Folders and Organization

Folders help you keep your study materials grouped by class, topic, project, or however you prefer. Everything in Scholarly -- PDFs, flashcards, pages, recordings, podcasts, research reports, and video lectures -- can be organized into folders.

Creating Folders

Create a folder from two places:

• Home page -- Click the New Folder button in the Folders section.
• Sidebar -- Use the folder actions menu to create a new folder.

Give your folder a name and it appears immediately in the sidebar and on the home page.

Adding Content to Folders

Move items into folders using any of these methods:

• Drag and drop -- On the home page, drag any content card directly into a folder.
• Content menu -- Open the three-dot menu on any item and select Move to Folder.
• Bulk actions -- Select multiple items on the home page and move them together.

Renaming and Deleting Folders

• Rename -- Click the folder name or use the folder menu to rename it.
• Delete -- Delete a folder from the folder menu. The content inside is not deleted -- it moves back to your main content list.

AI Organizer

If you have a lot of unorganized content, AI Organizer uses AI to suggest how to sort it. The AI scans the items that are not in a folder yet and recommends groupings:

• It suggests adding items to existing folders when topics match.
• It suggests creating new folders for content that does not fit anywhere yet.
• Each suggestion is shown individually -- accept or dismiss before anything changes. Nothing moves automatically.

Find AI Organizer in the Folders section on the home page or in the sidebar. Dismissed suggestions do not reappear in the same session, and it works best when you have a mix of unsorted content — if everything is already filed, there is nothing to suggest.

Auto-Grouping on Upload

When you upload two or more files together, Scholarly can group them into a new folder right away and suggest a name — no need to run AI Organizer afterward. Accept the suggestion to create the folder instantly, or dismiss it to leave the files unsorted.

Folders in the Create Windows

Your folders come with you when you build something new. In the create windows for flashcards, podcasts, quizzes, AI Slides, and video lectures, the Library tab shows your folders alongside loose files -- open a folder to browse what's inside, just like on the home page. Search looks across everything at once, so you can pull a saved file into a new creation without leaving the window.

Tips

• Use clear, descriptive folder names so you can find things quickly (e.g., "BIO 101 - Cell Biology" instead of "Bio").
• Run AI Organizer periodically after uploading new material to keep things tidy.
• Pin your most-used folders to the sidebar for quick access.