Axon documentation
How to install Axon and how it works, from the first launch to sharing a project.
The same guide is also available inside the desktop app, as the Axon User Guide project — there you can ask it questions the way you would any project.
Install
Getting Axon onto your machine, and what the machine needs.
Install AxonAxon is a desktop app for macOS, Windows and Linux. It is free for one person on one machine and needs no account to install or use. Check the system…System requirementsAxon runs its models on your own machine, so what decides whether it is usable is the GPU. It picks the size of model that fits the machine; more GPU memory…
Guide
How each part of Axon works, start to finish.
Getting startedWelcome to Axon. This guide is also available inside the desktop app: it is the project named Axon User Guide, always first in your list of projects, so you…Projects & sourcesA project is two things: a folder of documents, and the chats you have about them. There's no separate "library" or "upload area" — the folder is the…Search & citationsEvery answer Axon gives is grounded in specific passages from your documents, and you can always see which ones.SkillsA skill is a focused, multi-step task Axon can run as a sub-task — you ask for it in plain language, it runs independently (it can't see the rest of your…Artifacts & documentsCovers Opening documents, Artifacts, Editing, Exporting, Branded documents (Pro).Sharing a projectAxon can give another machine on the same network a copy of a project — read-only by default. It is entirely local: nothing goes over the internet, and…Settings & providersOpen Settings with the gear at the bottom of the sidebar, beside the project name (or Axon → Settings… on a Mac). Its sections are listed on the left:…TroubleshootingCovers Service Unavailable, An answer says it doesn't know, Indexing seems stuck, A file won't open in the viewer, Licence and subscription, Getting help,…
How-to
Short, step-by-step answers to one task each.
Projects
- Create a new project from scratch
- Turn a folder you already have into a project
- Add files to a project one at a time
- Organize sources into folders
- Exclude files or a subfolder from indexing
- Give a project standing instructions
- Point a project at a different folder
- Change where new projects are created
- Delete a project
Answers and citations
Skills
Documents
Settings and models

