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User guide

Concept pages explain what something is. The pages here explain how to do specific things.

  • Saving papers

    The save / like / love / dislike vocabulary, with examples of when to use each.

  • Reading workflow

    Reading, done, excluded — the orthogonal axis to saving.

  • Browser connector

    Install the Firefox extension and save the paper open in your browser straight into ALMa — like the Zotero connector.

  • Importing from Zotero / BibTeX

    Walk a Zotero export or a .bib file into your Library and auto-enrich it.

  • Tracking authors

    Add, follow, unfollow, resolve identifier conflicts.

  • Tuning Discovery

    Adjust weights, dismiss branches, sharpen lenses.

  • Configuring AI providers

    Pick an embedding provider and wire up its runtime.

  • Setting up alerts

    Build a digest from rules and deliver it to Slack or email.

  • Reading PDFs

    How a paper's PDF arrives, where it is kept, and reading it on your phone.

  • Plugins

    Slack, email and the two PDF sources — each switched on and set up on its own page.