Guide Home & Library

Your Home and Library

Your home page is where every study session starts. It pulls together everything you've created, every tool you can use, and the quickest path back to what you were working on yesterday.

The Home Page at a Glance

Open the Home link in the sidebar and you'll see four main areas:

  • AI tools grid -- One-click entry to every AI tool: chat, flashcards, PDF upload, Paste Text, AI Meeting Notes, podcasts, video lectures, AI slides, deep research, study guides, AI infographics, mind maps, worksheets, the five AI Agents, the AI Image Playground, and more. Brand-new accounts see a fuller grid so every tool is one click away from the start.
  • Pinned -- The pages, decks, PDFs, meeting notes, podcasts, research, and chats you've pinned, sorted to the top so they're always easy to find. Pin anything by hovering over its row and using the pin icon or the three-dot menu.
  • Recents -- Your most recently created or opened content across every type, with a quick preview of what each item is.
  • Folders -- Every folder you've created, plus an AI Organizer suggestion when you have unsorted content to tidy up. Rename a folder inline from its page header — or let AI suggest a title. See Folders and Organization for the full guide.

Getting Around

A few shortcuts make moving around faster:

  • Sidebar -- Your folders, pinned chats, and main navigation all live in the left sidebar. Collapse it with the toggle when you want more room.
  • Bento grid -- The tool grid on home is the fastest way to start something new. Click any card to open the matching create flow — including newer tiles like Paste Text, AI Meeting Notes, AI Timeline, AI SOP, AI Flowchart, AI Lesson Plan, AI Outline, AI Image Playground, Study Guide, AI Infographic, Mind Map, Worksheet, Story Book, Spreadsheet, Study Pack, and AI Essay Writer alongside flashcards, podcasts, video lectures, AI slides, and deep research.
  • Background tasks -- When you ask the AI to create flashcards, video lectures, podcasts, or research, those tasks run in the background and show up on home as they progress. Click any task -- even one still processing -- to jump straight into it.

The New Menu — Blank vs Create with AI

Open the + New menu in the sidebar (or use the New button on home) and you'll see two tabs:

  • Create with AI -- Every AI tool: flashcards, quizzes, AI slides, video lectures, podcasts, study guides, worksheets, infographics, mind maps, story books, spreadsheets, timelines, SOPs, flowcharts, lesson plans, outlines, AI Essay Writer, AI Study Pack, and Deep Research.
  • Blank -- Start from an empty file you fill in yourself. A blank flashcard deck, a blank spreadsheet / table, or a blank PDF appears in your library right away with no AI generation and no daily limit.

The split keeps the menu scannable: AI tools on one tab, manual starting points on the other, no scrolling past a long mixed list to find what you want.

Finding Your Content

Three quick paths to anything you've made:

  • Pin it first. If you know you'll come back, pin from the item row or the content page. Pinned items always sit at the top of home and the sidebar.
  • Use the search bar. Type any keyword and Scholarly searches across PDFs, notes, flashcard decks, meeting notes, podcasts, research, and chats.
  • Ask the AI. Open AI Chat and say something like "Find my biology PDF" or "Open my latest research report on Krebs cycle." Chat searches your library by name, type, and date and pulls up the match. See AI Chat and Voice Mode for more.

The All Content Page

For the full list of everything in your account, click All Content from the sidebar. A single tabbed header at the top filters both your content rows and your folders at the same time:

  • All -- Everything you've created or uploaded, plus every folder.
  • Pinned -- Only items (and folders) you've pinned for quick access.
  • Shared -- Items and folders other people have shared with you.
  • Deleted -- Items and folders in the trash. Recently deleted things stay here for a window so you can restore them if you change your mind.

Next to the tabs, a content type filter narrows the rows further (PDFs only, podcasts only, etc.) and shows a small badge with the number of active filters. Folders sit above the content list as a clean tile grid -- with a one-click AI Organizer shortcut and a quick New folder tile that's always available.

What's New for New Accounts

When you first sign up, Scholarly walks you through a short welcome step so you can name the account properly, and the home page opens with every AI tool laid out and ready to use. You won't see usage limits or paywalls until you actually need them -- the goal is to make the first creation as fast and frictionless as possible.

Tips

  • Pin generously. It only takes a click and it makes the items you actually use easy to find later.
  • Run AI Organizer once a week. A short, light tidy keeps home from getting cluttered with one-off uploads.
  • Treat Home as a control panel. Everything in your account is reachable from home in two clicks or fewer -- if you're hunting around, you can probably get there faster from here.

Library Files

Anything the AI creates in a chat or in Deep Research — notes, outlines, CSVs, JSON, code, diagrams, calendars — can be saved as a real library file with one click. Saved files show up everywhere your other content does (Home, search, the sidebar, folders, Pinned), each with its own icon and color. Open one and you can preview it, edit it inline, chat with it, and reuse it as a source for any AI tool. See Library Files for the full guide.

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