# Sharly Documentation | AI Research Assistant Guides & FAQs

## Docs

- [Research Team Collaboration](https://docs.sharly.ai/academia/collaboration.md): Set up shared workspaces for labs, departments, and thesis committees. Keep your research group aligned with annotations, knowledge retention, and secure access controls.
- [Sharly for Academia](https://docs.sharly.ai/academia/overview.md): Discover how Sharly helps researchers, students, and faculty turn dense academic documents into clear, source-verified insights — faster than ever.
- [Research & Citation Guide](https://docs.sharly.ai/academia/research-guide.md): Use Sharly to run literature reviews, extract key data from papers, and cite every insight with source-verified accuracy.
- [Chat Interface](https://docs.sharly.ai/chat-interface.md): Understand the chat layout, AI modes, response actions, document viewer, Insights panel, and all the settings that control how Sharly responds.
- [First Steps](https://docs.sharly.ai/development.md): Learn the basics to get started with Sharly—from setting your preferred language to logging out securely.
- [Extraction ](https://docs.sharly.ai/document-summarization/extraction.md): Go beyond summaries. Sharly extracts topics, data, and context so you can drill down into what matters most.
- [Summarization](https://docs.sharly.ai/document-summarization/summarization.md): Turn long documents into clear, source-backed insights in seconds with Sharly's AI summaries.
- [Uploading](https://docs.sharly.ai/document-summarization/uploading-documents.md): Learn how to upload, manage, and process your files in Sharly for fast, trusted summaries and insights.
- [FAQ](https://docs.sharly.ai/faq.md): Answers to the most common questions from new Sharly users.
- [Introduction](https://docs.sharly.ai/index.md): Learn how to use Sharly to summarize, compare, cite, and collaborate securely. Guides, FAQs, and plans for individuals, teams, and enterprises.
- [Managing Chats](https://docs.sharly.ai/managing-chats.md): Navigate the dashboard, organize your conversations, and manage chats with share, export, rename, and delete actions.
- [Billing & Subscriptions](https://docs.sharly.ai/plans-and-billing/billing-and-subscription.md): Manage everything related to your Sharly plan—upgrade, downgrade, or cancel at any time. Learn how billing works, where to update payment details, and how to keep your subscription aligned with your needs.
- [Plans overview](https://docs.sharly.ai/plans-and-billing/plans-overview.md): Find answers about Sharly’s Free, Pro, Team, and Business plans—what’s included, how billing works, and how to upgrade or cancel. This section helps you choose the right plan, manage payments, and stay in control of your subscription with full transparency.
- [Quickstart](https://docs.sharly.ai/quickstart.md): Get set up on Sharly in minutes—sign up, log in, and start turning documents into instant, trusted insights.

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