# Portals

## Docs

- [Create your Portals account and set up your profile](https://docs.asquareportal.com/account-setup.md): Sign up with email or Google, navigate the first-launch startup screen, manage your profile, and understand what's included in the early access tier.
- [Interactive applets: embed AI-generated mini-apps](https://docs.asquareportal.com/agent/applets.md): Applets are live HTML/CSS/JS mini-apps the agent generates and embeds directly on your canvas — charts, calculators, visualizations, games, and more.
- [Portal Agent canvas tools: complete reference](https://docs.asquareportal.com/agent/canvas-tools.md): A full reference for the 40+ canvas tools Portal Agent uses to create, edit, move, connect, and organize elements across all three workspace modes.
- [Portal Agent: AI that acts on your canvas](https://docs.asquareportal.com/agent/overview.md): Portal Agent is an embedded AI with 40+ canvas tools that executes multi-step creative workflows inside Portals — searching, drawing, and building for you.
- [Web search and image research with Portal Agent](https://docs.asquareportal.com/agent/web-search.md): Portal Agent can search the web, pull article summaries with citations, find images, and search YouTube — placing everything directly on your canvas.
- [Connect AI providers to power the Portal Agent](https://docs.asquareportal.com/configuration/ai-providers.md): Portals works out of the box with Pollinations at no cost. Connect OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Groq, Ollama, or OpenRouter using your own API keys.
- [Export your Portals work as PNG, PDF, ZIP, or slides](https://docs.asquareportal.com/configuration/export.md): Export canvas designs and AI-generated slides from Portals as PNG, PDF, ZIP project bundles, or PPTX presentations — pick the format that fits your needs.
- [Keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys in Portals](https://docs.asquareportal.com/configuration/keyboard-shortcuts.md): Complete keyboard shortcut reference for Portals: canvas navigation, mode switching, Portal Agent hotkeys, design tools, and general workspace actions.
- [Portals FAQ: pricing, AI providers, and features](https://docs.asquareportal.com/help/faq.md): Answers to common questions about Portals — pricing, AI providers, the Portal Agent, collaboration, beta limits, and platform availability.
- [Troubleshoot common Portals issues step by step](https://docs.asquareportal.com/help/troubleshooting.md): Step-by-step fixes for common problems in Portals, covering the Portal Agent, authentication, canvas performance, collaboration, and app updates.
- [Portals: AI creative workspace for makers](https://docs.asquareportal.com/introduction.md): Portals combines brainstorming, vector design, and AI app generation in one workspace. The Portal Agent executes creative workflows so you don't have to.
- [Brainstorming mode: infinite canvas for ideas](https://docs.asquareportal.com/modes/brainstorming.md): Explore ideas on an infinite canvas with cards, shapes, and connectors. Let Portal Agent research topics and build moodboards or mind maps automatically.
- [Compose mode: generate apps and presentations](https://docs.asquareportal.com/modes/compose.md): Write a prompt and watch Portals stream a complete app, presentation, or storyboard into a live preview viewport across mobile, tablet, and desktop sizes.
- [Design mode: professional vector design editor](https://docs.asquareportal.com/modes/design.md): Create precise layouts on artboards using vector tools, layers, alignment guides, and grid snapping — then send your design to Compose to generate an app.
- [Get started with Portals in under 5 minutes](https://docs.asquareportal.com/quickstart.md): Download the Portals desktop app, create your account, choose a mode, and run your first Portal Agent prompt — all in a few minutes.
- [AI-powered research boards with Portal Agent](https://docs.asquareportal.com/workflows/ai-research.md): Use Portal Agent to research any topic, find images, and automatically build organized research boards and moodboards on your canvas in one prompt.
- [Invite teammates and collaborate in real time](https://docs.asquareportal.com/workflows/collaboration.md): Invite teammates to a shared workspace, see live cursors, and manage roles and access. Portals syncs changes in real time across all collaborators.
- [Design-to-Build: turn any mockup into a working app](https://docs.asquareportal.com/workflows/design-to-build.md): Turn any artboard in Design mode into a working HTML, CSS, and JavaScript app in seconds using the AI-powered Design-to-Build workflow.