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Add your source materials such as PDFs, Google Docs, text files, or copied text
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Ask questions in the chat box about the uploaded materials
Review the answers and check the cited source references
Use follow-up questions to refine or narrow the results
Generate summaries, outlines, study guides, or FAQs from your sources
Save useful notes or insights inside the notebook
Add more sources anytime to expand the notebook
Edit, remove, or replace sources as needed
Share the notebook if collaboration is available in your account
Export or copy important outputs for use elsewhere