Getting started

Welcome to Contextium. This guide walks you through the five steps to creating an account, writing your first document and sharing with your team.

1. Sign up

Register your account at contextium.io. You can sign up with an email and password, or use your existing Google account to get started faster.

2. Verify your email

After signing up with an email address, check your inbox for a verification code and enter it to activate your account. If you don't see it within a couple of minutes, check your spam folder.

3. Create your workspace

Your account comes with a default workspace ready to use — no setup required. A workspace is the home for all your documents and the team members you invite to work with you. It is recommended to rename it and set a short slug (the unique name that appears in your workspace URL, such as app.contextium.io/workspace/your-slug). Your slug can be changed later from workspace settings.

4. Create your first file

From the dashboard, click Add File to create a new document. Give it a name, then start writing — the editor uses Markdown formatting and changes save automatically as you type. You can also save manually at any time with Cmd+S (Mac) or Ctrl+S (Windows).

5. Invite a teammate

Open the Team section in the sidebar, click Invite Member, enter their email address, and choose a role. Contextium has four roles — Owner, Admin, Editor, and Viewer — so you can control who can edit content and who can only read it. You can learn more about each role in the team management guide.

What else you can do with your files

Once you've created a file, there's more you can do with it:

• Comment — leave a comment on the whole file or a specific line, reply to start a thread, and resolve it once it's handled. Mention a teammate with @ to notify them.
• Version history — every save is snapshotted automatically, so you can open a file's version history to see exactly what changed and restore any earlier version. Nothing is ever overwritten for good.
• Link files together — type // followed by a file's name to insert a clickable link to another file. Use //File name|label if you want the link to show custom text.
• Tag inline — write # followed by a word anywhere in your text (for example #urgent or #q4) to tag the file. Tags save automatically and let you filter and search across your library.
• Share — share any file with a link. Choose "anyone with the link" or limit it to specific people, set view or download access, and add an expiry or password if you need to.