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Welcome to Glassy
Create your Glassy account, sign in, and get oriented with the Today view and Account HUD — your home base for everything.
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Getting started
From sign-up to capture — everything you need to start.
The complete orientation: create your account, write notes, navigate the workspace, capture web content, organize with tags, and search your library. Start here.
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Your First Note
Create a note in Glassy, write with Markdown and slash commands, embed images, and let auto-save handle the rest.
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Navigating the Workspace
Learn the real Glassy sidebar, the global search overlay, keyboard shortcuts, and the Account HUD — so you can find anything without hunting.
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Organizing with Tags
Use tags, pinned tags, filter chips, and Keep collections to keep your library searchable and clutter-free as it grows.
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Installing Glassy Companion
Install the Glassy Companion browser extension for Chrome or Firefox, connect it to your account, pin it, and set up keyboard shortcuts for one-keystroke capture.
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Capturing from the Web
Save bookmarks, full-page captures, and text highlights into Glassy using the Companion extension's Unified Save Card and Smart capture presets.
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Screenshots and the Element Picker
Capture viewport screenshots, draw a region, or pick a specific page element — with HiDPI awareness and WebP upload. Visual captures land in Glassy as searchable notes.
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Bookmarks vs Notes vs Captures
Understand Glassy's three content types — bookmarks for links, notes for ideas, captures for web content — and how they differ in storage, search, and organization.
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Search and the Knowledge Base
Find anything in your Glassy library with full-text search, search operators, and the Knowledge Base — a semantic, AI-indexed view of everything you've saved.
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Importing and Exporting Your Data
Move your data in and out of Glassy with Markdown export, JSON export, and import from Markdown files or an Obsidian vault — full portability, no lock-in.