This release is about the first ten minutes in Folio — getting your existing research in, and starting with momentum instead of an empty page.
Bring your research in
A new on-ramp for moving years of work into Folio quickly:
- Bulk PDF import. Drag in a whole folder of PDFs. Folio reads each one, verifies it against CrossRef (by DOI), de-duplicates against your library, and stores the files so you can read them here. No AI credits used — free on every plan.
- Paste an AI research chat. Paste a ChatGPT or Claude thread and Folio lifts out your thesis, outline, the papers you discussed, and key claims — then opens a pre-populated draft. Every cited source is verified against CrossRef, so hallucinated references are flagged rather than added.
- Copy-prompt helper. A one-click prompt you can run in your AI chat to get a clean, labeled brief back — which imports more reliably.
Find it all in the new "Bring your research in" panel on the dashboard, the New menu, and Account → Profile. Full guide: Bringing your research into Folio.
A redesigned welcome
The post-sign-up flow has been rethought end to end — calmer and more editorial, and it now ends on a launchpad so you leave already moving: paste an AI chat, bring in your sources, start from a topic, or open a blank page. You can also add a profile photo (it shows on your cursor when collaborating), and replay the whole flow any time from Account → Profile.
Cleaner AI notes
We removed the auto-generated "Scholar Note" pop-up — it was noisy and low-value. All AI in Folio is now strictly opt-in: it only runs when you ask it to.
Under the hood
- Citations from a pasted chat are checked against CrossRef before they're trusted.
- Imported PDFs keep their full text where available, powering Scholar AI and inline citation suggestions.
- Shared document and survey links are now shorter and branded (
usefolio.co/l/…) — the survey QR code and email template use the tidy link too.