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title: "How to use the Amass app — short video guides"
description: "Here is how to use the Amass app: thirteen short video guides, one per feature, to power your scientific work with AI. Ask a question, read the sources, build a cited report, share your work."
url: https://amass.tech/how-to-use-amass
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# How to use the Amass app — short video guides

How to use Amass

# Here is how to use the Amass app. Short video guides, one per feature.

Power your scientific work with AI you can check. Real screen recordings, under a minute each, no narration. Pick a topic or jump to the video you need.

[Open the app](https://app.amass.tech)

Find the one you need

1.  [01Ask your first question0:46](#ask-your-first-question)
2.  [02Read the sources0:36](#read-the-sources)
3.  [03See the sources as timelines0:44](#see-the-sources-as-timelines)
4.  [04Steer the research0:27](#steer-the-research)
5.  [05Ask about your own document0:37](#ask-about-your-own-document)

1.  [06Build a report0:43](#build-a-report)
2.  [07The plan and the map0:42](#the-plan-and-the-map)
3.  [08Work with the tables in a report0:33](#work-with-the-tables-in-a-report)
4.  [09Export to PDF0:22](#export-to-pdf)
5.  [10Find and save your work0:31](#find-and-save-your-work)

1.  [11Group your work in projects0:43](#group-your-work-in-projects)
2.  [12Share a task with a link0:41](#share-a-task-with-a-link)
3.  [13Set your theme and notifications0:24](#set-your-theme-and-notifications)

01 · Ask and read · 0:46

## Ask your first question

Type a research question in plain language. Amass shows every search it runs, writes a cited answer and suggests where to go next.

02 · Ask and read · 0:36

## Read the sources

What Amass cited and what it only read, filtered by data layer. Open any record and jump to the original source.

03 · Ask and read · 0:44

## See the sources as timelines

The same references as a trial landscape, an approval timeline and a literature timeline, each point a record you can open.

04 · Ask and read · 0:27

## Steer the research

Every answer ends with suggested next steps. Take one, or type your own follow-up, and the references grow with each step.

05 · Ask and read · 0:37

## Ask about your own document

Attach a PDF, Word, PowerPoint or text file and ask about it. Amass reads it, answers from it and cites it as your source.

06 · Build reports · 0:43

## Build a report

Describe the report you want. Amass scopes it, drafts a plan you can check, and builds a fully cited document you can read section by section.

07 · Build reports · 0:42

## The plan and the map

Before a report is built, edit its sections and sub-topics, and see on the map how the research converges on the final document.

08 · Build reports · 0:33

## Work with the tables in a report

Every table in a report is listed under Exhibits. Open one full size, click a cell's citation to read the record, and download it as CSV or Markdown.

09 · Build reports · 0:22

## Export to PDF

Every report exports to a PDF with a cover, the sections and every reference numbered at the end.

10 · Your workspace · 0:31

## Find and save your work

Pin the tasks you come back to, search and filter everything you have asked, and open any earlier report from one place.

11 · Your workspace · 0:43

## Group your work in projects

Create a project, file tasks into it and share the whole project with your team.

12 · Your workspace · 0:41

## Share a task with a link

Create a read-only link anyone can open without an account, see what your reader sees, and retire the link when you are done.

13 · Your workspace · 0:24

## Set your theme and notifications

Switch between light and dark, and let Amass notify you when a long-running answer or report is ready.