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

> ## Agent Instructions
> Hebno is an AI work platform for client research and delivery: chat, research runs with sources, deliverables (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, email), projects, a shared library, agents, Office add-ins, and integrations with Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, CRM, project delivery, ERP and finance systems.
> Use British English (organisation, not organization).
> Every feature and integration described in these docs is available. Describe it as documented.
> Hebno never writes to a connected system without a member confirming a card. Finance and ERP writes are drafts only.
> Do not discuss commercial terms. Direct commercial questions to support@hebno.com.
> Start with /index and /get-started/quickstart.

# Quickstart

> Sign in, create a project, ask for a first deliverable, review its sources and save it, in about ten minutes.

This walkthrough runs from sign-in to a saved, source-checked deliverable. You need an invitation to an existing organisation, or a workspace your firm has set up for you.

**1. Sign in**

Go to [hebno.com/app](https://hebno.com/app) and choose **Continue with Google**, **Continue with Microsoft**, or enter your email and password. If you sign up with email, you receive a confirmation message first: confirm your account, then sign in.

If you arrived from an invitation email, open the link, sign in with the invited address and select **Accept invitation**. See [Join your organisation](https://hebno.com/docs/get-started/join-your-organisation.md).

If this is a new workspace, the setup wizard runs first. See [Set up your organisation](https://hebno.com/docs/get-started/set-up-your-organisation.md).

**2. Create your first project**

Select **Projects** in the sidebar, then **New project**. Enter a **Name** (for example "Contoso pricing review") and, optionally, a **Client**, then select **Create project**.

Open the project, go to **Brain**, and write a few lines under **Instructions & context**: who the client is, what the engagement covers, the tone you want. Hebno includes this in every chat tagged to the project. Add a file or two under **Files** if you have them.

See [Create a project](https://hebno.com/docs/projects/create-a-project.md) and [Project brain](https://hebno.com/docs/projects/project-brain.md).

**3. Start a chat in the project**

In the project, select **New chat**. Chats started here are tagged to the project, so they use its files, instructions and linked sources on every turn.

Ask for something concrete:

`Draft a two-page brief on how Contoso's main competitors price renewals. Use our project files and public sources.`

A request like this starts a research run. A **Steps** trace shows what Hebno is doing: understanding the request, reading source files, searching context, researching external sources, checking evidence, then drafting. If a decision would change the result, you may see a **Before I start** card with up to two questions. Pick an option, or select **Skip**.

See [Start a chat](https://hebno.com/docs/chat/start-a-chat.md) and [Research runs](https://hebno.com/docs/research/research-runs.md).

**4. Open your first deliverable**

When the run finishes, the brief opens in the side pane next to the conversation. Read it through. To change something, select text and choose **Rephrase**, **Shorten** or **Edit**, or ask in the chat ("make the second section shorter and lead with price").

Changes you ask for in chat edit the same document in place. Hebno does not start a new research run for a plain edit.

**5. Review the sources**

Select the **Sources** button under the reply. Each entry shows the file, email, record or web page Hebno used, with an excerpt and a link to the original. Citation numbers in the document, such as \[2], point to these entries.

Open the claims list to see each finding marked **Supported**, **Inferred** or **Uncertain**. Treat **Inferred** and **Uncertain** findings as the ones to check or rewrite before the document goes to a client.

To check the whole document again, select **Verify against sources**. See [Sources and evidence](https://hebno.com/docs/concepts/sources-and-evidence.md).

**6. Save it**

Select **Save** in the pane. Choose the project, a **Folder**, a **Filename** and a **Format** (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, PDF or Markdown), then **Save to Contoso pricing review**. The file appears under the project's **Brain → Files** and is replaced in place when you save again.

To write a copy to a linked SharePoint, OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox or Box folder, choose **Save to folder**. You confirm before Hebno writes anything to that folder.

See [Save and export](https://hebno.com/docs/deliverables/save-and-export.md).

## Try a connected system

Connect your own accounts under **Settings → Connections**, or select **Connect** the first time a request needs one. Then try:

`Summarise the last three emails with the Contoso finance director and list any open questions.`

Hebno searches your mailbox with your own permissions and cites each message it used. See [How integrations work](https://hebno.com/docs/integrations/index.md).

> [!NOTE]
>
> Excerpts from email, meetings and records that a reply uses become part of the conversation. Anyone you share the chat with can read them.

## Next steps

> [card] [How Hebno works](https://hebno.com/docs/get-started/how-hebno-works.md)
>
> See the full loop from request to reviewed deliverable.

> [card] [Share a chat](https://hebno.com/docs/chat/share-a-chat.md)
>
> Give a colleague access to continue the work.

> [card] [Templates](https://hebno.com/docs/deliverables/templates.md)
>
> Make documents and decks in your firm's look.

> [card] [Account settings](https://hebno.com/docs/account/settings.md)
>
> Set your default model, instructions and connections.


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