Anara's interface is built around a persistent left sidebar, a main content area, and a viewer sidebar where AI chat lives alongside your documents. Here's how each piece fits together.
The left sidebar
Always visible on the left. From top to bottom:
Workspace name — click to switch workspaces or access workspace settings
Create — start a new Agent chat, create a Note, or create a Folder
Home — quick actions and recent items
Library — all your documents, notes, and imported content
Search — global search across your entire library
Folder tree — your folders listed here; click any to view its contents
Support — at the bottom: send feedback, contact support, user guide, and what's new
Home page
The first thing you see when you log in. Two main sections:
Quick Actions — Upload a file, Create (agent, note, or folder), Chat with file, Chat with folder
Recent — a scrollable row of items you've recently opened or added
Click Customize home sections to reorder or hide sections. You can also set your preferred language here.
Library
Your full document collection in a table view. Columns include title, authors, added date, file type, summary, tags, progress, and more.
Use the toolbar to Filter, Sort, or Add new files. Select multiple items with checkboxes for bulk operations like moving or deleting.
Tabs
Anara uses a tab-based interface. Each document or note you open gets its own tab. You can have multiple files open at once and switch between them without losing your place in any of them.
The viewer sidebar
When you open a document or note, a collapsible sidebar appears on the right. This is where AI chat lives. It's context-aware: when you're reading a paper, it chats about that paper. When you ask a library-wide question using @Library, it searches across everything.
The sidebar tabs depend on what you have open:
Ask — AI chat for the current document or note
Notes — notes linked to this document (PDF viewer only)
Details — metadata, AI summary, abstract, full citation
Related — related documents in your library
Annotations — all highlights and comments on this PDF
History — version history (note editor only)
Tip: The viewer sidebar can be collapsed if you want more reading space. Click the toggle button at the top right of the viewer to show or hide it.
Global search
Click Search in the left sidebar to open global search. Search your entire library by title, content, or metadata. You can also create a new note directly from search results.