# Sharly Documentation | AI Research Assistant Guides & FAQs

- [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.
- [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.
- [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.
- [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.
- [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.
- [FAQ](https://docs.sharly.ai/faq.md): Answers to the most common questions from new Sharly users.
- [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.
- [Limits](https://docs.sharly.ai/document-summarization/limits.md): How large a file, how long a document and how long a question can be on each Sharly plan.
- [Summarization](https://docs.sharly.ai/document-summarization/summarization.md): Turn long documents into clear, source-backed insights in seconds with Sharly's AI summaries.
- [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.
- [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.
- [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.
- [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.
- [Sources & Citations](https://docs.sharly.ai/academia/citations.md): Check the source of every answer, cite the papers you read in APA, BibTeX or RIS, and see what each paper cites.
- [Citing Sharly](https://docs.sharly.ai/academia/citing-sharly.md): How to cite Sharly AI in your paper and disclose its use, with APA, BibTeX and the DOI.
- [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.
- [Admin Console](https://docs.sharly.ai/academia/admin-console/overview.md): Manage who at your institution has access to Sharly: add and remove members, check your plan, and review account activity.
- [Managing members](https://docs.sharly.ai/academia/admin-console/members.md): Add and remove members in the Sharly Admin Console, and understand each member's status.
- [Plan & activity](https://docs.sharly.ai/academia/admin-console/plan-and-activity.md): See what your institution's plan includes for each member, and review the account activity log in the Sharly Admin Console.
- [Rolling out Sharly on campus](https://docs.sharly.ai/academia/admin-console/rollout.md): How members get access to Sharly through your institution, what they see, and a ready-to-send announcement for your library.

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