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Technicalv1.0

Connect Microsoft Entra ID with SCIM

Provision and deactivate institution students and staff from Entra ID, Okta, or Google Workspace.

Sep 4, 2026 2 min read SCIM, Microsoft Entra ID, Azure AD
Help Articles

Institution API and webhooks

Connect your SIS, warehouse or CRM to Folio: scoped read-only API keys, signed outbound webhooks, retries and the delivery log.

Sep 3, 2026 3 min read institutions, api, webhooks
Technical

Connect your library to an AI assistant

Add Folio to Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client, sign in once, and the assistant searches, cites, verifies and saves from your own library instead of recalling papers from training data.

Sep 2, 2026 10 min read mcp, ai, integrations
Product Updatesv1.19.24

v1.19.24 — Syllabus versions with receipts, and quiz item analysis

A course syllabus can now be published as a version, with a "what changed" note and a record of who acknowledged it. Quizzes get per-question difficulty and discrimination, plus a whole-quiz reliability score, so an instructor can see whether an exam is actually measuring anything. Kaptur lecture transcripts, which never worked, now do. Also: citation coverage per section in the editor outline, YouTube lecture captions become searchable text, OCR for scanned PDFs, a publishable figure certificate page, and a batch of fixes including a crash on pages using localStorage-blocked browsers and a public figure page that showed 0.00 for a study its own analysis excluded.

Aug 28, 2026 5 min read courses, classroom, editor
Product Updatesv1.19.22

v1.19.22 — Enrollment verification letters, and alt text becomes required

A student can now generate a proof-of-enrollment letter straight from Folio. Every figure and course-unit image now needs alt text before it can be published, backed by an institution-wide accessibility policy panel. Instructors can set a per-assignment AI-use policy for Classroom. Also: enrollment now enforces prerequisites in bulk and section seats can no longer be oversold, a batch of institutions admin tools (exam-room review, structured section schedules, IT/helpdesk access, consequential-settings confirmation), Microsoft sign-in, a /preprints directory page, referral and growth polish, and a long list of editor, export, and search fixes.

Aug 26, 2026 5 min read institutions, classroom, accessibility
Product Updatesv1.19.23

v1.19.23 — Provenance flags edits after anchoring, and inline images in course units

The provenance chain now says whether an anchored document has actually stayed the same since — not just that a fingerprint was in the batch. Institutions IT/helpdesk can start a password reset without ever seeing or setting the password. Also: media uploads for course lessons, inline images inside a unit walkthrough, a nudge to claim your Researcher Directory handle, Surveyor combines results across instrument versions, and DOI/retraction and grading-policy fixes.

Aug 26, 2026 3 min read provenance, institutions, courses
Product Updatesv1.19.21

v1.19.21 — LaTeX equations, and AI-drafted survey plans

The editor can now insert display-math equations from LaTeX, hashed and attested like the rest of your document. Surveyor can turn an existing AI planning conversation into a reviewed draft study, and its results panel now lets you choose a bar or pie chart. Also: the last untranslated piece of the certificate-verification page is now in Arabic and Hebrew, and /verify-figure gets the same signed-out visitor CTA as other shared pages. Fixed: signing in through an institution SSO provider no longer risks creating a second student account, and a Discovery Agents crash on an empty query.

Aug 24, 2026 2 min read editor, surveyor, institutions
Product Updatesv1.19.18

v1.19.18 — The methodology assistant now builds the survey for you

Surveyor's methodology assistant used to end with a wall of advice telling you to go build the instrument somewhere else — now it builds it, importing every validated scale it recommends and drafting items for the rest. Institution admins can manage buildings and rooms from the admin console. Surveyor's mobile sweep is finished: the results tabs, distribute, longitudinal, and Delphi views all work on a phone now, and a preview-page crash is fixed. Also: save any paper or scale straight to your library from its page, delete a source from the editor without leaving your draft, and a document-rendering bug on the public verification page is fixed.

Aug 19, 2026 3 min read surveyor, institutions, growth
Product Updatesv1.19.19

v1.19.19 — Say what you found, even when it's nothing

Authors can now state whether a Folio Page or Preprint's finding was positive, null, or mixed — an honest, opt-in badge with no algorithm guessing on your behalf. Institutions can assign academic advisors and give students a way to see who theirs is. Every contact link on the site is now a real form instead of a mailto. Discovery Agent personas finally search differently from one another instead of collapsing into three identical result sets. Also: shared source lists show up in the site-wide feed, a public agent share page can show a private-library connection without revealing it, and digest emails from the same day now arrive as one message.

Aug 19, 2026 3 min read editor, institutions, growth
Product Updatesv1.19.20

v1.19.20 — A new look, and bring your own domain

Folio has a new visual identity: the Fraunces wordmark front and center, a gold full stop, and cobalt taking its place in the favicon and avatars. Institutions can now serve Folio from their own domain, verified by DNS. Course-wide reading lists are reachable again no matter how many modules a course has. Discovery Agents and Radar now search arXiv and Europe PMC too, not just OpenAlex. Also: a distinct start flow for office-hours instructors, the Made-with-Folio mark now reaches docx and PDF exports, and a save-to-library bug and some stale pricing-page copy are fixed.

Aug 19, 2026 3 min read brand, institutions, courses
Product Updatesv1.19.15

v1.19.15 — Requests & Approvals gets a student front door

A student can now actually see and file the requests their institution set up for them — the Requests & Approvals engine had the admin side and the APIs but no page to reach it, until now. Discovery Agents narrates trends and quiet spells in its own findings, and a briefing email can link out to the public share page. Also: an instructor grading a class no longer burns their own export quota, rejoining a course after a drop works instead of silently doing nothing, section instructors are counted in the double-booking check, and the Preprint tag tells you when it did not actually save.

Aug 18, 2026 3 min read institutions, discovery, classroom
Product Updatesv1.19.16

v1.19.16 — Leave of absence joins Requests & Approvals, and dark mode respects your institution

A student can now request a leave of absence and, separately, request to come back, through the same Requests & Approvals page institutions already use for other requests. Tenant brand colors now render correctly in dark mode automatically, instead of forcing an admin to pick a lighter color to pass the contrast check. A writer using dark mode can now keep the document itself on white "paper" while the rest of the editor stays dark. Also: Radar can track funding-agency grant feeds, and a batch of smaller fixes.

Aug 18, 2026 3 min read institutions, editor, discovery
Product Updatesv1.19.17

v1.19.17 — Search the validated-scales library, and Surveyor works on a phone

The public validated-scales library gets a search bar and field filter so you can find one instrument in 90 without scrolling. The Surveyor question-flow builder — previously unusable on a phone, since its canvas only understood mouse events — now opens the linear list view automatically on small screens. Changing the document font in the editor now actually reaches the references, notes, and bibliography, not just the body text. Also: Folio Search links out to matching public Discovery Agent briefings, agents can pull citation-graph candidates from your own library, and a handful of smaller fixes.

Aug 18, 2026 4 min read scales, editor, discovery
Product Updatesv1.19.12

v1.19.12 — Academic standing, term-end grade locks, and registrar holds

A student now has a computed academic standing — good standing, probation, or suspension — derived from their GPA, visible on their own record and the institution roster. Final grades lock automatically after a term closes, with a records-manager override to actually reach it. Registrar-issued holds now block a student from registering or releasing their transcript, not just displaying on their record. Also: department and program heads get scoped admin power over just their own area, external transfer credit can be recorded on a student's waiver, an allocator rerun now sees enrollments made in earlier rounds, and a batch of citation, export, and editor fixes.

Aug 17, 2026 4 min read institutions, classroom, provenance
Product Updatesv1.19.14

v1.19.14 — File uploads and rich text on course units, and Discovery Agents that check your drafts

A course unit can now hold an uploaded file — PDF, Word doc, image, or video — not just a link, and its text content gets a real rich-text editor with tables. An instructor grading a submission can pull the authorship report straight from the roster. Discovery Agents now judges each finding against your own drafts on its own schedule, instead of waiting for a click. Also: Arabic-language scholarship is easier to find in Search, an institution gets warned (not blocked) if its brand colors are unreadable, and a batch of smaller fixes.

Aug 17, 2026 3 min read classroom, discovery, search
Product Updatesv1.19.13

v1.19.13 — Leave a course yourself, and a fully translated audit log

A student can now drop a course they joined by mistake straight from the course page, instead of having to track down an instructor. And the institution audit log — previously showing raw English words like "exam" and "institution" to Arabic and Hebrew readers — is now fully translated.

Aug 15, 2026 2 min read classroom, institutions, product-update
Product Updatesv1.19.11

v1.19.11 — Degree conferral, a signed export manifest, and a portfolio PDF for faculty

A registrar can now actually graduate a student — a Confer degree button appears once every credit is genuinely earned, and the date follows them onto their transcript and directory listing. Record and institution data exports are now cryptographically signed, with a public endpoint to verify a bundle was not altered after export. Faculty with a public profile and an opted-in Folio Page can generate a single downloadable portfolio PDF. Also: retracted papers get a warning badge in search results, a waitlisted student can see their place in line, shared Discovery Agent source lists are finally reachable from a profile and the sitemap, and course-linked assignments now notify enrolled students instead of posting silently.

Aug 13, 2026 4 min read institutions, export, provenance
Bug Fixesv1.19.10

v1.19.10 — Instructors see a read-only integrity signal in the grader, and export finally agrees on two columns

The Classroom grader now shows the same source-integrity check writers see on their own manuscript — retracted or orphaned citations flagged, with anything it cannot check honestly labeled "unchecked" rather than reading as clean. Two-column export is consistent again: .tex actually renders two columns now, and PDF tells you when it cannot instead of silently dropping them. Also: verify-link previews show the real document title, the AI-assist disclosure toggle is enforced on the public certificate page, and a failed discovery-agent briefing email retries instead of vanishing.

Aug 12, 2026 2 min read classroom, export, provenance
Product Updatesv1.19.9

v1.19.9 — Surveyor preregistrations get a tamper-evident timestamp, and your certificate proof is one click away

Creating your first distribution now locks a SHA-256 commitment over your preregistration draft, so a study plan can no longer be quietly edited after data collection starts without it showing. The certificate share card gets a real Download proof button for the offline-verifiable anchor file that was already there, just never linked from anywhere you'd notice. Also: DOCX and PDF exports stop dropping nested and multi-paragraph list items and now honor a figure's alignment and size, Surveyor warns instead of silently undercounting results after an instrument version bump, and the public transcript-verification page is fully localized.

Aug 11, 2026 4 min read surveyor, provenance, export
Bug Fixesv1.19.6

v1.19.6 — Citation Checker dismissals stay put, and a few integrity fixes

Dismissing a Citation Checker finding no longer risks hiding a different, newer one after a recheck. Citations made through the legacy footnote style now trigger the retraction warning like any other citation, a failed prerequisite course no longer counts as passed during registration, and Radar digests no longer silently skip papers after a failed send. Also: track a search topic straight into a Discovery Agent, and the Resources menu is now fully keyboard- and screen-reader-accessible.

Aug 10, 2026 3 min read editor, provenance, surveyor
Bug Fixesv1.19.7

v1.19.7 — Best/Worst survey branching actually works, and exam timetables export to your calendar

Skip-logic rules built on a Best/Worst ranking question now route respondents correctly instead of misfiring — and Folio flags any older rule of yours that still needs a quick fix. Required questions in a survey are now enforced when a response is submitted, not only in the browser, so response counts and auto-close only reflect responses that actually completed every question their path required. Also: a restored keyboard-focus ring in onboarding, and institution exam timetables get an Add to calendar button.

Aug 10, 2026 2 min read surveyor, institutions, accessibility
Bug Fixesv1.19.8

v1.19.8 — Exam scheduling catches conflicts before they save, and connecting Claude Desktop is one step

Institution exam timetables now refuse a reversed time window or a room already booked for another exam at that hour, instead of saving and only surfacing the conflict on exam day. The MCP key panel shows your ready-to-paste Claude Desktop config up front, so connecting no longer requires a detour to a help article. Also: search, Discover, and related-sources results now correctly flag more of what is already in your library, and the public Reviewer Report page is fully readable in Arabic and Hebrew.

Aug 10, 2026 2 min read institutions, search, mcp
Product Updatesv1.19.0

v1.19.0 — A public researcher directory, and opt-in document rendering on your certificate page

Two new ways to be found and read: a searchable directory of public researcher profiles at /directory, and an opt-in toggle that lets a certificate page show the writing itself, not just its integrity stats. Also: reference numbers in exported bibliographies are fixed, retraction flags now carry into BibTeX/RIS/CSL-JSON exports, the account-deletion warning tells you what you would actually lose, and a few data-safety fixes for institutions and discovery digests.

Aug 4, 2026 3 min read discovery, provenance, editor
Bug Fixesv1.19.1

v1.19.1 — Survey export CSVs no longer carry a live formula

A gap in one Surveyor export path meant a respondent's text answer could contain a working spreadsheet formula that ran when a researcher opened the download. Closed everywhere, and Arabic/Hebrew answers now display correctly in Excel too.

Aug 4, 2026 1 min read surveyor, security, exports
Bug Fixesv1.19.2

v1.19.2 — Co-editors are now part of the certificate chain

Real-time co-editing and Integrity Certificates finally agree: edits made by a collaborator, not just the document owner, are now recorded in the tamper-evident history the certificate attests to. Also: a blank multi-select question no longer confuses survey branching logic, status pills read correctly in dark mode, a stale claim-check flag no longer lingers after you've already fixed it, onboarding offers Research Radar as a fifth way to get started, and institutions can no longer accidentally open domain-based enrollment to an entire country's worth of schools.

Aug 4, 2026 3 min read provenance, editor, surveyor
Bug Fixesv1.19.3

v1.19.3 — Keyboard and screen-reader fixes across the nav, classroom, and Radar

A run of accessibility fixes: the notification bell and Help menu now close with Escape and announce themselves properly to screen readers, a failed classroom submission is announced immediately instead of possibly being missed, and Research Radar's subscription rows are finally reachable by keyboard instead of just their delete button. Also: the public researcher directory now speaks Arabic and Hebrew correctly, with names and affiliations displaying right-to-left.

Aug 4, 2026 2 min read accessibility, discovery, classroom
Product Updatesv1.19.4

v1.19.4 — A public Trust & Security page, and a footnote copy-paste fix

A new /trust page lays out, in plain language, how Folio protects your work and proves what’s yours — independently verifiable Integrity Certificates, database-enforced access, no data mining, and self-service export & deletion. Also: copying a footnote or citation marker within a document no longer breaks the original’s numbering, and a Discovery Agent’s RSS/Atom feed link now opens a page you can actually read instead of a login wall.

Aug 4, 2026 2 min read provenance, editor, discovery
Bug Fixesv1.19.5

v1.19.5 — The free Reference Checker gets a lot more honest

The public Reference Checker no longer flags real books and websites as "possibly fabricated," no longer links to dead DOIs, and now finds famous papers it used to miss — plus a redesigned results view. Also: the site nav finally lists all nine free tools instead of five, and links to /scales/[slug] now unfurl with the actual instrument name instead of a generic homepage card.

Aug 4, 2026 2 min read tools, reference-checker, growth
Product Updatesv1.18.0

v1.18.0 — Try Folio Search without an account, and a smarter Radar sort

Folio Search now shows real results to logged-out visitors, not a login wall. Radar gets a relevance-blended sort that ranks your feed against your own library instead of raw citations or raw dates, and the certificate checker now points instructors to Assignments.

Aug 3, 2026 2 min read search, radar, classroom
Bug Fixesv1.18.1

v1.18.1 — Referral credit now survives switching devices

If a friend opened your referral link on their phone and finished signing up on a laptop, you weren't getting credit for it. Fixed — referral attribution now works no matter where the signup finishes.

Aug 3, 2026 1 min read referral, bug-fix
Bug Fixesv1.18.2

v1.18.2 — Cleaner bibliography exports, and Search relevance that means it

BibTeX/RIS exports no longer choke on an "&" in a title or silently merge two papers by the same author and year. And Search’s "Relevance" sort now uses the same ranking Discovery Agents and Radar do, instead of raw provider order.

Aug 3, 2026 2 min read export, bug-fix, search
Product Updatesv1.18.3

v1.18.3 — Your authorship report now names what verifies it

The authorship report exported from the Submission Checklist now says explicitly whether a published Integrity Certificate backs it up — and links to it if so. Also: the /record degree-audit widget no longer shows a raw "{count}" placeholder instead of "core" or "elective."

Aug 3, 2026 2 min read integrity, certificates, bug-fix
Product Updatesv1.18.4

v1.18.4 — Exported figures now link back, and Surveyor inserts carry provenance

Every figure/diagram you export (Studio, PRISMA, CONSORT, forest, funnel) now stamps a clickable link instead of dead text. Content you insert from Surveyor into your manuscript is now tagged with a provenance snapshot. Also: closed a gap that let a suspended institution create programs, terms, or departments through the API.

Aug 3, 2026 2 min read studio, surveyor, editor
Product Updatesv1.18.5

v1.18.5 — Retraction warnings now show up before you publish or export, not after

If a cited source has been retracted or flagged, Folio now tells you before you publish an Integrity Certificate or export your manuscript — not just to the reader checking your certificate afterward. Also: deleting a document forever now warns you first if it would break a published certificate, plus dark-mode contrast fixes on the Library page and screen-reader labels for the Source Inspector.

Aug 3, 2026 2 min read citations, integrity, editor
Product Updatesv1.16.0

v1.16.0 — Print actually works, and provenance is easier to see

Print and Save-as-PDF no longer fail on documents with citations or figures — the bug that hit nearly every real manuscript. Plus: certificates can be edited or revoked after publishing, the verify link now shows up in DOCX/PDF/LaTeX exports themselves, and search ranks by relevance instead of raw citation count.

Aug 2, 2026 3 min read reliability, export, integrity
Product Updatesv1.17.0

v1.17.0 — Save-and-continue actually saves, and share links look like Folio

Surveyor save-and-continue now works on public and password-protected survey links, not just invites. Plus: transcript, completion, and shared-document links unfurl with real preview cards, PDF export keeps underline and super/subscript marks, and managing a published certificate no longer touches your publish credits.

Aug 2, 2026 3 min read surveyor, export, certificates
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Sharing, editing, and revoking your published certificate

Publish your integrity certificate with the sharing choices you want, change them anytime by re-publishing, or take the certificate down entirely.

Aug 2, 2026 3 min read integrity, certificates, proof-of-work
Technical

Attested writing: the protocol in full

The complete technical specification of Folio attested writing, published openly: the commitment protocol, the hashed field set, the edge cases, the anchoring, and the threat model.

Jul 29, 2026 8 min read integrity, provenance, attestation
Product Updatesv1.15.0

v1.15.0 — Save to Folio, in your browser

The Folio browser extension is live on the Chrome Web Store. Capture any paper, article, book, or video into your library in one click, right-click any link, check AI citations, or ask a question about the page — without leaving your tab.

Jul 10, 2026 2 min read extension, browser, chrome
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Asking questions about a page with the Ask tab

Ask a question about the paper or article in front of you — answered only from the text on the page.

Jul 10, 2026 2 min read extension, ask, ai
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Checking AI citations with the Verify tab

Paste any text and Folio checks whether each citation actually exists — catching fabricated references before you trust them.

Jul 10, 2026 2 min read extension, citations, verify
Help Articles

Save to Folio: the browser extension

Capture papers, articles, books, and more into your library from any page — and check citations or ask questions without leaving your browser.

Jul 10, 2026 4 min read browser, extension, chrome
Feature Requests

Bring your own citation style

Upload a CSL file for a journal or department style that isn’t in the built-in list, and cite in it everywhere.

Jul 6, 2026 1 min read citations, csl, journal
Help Articles

Folio Classroom: collect work you can trust

Share one assignment link, and every student submission arrives with a verifiable record of how it was written — the process, the citations, the AI use. Here is the whole flow, start to finish.

Jul 3, 2026 4 min read classroom, teaching, grading
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Getting a review with Folio Review

A three-reviewer panel — Methods, Clarity, and a Skeptic — reads your draft and returns a provenance-stamped Reviewer Report you can share at a public link. What it is, and what it isn't.

Jul 3, 2026 3 min read review, reviewer, feedback
Product Updatesv1.14.0

v1.14.0 — Folio Classroom, and a steadier platform

Collect student work that arrives with a verifiable record of how it was written — one assignment link, no AI-detector guesswork. Plus a free Radar sample, self-serve referral rewards, and in-house error tracking so we catch problems before you do.

Jul 2, 2026 2 min read classroom, teaching, radar
Help Articles

Searching the literature with Folio Search

One search box across arXiv, OpenAlex, Crossref, Semantic Scholar and more — with a Synthesizer that reasons across the results and cites every claim. Here's how to use it.

Jun 30, 2026 3 min read search, discovery, synthesizer
Feature Requests

Single sign-on for institutions

Let students and staff sign in with their existing university account via OIDC, no separate Folio password — SAML support is on the roadmap for a later stage.

Jun 28, 2026 2 min read institutions, sso, oidc
Product Updatesv1.13.0

v1.13.0 — A friendlier first run

New accounts now land straight in the product instead of hitting a setup wall. Profile setup is still there when you want it — just optional, and out of your way until then.

Jun 27, 2026 1 min read onboarding, activation, first-run
Feature Requests

Shared libraries for labs and teams

A shared source library a whole research group can add to, annotate, and draw from — with the reading you have all already done in one place.

Jun 22, 2026 1 min read collaboration, library, labs
Help Articles

Running a survey with Folio Surveyor

Design an instrument, distribute it, and analyze the responses — with AI item generation, Delphi rounds, one-click translation, and a live Google Sheets export. A walk through the whole flow.

Jun 19, 2026 3 min read surveyor, surveys, research
Help Articles

Peer review in a course

Assign students to review each other's work, blind and balanced, and give authors real feedback from their classmates. How peer review works in a Folio course, for instructors and students.

Jun 16, 2026 2 min read courses, peer review, classroom
Product Updatesv1.12.0

v1.12.0 — Certificate v2, suggested edits, and your research week

The Integrity Certificate now verifies every citation and shows the full revision timeline. Reviewers can suggest edits you apply in a click. And a gentle weekly recap reads back what you actually got done.

Jun 14, 2026 2 min read integrity, certificate, collaboration
Feature Requests

Connect Folio to your LMS (LTI)

Launch Folio assignments from inside Canvas, Moodle, or Blackboard, and pass grades back automatically — via the LTI standard.

Jun 13, 2026 1 min read institutions, lti, lms
Help Articles

Setting up your institution on Folio

For administrators: get your branded subdomain, set enrollment, control which features each role sees, and run the place from one console. From self-serve sign-up to a full campus.

Jun 11, 2026 3 min read institutions, admin, white-label
Feature Requests

Desktop app for offline writing

A native Mac and Windows app so you can write, read, and cite without a connection — syncing when you are back online.

Jun 5, 2026 1 min read desktop, offline, app
Feature Requests

Two-way Zotero sync

Keep your Folio library and your Zotero library in step automatically — add a source in either, and it shows up in both.

May 31, 2026 1 min read sources, zotero, sync
Help Articles

Making publication figures in Folio Studio

PRISMA flow diagrams, forest plots, funnel plots, and CONSORT diagrams — built in the browser and exported as print-quality SVG or PNG. Free, no sign-up.

May 28, 2026 2 min read studio, figures, prisma
Product Updatesv1.10.0

v1.10.0 — The Journal Index

Browse and search journals on open data, see a one-page briefing for any of them, and let the scout find where to submit your draft — by what you cite, who publishes work like yours, and your field. Plus articles you can preview and save straight to your library.

May 25, 2026 3 min read journals, discovery, submit
Product Updatesv1.11.0

v1.11.0 — Library Insights

A new page that reads the shape of your research from your own data: which sources are load-bearing, which you saved but never cited, what your library is made of — and an integrity check that flags retracted papers you have cited.

May 25, 2026 2 min read insights, integrity, library
Product Updatesv1.9.0

v1.9.0 — Figures, charts, and a cleaner artifact toolbar

Turn raw data into clean, editable charts with Figure Studio, place figures side by side, save a chart back to your Artifacts, and enjoy one consistent toolbar for every figure, table, and image — figures now export to PDF and DOCX too.

May 25, 2026 2 min read figures, charts, editor
Help Articles

Finding the right journal

Browse the Journal Index, read a one-page briefing for any journal, and let the scout rank where to submit your draft — all on open data, inside your workspace.

May 25, 2026 3 min read journals, submit, discovery
Help Articles

Bringing your research into Folio

Move your existing PDFs, sources, and even your AI research chats into Folio in one pass — without re-keying anything.

May 24, 2026 4 min read import, migration, onboarding
Product Updatesv1.6.0

v1.6.0 — Real-time co-editing, Scholar AI, and a real team chat

Write in the same document at once with live cursors, talk it through in a built-in chat (with a Chair-only AI advisor that critiques but never ghostwrites), and cite faster — adjacent citations now merge automatically.

May 24, 2026 3 min read collaboration, co-editing, scholar-ai
Changelogv1.7.0

Changelog v1.7.0 — Bring your research in

A migration on-ramp for switchers (bulk PDFs, paste-an-AI-chat), a redesigned welcome flow, and a tidier set of AI notes.

May 24, 2026 2 min read changelog, import, onboarding
Product Updatesv1.8.0

v1.8.0 — See your research as a graph

A visual map of your whole library, reverse citations that show where every source is used, a Continue reading list on the dashboard, and one-click document duplication.

May 24, 2026 2 min read graph, sources, citations
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Real-time co-editing

Write in the same document at the same time as your co-authors, with live cursors, shared selections, and presence. Now in Beta.

May 24, 2026 2 min read collaboration, real-time, co-editing
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Sharing and collaborating on documents

Invite people to view, comment, or co-edit your document; talk in a built-in chat; and work together with comments, @mentions, live presence, and real-time editing.

May 24, 2026 3 min read collaboration, sharing, comments
Product Updatesv1.4.0

v1.4.0 — A real settings home, and reminders that show up

A redesigned settings center with every control in one place, a master switch to pause emails, an analytics opt-out, and deadline + writing-streak reminder emails that actually send.

May 23, 2026 2 min read settings, notifications, privacy
Product Updatesv1.5.0

v1.5.0 — Collaboration, properly

Share documents reliably, comment and @mention collaborators, and see who is reading in real time — with notifications and emails that keep everyone in the loop.

May 23, 2026 2 min read collaboration, comments, sharing
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Using Discovery Agents

Always-on scouts that find the most relevant new work in your field, explain why it matters, and brief you on it — with personas, schedules, chat, audio, and trends.

May 23, 2026 4 min read radar, discovery agents, research
Bug Fixes

Fixed: agent notes were clipped to two lines

Each finding's 'why it matters' note and abstract were cut off after two lines, so the explanation often ended mid-thought. They now show in full.

May 22, 2026 1 min read radar, discovery agents, bug fix
Product Updatesv1.3.0

v1.3.0 — Discovery Agents

Always-on agents that scout your field: personas, per-finding "why it matters" notes, chat, deep web scan, briefings with audio, trends, RSS, and cross-agent synthesis.

May 22, 2026 2 min read radar, discovery agents, ai
Help Articles

Discovering literature inside Folio

Search across Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex and CrossRef, then follow the citation graph — without leaving your workspace.

May 22, 2026 2 min read discovery, search, sources
Help Articles

Importing and exporting your library

Bring an existing library in from Zotero or a reference file, and export your sources in BibTeX, RIS or CSL-JSON.

May 22, 2026 2 min read import, export, zotero
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Plans and billing

What is free, what the paid plans unlock, and how to upgrade or manage your subscription.

May 22, 2026 3 min read plans, billing, pricing
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Proving your work: the authorship & integrity report

Generate a proof-of-work report that shows how your document came together — and check your citations and claims as you write.

May 22, 2026 3 min read integrity, authorship, proof-of-work
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Building a synthesis matrix

Turn a stack of sources into a structured comparison table you can drop straight into your manuscript.

May 22, 2026 2 min read synthesis, literature-review, sources
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Tracking your field with Research Radar

Follow topics, authors, journals, and any feed — and get the new results delivered to your inbox.

May 22, 2026 2 min read radar, discovery, alerts
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Your data and privacy

Export everything, delete your account, and control analytics — all yourself, any time. What Folio collects, what it never does, and where the controls live.

May 21, 2026 3 min read privacy, data, export
Product Updatesv1.2.0

v1.2.0 — Sharper integrity checks, faster reader

Reference checks that catch the gaps, a way to verify any quote against the real PDF, and a quicker, more reliable reader.

May 20, 2026 2 min read integrity, citations, quotes
Technical

How Folio finds and stores source PDFs

A look under the hood at open-access fetching, private storage, and signed URLs.

May 18, 2026 1 min read reader, pdf, storage
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Checking your quotes are accurate

How Quote Check verifies every quotation against its source — and what to do when one is flagged.

May 16, 2026 2 min read quotes, integrity, how-to
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Highlighting, notes, and drawing on a PDF

Mark up a source the way you would on paper — and find it all again later.

May 15, 2026 1 min read reader, annotations, highlights
Bug Fixes

Fixed: Ask Scholar chat no longer vanishes when you reopen a source

Your conversation with a source now stays put for the session.

May 14, 2026 1 min read reader, scholar-ai, bug-fix
Feature Requests

Structured data extraction for systematic reviews

Pull the same fields — sample size, design, outcomes, effect sizes — out of every included study into one clean, exportable table.

May 14, 2026 2 min read systematic review, data extraction, meta-analysis
Changelogv1.1.1

v1.1.1 — Highlights, notes, and a pen

Mark up a source PDF the way you would on paper — highlights, sticky notes, and freehand pen — all saved to the source.

May 13, 2026 1 min read reader, annotations, highlights
Bug Fixes

Fixed: the reader felt awkward when resized

The source reader is now a smooth, movable window that never disturbs your draft.

May 11, 2026 1 min read reader, bug-fix
Bug Fixes

Fixed: a PDF sometimes didn't appear right after adding a source

Newly added PDFs now show in the reader immediately, without needing a re-upload.

May 8, 2026 1 min read reader, pdf, bug-fix
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Reading sources and pulling quotes

Open a source PDF beside your draft and insert verified, cited quotes in a couple of clicks.

May 5, 2026 2 min read reader, sources, quotes
Product Updatesv1.1.0

v1.1.0 — Read your sources inside Folio

A built-in PDF reader: read the actual paper next to your draft, and let Folio find the PDF for you.

Apr 30, 2026 2 min read reader, pdf, sources
Product Updatesv1.0.4

v1.0.4 — Help Center & security hardening

Help Center, transactional emails, and security hardening across the platform.

Apr 15, 2026 2 min read help-center, security, emails
Feature Requests

AI writing suggestions inline

Get AI writing suggestions as you type — not just on demand.

Apr 15, 2026 1 min read ai, writing, suggestions
Feature Requests

Journal submission formatting

Format your document to match a specific journal s submission guidelines automatically.

Apr 15, 2026 2 min read journal, formatting, submission
Feature Requests

Mobile app

A native iOS and Android app for Folio — read, annotate, and write on the go.

Apr 15, 2026 1 min read mobile, ios, android
Feature Requests

Pin sources to the top of your library

Pin your most-used sources so they are always at the top of your library.

Apr 15, 2026 1 min read sources, library, organization
Feature Requests

Plagiarism check

Check your document against academic databases before submission.

Apr 15, 2026 1 min read plagiarism, submission, integrity
Bug Fixesv1.0.3

v1.0.3 — Performance and stability

Faster document loads, reduced AI response times, and several stability fixes.

Apr 13, 2026 1 min read performance, stability, bug-fix
Changelogv1.0.2

v1.0.2 — Collaboration

Share documents with view and comment access. Collaborators can read your document and leave comments — editing stays with the owner.

Apr 11, 2026 1 min read collaboration, comments, sharing
Bug Fixesv1.0.1

v1.0.1 — Bug fixes

Post-launch fixes across the editor, citation system, and AI panels.

Apr 9, 2026 1 min read bug-fix, editor, stability
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Adding sources to your library

How to add sources by URL, DOI, ISBN, or PDF — and what Folio does with them automatically.

Apr 7, 2026 2 min read sources, doi, isbn
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Audit and Proofread: reviewing your document

Two AI review tools — Audit checks your argument and citations, Proofread catches language errors.

Apr 7, 2026 2 min read audit, proofread, ai
Product Updatesv1.0.0

v1.0.0 — Public beta

Public beta launch. Document Audit, Proofreading, collaboration, and the full plan structure.

Apr 7, 2026 2 min read launch, audit, proofread
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Exporting your document and bibliography

Export your document as DOCX, or export your bibliography in multiple formats.

Apr 7, 2026 2 min read export, docx, bibliography
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Getting started with Folio

A quick walkthrough of your first session — adding a source, creating a document, and making your first AI-assisted edit.

Apr 7, 2026 2 min read onboarding, sources, editor
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How citations work in Folio

From inserting a citation inline to exporting your full bibliography — how the citation system fits into your writing workflow.

Apr 7, 2026 3 min read citations, bibliography, apa
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Using Cold Start to begin any paper

Cold Start turns a topic description into a structured research brief — sources, thesis angle, and outline included.

Apr 7, 2026 2 min read cold-start, research, ai
Help Articles

Using Scholar AI to interrogate your sources

Scholar AI lets you ask questions about your own source library — not the open web.

Apr 7, 2026 2 min read scholar-ai, ai, sources
Changelogv0.9.3

v0.9.3 — Scholar AI

Scholar AI: ask questions about your own source library and get cited answers.

Apr 1, 2026 1 min read scholar-ai, ai, new-feature
Changelogv0.9.2

v0.9.2 — Cold Start

Cold Start: describe your paper topic and get back a structured research brief with sources and a thesis angle.

Mar 25, 2026 1 min read cold-start, ai, research
Bug Fixesv0.9.1

v0.9.1 — Citation fixes and stability

Bug fixes across citation formatting and source metadata extraction.

Mar 18, 2026 1 min read bug-fix, citations, stability
Changelogv0.9.0

v0.9.0 — Editor and source library

First beta release. Rich text editor with autosave, source library with metadata extraction, and citation formatting.

Mar 11, 2026 2 min read editor, sources, citations

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Automatic transcripts for your Kaptur recordings

Record a class in Kaptur and Folio transcribes it automatically — no typing, no waiting on you to upload anything.

Aug 25, 2026 2 min read courses, video, transcripts
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Institutional access

University and department-wide Folio access — single license, managed seats.

Jul 7, 2026 1 min read institutional, university, licensing
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Reading mode

A distraction-free reading view of your document — no panels, no toolbars.

Jun 21, 2026 1 min read editor, reading, focus
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Focus mode

Hide everything except your document. Just you and the writing.

Jun 20, 2026 1 min read editor, focus, writing
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Keyboard shortcuts overlay

Press ? anywhere in the editor to open a full shortcuts cheatsheet.

May 30, 2026 1 min read editor, keyboard, productivity
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Citation preview on hover

Hover over any inline citation to see the full reference without scrolling to the bibliography.

May 16, 2026 1 min read citations, editor, ux
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Custom tags for your source library

Tag sources with custom labels and filter your library by tag.

May 9, 2026 1 min read sources, library, organization
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Document templates

Start a new document from a pre-structured template — essay, literature review, research proposal, and more.

Apr 15, 2026 1 min read editor, templates, writing
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Private notes on sources

Add your own notes to any source in your library — visible only to you.

Apr 15, 2026 1 min read sources, notes, library
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Version history

See previous versions of your document and restore any of them.

Apr 15, 2026 1 min read editor, versions, history
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Word count target and progress bar

Set a target word count for your document and track progress as you write.

Apr 15, 2026 1 min read editor, writing, productivity
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