How to use Athena

Athena turns your documents into answers you can trust — grounded, cited, and yours.

• Launch — Click Launch Athena to open the workspace. You begin in a fresh chat.
• How chats work — Each chat keeps its own documents and its own history, so different topics stay separate.

Give Athena something to read. There are three ways:

• Add file / drag & drop — Click “Add file”, or drag a file from your computer straight onto the chat. Supports PDF, Word (.docx), text, Markdown, CSV, and images.
• Add URL — Paste any web-page link and Athena fetches and indexes its text.
• Library (chunks only) — In the sidebar, “Add to Library” indexes a file without starting a chat — handy when you just want the chunks.
• Reuse across chats — Hover a Library document and click the “Use in chat” (＋) icon to reference it inside the current chat — no re-upload, no duplicates.

Type a question in the composer and press Enter.

• Grounded answers — Replies come only from your documents, footnoted like [1], [2]. Click a source chip to see the exact passage and page.
• Honest by design — If the answer isn’t in your documents, Athena says so instead of inventing facts.
• Live web search — Toggle the globe in the composer to answer from the open web instead of your docs, with clickable source links.

With a document in the chat, open the Actions menu for instant tools:

• Summarize — A one-line TL;DR, a short paragraph, then key highlights.
• Key points — A tight, scannable bullet list grouped by theme.
• Flashcards — 8–12 study cards as Q & A on the most important facts.
• Action items — Every task, deadline, and decision as a checklist.
• Translate — Translate the document into English (or another language).
• Data insights — Drop a CSV and get columns, stats, patterns, and insights.
• Résumé review — Strengths, gaps, ATS tips, and a fit score for a job.
• Cover letter & interview prep — A tailored cover letter and likely interview questions from your résumé.

Athena is hands-free when you want it to be.

• Dictate — Tap the mic in the composer and speak your question.
• Read aloud — Tap the speaker on any answer to hear it read back.

Everything stays tidy and under your control.

• Chats — Every conversation is saved in the sidebar — click to reopen any time.
• Library — All your documents in one place; click a doc to inspect its chunks.
• Remove vs delete — The ✕ on a chat’s file removes it from that chat only (it stays in your Library). The 🗑 in the Library deletes it everywhere.
• Export — Download any chat as a Markdown file.

A few ways people put Athena to work:

• Students & researchers — Summarize papers, make flashcards, and ask across your notes.
• Professionals — Query contracts, reports, and policies; pull out action items.
• Job seekers — Review your résumé, draft cover letters, and prep for interviews.
• Analysts — Drop a CSV and get quick, plain-English insights.
• Everyone — Cited web research and hands-free voice answers.

Your documents and chats are scoped to your account — private to you. Athena answers from your sources and never sells or shares your data.