Desktop Overview

The desktop app is for research work that needs continuity: literature databases, PDFs, local files, project context, long-running agent work, evidence review, manuscript drafting and revision, and submission preparation.

What the desktop workspace connects

The active research space connects:

• chat and project decisions
• literature search and saved papers
• PDF reading, downloading, and Q&A
• literature database organization
• manuscript drafting, revision, format matching, and document review
• generated deliverables and research artifacts
• automations, plugins, skills, browser tabs, and side chats

The right rail is the main switcher between these modules.

Use desktop when

• you need to download, organize, and read PDFs over multiple sessions
• you need source-grounded manuscript drafting or revision
• you need to check document format, citations, logic, and result consistency
• you need to prepare journal submission materials
• you want generated files and deliverables to stay with the project
• you need side chats or browser tabs tied to the active workspace
• you want recurring research work such as alerts or reports

For browser-only workflows, WebUse is enough. For long-running research, prefer desktop.

Example Demo

Scenario: you are preparing a retrospective cohort manuscript and need to handle literature, PDFs, analysis outputs, and submission materials over several sessions.

Use the desktop app like this:

1. Create a workspace named after the research question.
2. Save papers, download PDFs, review evidence, and plan the study in the same workspace.
3. Move the study design and evidence into Document Writing to create a manuscript draft.
4. Keep final figures, drafts, supplements, and submission checklists in Deliverables.

If these materials remain scattered across chat logs, downloads, and browser tabs, revision becomes hard to trace. The desktop app keeps them in one research space.