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Learn the essentials, follow a complete workflow, or connect Rail Cove to tools you already use.
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Make your first canvasChoose a starter, add the first note or reference, and save a private canvas you can shape over time.Start here Getting started
Set up your space and learn the essentials.
Create your first Rail Cove canvasChoose a purpose, start from a real starter or a blank canvas, add an optional first note, and set the appearance you want to use.Use the workspace homeUnderstand the signed-in home as a place to return to recent canvases, start a new canvas, or find a suitable starter.Find your way around the workspaceUse the workspace navigation to move between canvases, the inbox, library, collections, templates, calendar, search, and shared spaces.Start from a real canvas templateBrowse the deterministic starter metadata and use Quiet spaces, Coastal field notes, Kyoto notebook, or a blank canvas as a starting point.
Collect and organize
Save notes, images, links, documents and more.
Capture a note, link, image, or documentSave an idea quickly to the inbox, add context and tags, and choose a collection when you are ready to give it a home.Move from inbox to libraryUse the inbox as a landing place for new captures and Library as the reusable collection of saved material.Organize saved ideas with collections and tagsUse one lightweight collection relationship and a small tag vocabulary to make saved material easier to retrieve.Use automatic smart tagsLet Rail Cove add a small set of tags to each eligible new capture, then edit or remove them whenever you like.Search canvases and saved materialSearch board titles and content alongside library titles, notes, tags, links, and extracted document text.Collect from Chrome and EdgeChoose an image, text selection or page element, preview it, and save it to your inbox, a collection or an editable canvas.
Work on a canvas
Arrange, annotate, connect and revisit ideas.
Work on a canvasAdd mixed cards, arrange them spatially, connect related ideas, and save a board with revision protection.Read a canvas as a listSwitch from spatial layout to an ordered view when you need to scan card text, links, checklists, drawings, or palettes.Use versions and resolve save conflictsInspect saved revisions, restore an earlier board state as a new save, and protect a local draft when another save wins the race.Export a board and keep a portable copyDownload structured board JSON from the editor or request JSON/Markdown through the API, with clear limits on what a linear export preserves.
Research and colors
Extract text, find material and build visual direction.
Extract text from a documentTry local AnyDoc extraction first, then explicitly choose a hosted PDF fallback only when a scanned document needs OCR.Extract a palette from image referencesQueue a deterministic histogram palette for one uploaded image or combine the colors from a selected set of uploaded images.
Account and privacy
Manage access, reminders, privacy and your data.
Plan an event or reminderSet aside time for an idea with timed or all-day events, explicit timezones, linked canvases, and optional reminder email.Understand privacy, processing, and mascot settingsKeep boards private by default, know what local and hosted processing means, and control Cora's visibility without treating her as a product assistant.Verify your account and recover accessRegister or sign in, verify your email, change a password, and revoke sessions without losing the account's board data.Create an API keyKeep browser account controls separate from scoped personal bearer keys, and create only the access a script or MCP client needs.Change your account emailConfirm a new email address without moving your canvases, collections or preferences.Plans, payments and workspace accessCompare billing periods, choose your tier, manage renewal and understand what happens when access expires.
Developers
Connect scoped tools through REST or MCP.
Call the Rail Cove REST APICreate a scoped personal key, call the /api/v1 routes with a bearer header, and handle ownership, scope, expiry, and origin boundaries.Connect a compatible MCP clientUse Rail Cove's scoped Streamable HTTP MCP endpoint through OAuth or a personal key, with tool access limited by explicit scopes.Use Rail Cove from CodexAdd Rail Cove's Streamable HTTP MCP server to Codex with an environment-backed personal key or the OAuth login flow.Connect Rail Cove to Claude DesktopUse Claude's remote custom-connector flow with a public HTTPS Rail Cove MCP endpoint and OAuth consent.