# webAI Documentation

- [About webAI](https://developers.webai.com/getting-started/about.md): What the webAI desktop app is, what's in it today, and where to go next on your Mac.
- [Introduction](https://developers.webai.com/getting-started/introduction.md): Welcome to the webAI DevCenter. Get started fast and learn everything you can do across Chat, Personas, Messages, Contacts, and Settings.
- [System requirements](https://developers.webai.com/getting-started/system-requirements.md): macOS desktop requirements, device tiers by RAM, and how to install webAI on your Mac.
- [Quickstart](https://developers.webai.com/getting-started/quickstart.md): Five task-focused walkthroughs to get productive with webAI in minutes.
- [Ask your first question](https://developers.webai.com/getting-started/quickstart/ask.md): Open Chat, send a prompt, turn Online search on or off, attach a knowledge base, and apply a skill.
- [Create a Persona](https://developers.webai.com/getting-started/quickstart/persona.md): Build a custom AI identity with the guided persona wizard.
- [Create a contact](https://developers.webai.com/getting-started/quickstart/contact.md): Connect with someone using a one-time invite link or QR code.
- [Message someone](https://developers.webai.com/getting-started/quickstart/message.md): Start a direct or group conversation with people you have connected with.
- [Set up on-device AI](https://developers.webai.com/getting-started/quickstart/model.md): Download a local model from Settings so webAI can run on your Mac.
- [Chat](https://developers.webai.com/using-webai/chat.md): Ask questions, follow the model's thinking, open code in a side panel, switch Offline and Online mode, use Auto mode, search the app, manage and pin threads, and apply skills.
- [Messages](https://developers.webai.com/using-webai/messages.md): Direct and group conversations with your contacts: reactions, delivery status, and group chat.
- [Contacts](https://developers.webai.com/using-webai/contacts.md): Manage the people you connect with, add contacts by invite, and view your device identity.
- [Personas](https://developers.webai.com/using-webai/personas.md): Create and manage custom AI identities: name, role, personality, and optional system prompt.
- [Artifacts](https://developers.webai.com/using-webai/artifacts.md): Browse documents and generated outputs organized by chat, share them, and preview or download from Artifacts.
- [Knowledge Manager](https://developers.webai.com/using-webai/knowledge-manager.md): Create knowledge bases by ingesting documents, choose a document model including webAI-ColVec1.1-4b, review Overview status, and use them in Chat and Personas.
- [Connectors](https://developers.webai.com/using-webai/connectors.md): Link Google, Slack, GitLab, Jira, and custom MCP servers so the assistant can use them in Chat.
- [Scheduled Tasks](https://developers.webai.com/using-webai/scheduled-tasks.md): Automate recurring AI work in the webAI desktop app. Save a prompt, pick a schedule, and review results in a dedicated conversation.
- [Applications](https://developers.webai.com/using-webai/apps.md): Click > More in the sidebar to open Applications. Pin an app to the sidebar. The apps there are Messages (pinned by default), Contacts, and Knowledge Manager.
- [Profile](https://developers.webai.com/settings/profile.md): Edit your display name, avatar, and view your account identity.
- [Appearance](https://developers.webai.com/settings/appearance.md): Choose your theme: System, Dark, or Light.
- [Model](https://developers.webai.com/settings/model.md): Download and manage the local AI model that runs on your Mac, including the llama.cpp backend, context window, and how loading sizes context to your memory.
- [Data & Storage](https://developers.webai.com/settings/data-storage.md): Manage app storage, cached models, default launch app, and browsing data.
- [Privacy & Security](https://developers.webai.com/settings/privacy-security.md): Request an export of your data, delete your data, and review the requests you have made.
- [System](https://developers.webai.com/settings/system.md): Version info, updates, What's New, device tier, diagnostics, machine information, and factory reset.
- [webAI Changelog](https://developers.webai.com/changelogs/webai_changelog.md): Product updates and announcements from webAI
- [Frequently asked questions](https://developers.webai.com/support/faq.md): Answers to common questions about privacy, models, personas, contacts, messages, and settings.
- [Support & Community](https://developers.webai.com/support/support.md): Get help, connect with the community, and stay up to date with webAI.