Getting Started
Everything you need to get up and running with Obvious quickly.
Search Your Workspace with Quick Search (Cmd+K)
Use Quick Search to find any artifact, document, thread, or file in Obvious without navigating menus — just press Cmd+K on Mac or Ctrl+K on Windows from anywhere in the app.
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Keyboard Shortcuts
Overview A complete reference of keyboard shortcuts available in Obvious. Press ? anywhere inside a project to open the shortcuts modal, which shows only the shortcuts active on the current page.
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Navigating the Dashboard
Navigating the Dashboard This guide gives you a quick tour of the Obvious interface so you know where everything lives. The sidebar The sidebar runs along the left edge of your screen — your primary navigation for projects.
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Onboarding Checklist
When you first sign in to Obvious, a Getting Started checklist appears in the bottom-right corner of your screen. It's a short list of five steps that walks you through the essentials — setting up you
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Welcome to Obvious
Obvious is a workspace where you bring your data, your documents, and your ideas — and an AI agent helps you turn them into real work, fast.
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Your First Workbook
The Quickstart created a workbook fast. This guide goes further — choosing the right field types, configuring columns, and importing real data. By the end, you'll have a well-structured sheet you buil
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Key Concepts
Obvious has a small number of core concepts. Once you understand how they relate to each other, everything else clicks into place. This article is the map.
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Quickstart: Your First 5 Minutes
In the next five minutes, you'll create a project, build a workbook, and ask the Obvious agent to fill it with data. By the end, you'll have a working artifact you can edit, share, and build on.
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