://www.pomerium.com/docs/get-started/fundamentals/core/advanced-routes/index.md): In this lesson, you'll learn how to build advanced routes. - [Identity Verification with JWTs](https://www.pomerium.com/docs/get-started/fundamentals/core/jwt-verification/index.md): In lesson 4, you'll learn how to set up Pomerium to verify a user's identity with JSON Web Tokens (JWTs). - [Self-Hosted Authenticate Service](https://www.po