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, recordings, podcasts, video lectures, AI slides, deep research, and more. Brand-new accounts see a fuller grid so every tool is one click away from the start.
• Pinned -- The pages, decks, PDFs, recordings, podcasts, research, and chats you've pinned, sorted to the top so they're always easy to find. Pin anything by hovering over its card or using 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. 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.
• 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.

Finding Your Content

Three quick paths to anything you've made:

• Pin it first. If you know you'll come back, pin from the card 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, recordings, 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.

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.

Related

• Folders and Organization -- Group your content by class or topic.
• Sharing and Collaboration -- Pin, share, and collaborate on your study materials.
• Uploading Content -- Add new PDFs, notes, images, and audio to your library.
• AI Chat and Voice Mode -- Search your library and read your files using natural language.