> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://otterflow.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Product overview

> Understand what Otterflow is, who it is for, and how it supports academic work.

Otterflow is an AI-powered desktop workspace for academic research and writing. It brings drafting, revision, file management, and AI collaboration into one calm, organized place, so you do not have to keep moving between a document, browser, and chat window.

It is not a standalone chat window or an isolated editor. Think of it as a research assistant that works beside your project: organize work, discuss ideas with AI, generate or revise files, and find the results in the same workspace.

> 📷 **Placeholder: main product interface** — show the complete Otterflow workspace and its quiet, focused visual language.

## What it can help with

* **Structure research background.** Ask for a related-work section or literature-review outline.
* **Turn results into prose.** Turn experimental notes and data into method or conclusion paragraphs.
* **Polish and standardize.** Improve academic tone while retaining your meaning and terminology.
* **Work with LaTeX.** Adjust structure and typesetting in a LaTeX project.

## Product principles

Otterflow is designed to be calm, precise, and dependable. It favors focus over decoration, uses structure and spacing to make information clear, and is intended to remain comfortable during long writing and review sessions.

## Who it is for

Otterflow is a good fit for researchers, students writing coursework or theses, and anyone who spends long periods writing or reviewing academic documents.

## See also

* [Install and sign in](/en/getting-started/install-and-sign-in)