Get started with Bearly

Bearly gives you one place to ask questions, work with files, research ideas, and return to earlier conversations.

Choose where to work

• Web: open Bearly in your browser. The web app works without an installation.
• Desktop: visit bearly.ai and choose the download for Mac, Windows, or Linux. If you are already signed in on the web, open App Settings → Get Desktop App.
• iPhone or iPad: install Bearly from the App Store. Other mobile devices can use the web app.

Bearly uses the same account across its apps. A chat protected to one device must still be opened on that device, and features that work with local files or other apps may require Bearly for desktop.

Sign in

1. Open Bearly and select Continue with Google when it is offered, or enter your address under Email and select Continue.
2. If you continue by email, open the message from Bearly. Paste the three-word code—or type one word into each field—under Check your email.
3. Select Sign in.

If Bearly says the codewords are invalid, select Back, confirm the email address, and request a new code. Some managed accounts require a work email.

Start your first chat

1. Select New Chat.

2. Write what you want in the message box. A useful first request includes the outcome, any context Bearly should know, and the form you want back.

   For example: Turn these meeting notes into a concise decision memo with owners and open questions.

3. To include a file, select the + button and choose Attach files. Wait for the file to finish uploading or analyzing.

4. Select Send message, or press Enter on a computer.

Bearly begins answering in the same chat. You can keep asking follow-up questions without repeating the whole request. Select Stop if you need to end an answer while it is being written.

Your work is organized as you go

Bearly gives an active conversation a title and places it in the sidebar. You can rename, pin, archive, move, or delete it later.

Where to go next

• Have your first conversation for editing, rerunning, copying, and deleting messages.
• Work with files in a chat for previews, downloads, and the file browser.
• Organize your chats for search, projects, archives, and bulk actions.
• Create a project when several chats and documents belong to the same body of work.

If Bearly cannot prepare a new chat, it keeps your draft in the composer and usually retries automatically. Use Try again if the notice remains after your connection returns. For other problems, contact Bearly Support.