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Quickstart

This page takes you from download to your first agent edit. You install Nebula Writer, sign in, open a folder, ask the agent for one change and decide whether to keep it.

Download and install#

Get the app from the Download page, then install it:

Your computerFileThen
Mac with Apple silicon.dmg disk imageOpen it and drag Nebula Writer to your Applications folder.
Windows (64-bit).exe installerRun the installer, then open Nebula Writer from the Start menu.
Linux (x86_64).AppImageMake the file executable if needed, then open it.

Sign in#

You need to sign in with a Google account to use Nebula Writer.

  1. Open Nebula Writer and choose Continue with Google.
  2. Sign in on the page that opens in your browser.
  3. When the page says you're signed in, go back to the app. You can close the browser tab.

Open a folder#

Nebula Writer works on a folder of files on your computer, called a project. The home screen gives you three ways in:

  • New Project creates a new folder and opens it.
  • Open Folder opens a folder you already have, such as one with the Word, PowerPoint or Excel files you're working on.
  • A starter card under Get a useful first draft (Draft a project brief, Plan a presentation or Write an announcement) has the agent write a first Word document or deck for you. You choose New Project or Choose Folder first; nothing is created until you do.

After your first result, the home screen shows Recent Projects instead of the starter cards. For a short guided look around, choose Take a 60-second tour.

Open a file#

Click a file in the sidebar on the left. Nebula Writer opens it in the editor for its type, such as the paged Word editor or the slide editor.

To make a new file, click New at the top of the sidebar and pick a type: Markdown, LaTeX, Document, Presentation or Spreadsheet. Projects and files covers the rest of the workspace.

Ask the agent for one change#

  1. Find the Nebula Agent pane on the right. If it's hidden, click outside the document and press ⌘L on a Mac or Ctrl+L on Windows and Linux, or choose View → Toggle Assistant.
  2. Type a small, specific request in the box at the bottom and press Enter.
Prompt
Rewrite the first paragraph so the decision and the deadline are clear. Keep every number the same.

The open document goes with your request by default (Settings can change that). To use another file as well, type @ and pick it, or attach it with the paperclip. The pane shows each step as the agent reads and edits.

Keep or discard the edit#

The agent writes its edit into your file as it works, and Nebula Writer keeps a restore point of the version from before the edit. When the agent finishes, a review bar titled Review agent edit appears above the document and the changed parts are highlighted.

  1. Choose Inspect changes to step through each change with its before and after text.
  2. Choose Keep to accept it, or Discard to put the previous version back.
A Word memo after an agent edit. The review bar shows Review agent edit with Inspect changes, Discard and Keep, and the changed paragraph and table cell are highlighted.

Edits to Word, PowerPoint and Excel files are kept or discarded as a whole. When the review bar has focus, Y keeps and N discards.

Find earlier versions#

Click History at the top of the document to see the file's restore points. You can compare any of them with the current file and restore it. Review and undo explains every way to go back.

Next steps#