> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.bowerlabs.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Bower Help Centre

> Everything you need to get from first capture to power user.

These articles are written to be read once and then not needed again — because Bower should feel obvious. But when something isn't, this is where to start.

## Capture

Get data into Bower from your phone, lab bench, or desktop.

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  <Card title="Capture Stream" icon="circle-dot" href="/capture/capture-stream">
    A continuous audio + video feed where Bird captures, transcribes, and annotates in real time.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Bower on mobile" icon="mobile-screen" href="/getting-started/mobile">
    The app-like mobile experience — capture, Bird, and your whole workspace from a bottom nav bar.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Mobile capture" icon="microphone" href="/capture/mobile-capture">
    Capture by voice, photo, video, or text — Bower transcribes, extracts, and syncs to desktop.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Batch import" icon="upload" href="/capture/batch-import">
    Upload multiple files at once. Bower processes each one automatically.
  </Card>

  <Card title="The note editor" icon="pen-to-square" href="/capture/editor">
    Rich text editing with slash commands, tables, images, and formatting.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Image annotations & diagrams" icon="pencil" href="/capture/annotations-and-diagrams">
    Draw on images and build diagrams from a blank canvas.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Version history" icon="clock-rotate-left" href="/capture/version-history">
    Every save is recoverable — browse history and roll back with one click.
  </Card>

  <Card title="AI titles" icon="wand-magic-sparkles" href="/capture/ai-titles">
    Auto-generated titles and descriptions so you don't stop mid-capture to think of a name.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Keyboard shortcuts" icon="keyboard" href="/capture/keyboard-shortcuts">
    Speed up capture and navigation with shortcuts.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## AI & Search

Find anything and let Bird help you make sense of it.

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  <Card title="Bird: your AI assistant" icon="dove" href="/ai-and-search/bird-ai-assistant">
    Ask Bird anything about your workspace — search, summarise, compare, and flag anomalies.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Live agent mode" icon="tower-broadcast" href="/ai-and-search/live-agent-mode">
    A real-time conversation with Bird, with full video awareness.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Hybrid semantic search" icon="magnifying-glass" href="/ai-and-search/hybrid-search">
    Find notes by keyword or meaning, even if you don't remember the exact words.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Personal preferences" icon="sliders" href="/ai-and-search/personal-preferences">
    Teach Bird your style, units, and focus area — applies to every conversation.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Workspace instructions" icon="file-lines" href="/ai-and-search/workspace-instructions">
    Shared context for your whole team — protocols, conventions, lab policies.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Integrations

Connect the tools your lab already uses.

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  <Card title="Connectors" icon="plug" href="/integrations/connectors">
    Link Drive, Notion, Slack, GitHub, and more. Bird searches across all of them.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Organisation

Structure your workspace to match how you work.

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  <Card title="Notes vs. attachments" icon="paperclip" href="/organisation/notes-vs-attachments">
    Understand the two types of artifacts and when to use each.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Collections" icon="folder" href="/organisation/collections">
    Group related notes by experiment, project, or whatever structure fits.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Protocols" icon="list-check" href="/organisation/protocols">
    Step-by-step lab procedures as a dedicated resource type.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Equipment Register" icon="microscope" href="/organisation/equipment-register">
    Catalogue your instruments so Bird can troubleshoot and answer technical questions about them.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Tags" icon="tags" href="/organisation/tags">
    Flexible labelling across notes and collections.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Linked entities" icon="link" href="/organisation/linked-entities">
    Cross-reference notes, protocols, and collections.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Organising your workspace" icon="folder-tree" href="/organisation/organising-workspace">
    Drag-and-drop, bulk actions, and the **⋮** menu.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Exporting notes" icon="file-export" href="/organisation/export">
    Export as PDF, Markdown, HTML, or plain text.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Sharing artifacts" icon="share-nodes" href="/organisation/sharing-artifacts">
    Generate read-only public links for notes, attachments, and collections.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Workspaces & Account

Set up your environment and invite your team.

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  <Card title="Workspaces in Bower" icon="building" href="/workspaces-and-account/create-workspace">
    How your first workspace is created at signup, and how to get another one.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Invite team members" icon="users" href="/workspaces-and-account/invite-team-members">
    Add colleagues so they can capture and collaborate.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Permissions overview" icon="lock" href="/workspaces-and-account/permissions-overview">
    Roles, per-artifact privacy modes, and what each level can do.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Switch workspaces" icon="arrows-rotate" href="/workspaces-and-account/switch-workspaces">
    Move between workspaces. Each one is fully isolated.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Manage your account" icon="gear" href="/workspaces-and-account/manage-account">
    Profile, notifications, security, and account settings.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Billing" icon="credit-card" href="/workspaces-and-account/billing">
    Plans, seat limits, and how to upgrade or cancel.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Dark mode" icon="moon" href="/workspaces-and-account/dark-mode">
    Switch between light and dark themes.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Send feedback" icon="comment" href="/workspaces-and-account/feedback">
    Report a bug or suggest a feature from inside the app.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Security & Compliance

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  <Card title="Trust Centre" icon="shield-halved" href="/trust-centre">
    Encryption, compliance, sub-processors, audit logs, and your data rights — all in one place.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>
